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From: edp@jareth.enet.dec.com (Eric Postpischil (Always mount a scratch monkey.))
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Subject: Re: HP 48SX Rom REV F -- nope!
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Date: 6 Mar 91 13:48:58 GMT
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In article <1991Mar6.020835.23879@csn.org>, frechett@spot.Colorado.EDU
(-=Runaway Daemon=-) writes:

[about confusion in regard to whether or not there is a revision F, and HP's
position]

>    I am not going to complain and I am not going to call hp.  I will probably
>sell me E and buy the F but that doesn't bother me at all.  Remember when
>someone asked how many would be willing to spend $50 to upgrade...?  

If there is a Revision F, I hope HP lets us know, particularly if the Equation
Writer has been made faster and there are other improvements.  I had a 28C and
bought the 28S when it came out, giving me one at home and one at the office. 
Now I have the 48 at the office and the 28S at home . . . and I find when I use
the 28S that I really notice the lack of 48 features or the different
arrangement of the keyboard and functions/menus.  So I would definitely consider
buying a second 48SX.  (And I'm thinking of donating the 28S to a high school to
be given to a student on the math team or something.)

I'd like to point out that the awkwardness I now find on the 28S is a tribute to
HP.   The fact that the 48 "fits" so much better shows that HP has done an
excellent job in adjusting the interface and adding useful features.  And
considering the 28 was so much of a revolution in calculators itself, to improve
it so much to get the 48 is impressive.


				-- edp (Eric Postpischil)
				"Always mount a scratch monkey."
				edp@jareth.enet.dec.com