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From: jcohen@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Josh Cohen [890918])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Smith-Corona 32K RAM cards
Keywords: HP48SX, Smith-Corona, RAM cards
Message-ID: <1431@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU>
Date: 5 Mar 91 02:13:02 GMT
References: <1991Feb19.214829.22315@engin.umich.edu> <27c2cd04:2122.1comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Reply-To: jcohen@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Josh Cohen [890918])
Organization: CSEE Dept. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
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     Greetings!  after reading frechett's post about the smith corona
32k ram cards, I bolted down to the local typewriter repair store and bought
one.  Before I give you the tech stuff Ill throw in some humor.   well, maybe
When I asked if I could try it out in the store the guy laughed at me and
said "You didn't lug your word processor in here did you?? (ha ha )", so I
said "(ha ha )  no, I didn't ".  That's when I whipped out my 48.  "huh?
what is that!!?? ".  "oh just a calculator....."  I smoothly slipped the card
into the slot and turned on the calc.  BEEP Invalid card data.  The guy said
that he had formatted the card for me  {?} I guess for the word processor...
I asked him to get me a different one and he did.  I plugged it in and I dont 
remember it beeping, but I typed merge 1 and presto 44k ( 11k before) left.
In hindsight I dont know if his formatting screwed anything but I guess
one should avoid it.  So far, no problems.  The associated problems that I 
have been told are as folows {courtesy of frechett} because of a small voltage difference, the epson made (smithcorona too) will crash your calculator
if the batteries IN THE CALCULATOR get real low.  moral of the story..	
check batteries often. According to him, he put the card in someones low
batt calc and it crashed, but ON C  brought it back, no problems ( he did it
5 min before a test, presumable to copy stuff for a friend? ) anyway
you can check your batteries by doing ON D  then g..
anyway the card is smith-corona part number S75531 and I paid 32$ for it.

good luck to all, feel free to mail me if you do the same...
jcohen@scarecrow.csee.lehigh.edu