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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Vanloon Michael Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Smith-Corona 32K RAM cards
Keywords: HP48SX, Smith-Corona, RAM cards
Message-ID: <1991Mar8.035532.13342@news.iastate.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 91 03:55:32 GMT
References: <1991Feb19.214829.22315@engin.umich.edu>
Sender: michaelv@iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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In article <1991Feb19.214829.22315@engin.umich.edu> foucher@caen.engin.umich.edu (Bradley S Foucher) writes:
>	My curiosity was aroused when I heard that a 32K RAM card
etc . . .

I went on down to my favorite Wal-Mart and picked up one of these little guys
for $23.84+tax.  Unfortunately, the results I obtained were not nearly as rosy.
It was sealed up real nicely in a plastic retail package, so I didn't try it 
right there.  When I got it home, I plugged it in and turned the calc on, but
all I got was a bleeding screen and absolutley no response from my calc.  I had
to pull the foot off and push the reset button (not even On-C would bring it to
life).  Though it shouldn't matter, my calc is a rev D.  So, I ran down there
and swapped it for another with exactly the same results.  As Mr. Foucher 
reported, one of my cards had the info printed directly on the card, and the
other had a stick on plastic label.  Same result with both cards, though--no
error messages, no response, just a bleeding screen.  Any ideas?

Incidentally, as far as I know, my batteries are ok.  And, after I hit the
reset button (I tried the cards and reset several times) I had no problems
with lost memory; everything still seemed to be intact.

michaelv@iastate.edu