Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!src.honeywell.com!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!hhdist From: TDSTRONG%MTUS5.BITNET@VM1.NoDak.EDU (Tim Strong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: RE: HP Announces New Calculator! Message-ID: Date: 2 Apr 91 03:47:50 GMT Lines: 29 Return-path: <@VM1.NoDak.EDU:TDSTRONG@MTUS5.BITNET> In-reply-to: Your message of Mon, 1 Apr 1991 20:14 CST To: handhelds@gac.edu >Well, the subject line isn't _quite_ accurate. They haven't announced >it yet (officially), but there is a new calculator to replace the 48sx. >This is not the new 95lx (Jaguar), which is to be dos compatible, have >a lotus spreadsheet, etc., but rather a _new_ handheld. >.... >The left-hand keyboard contains a grid of 30 >(5 cols, 6 rows) user-definable menu keys. Above each key there is a >small two-line LCD screen, which can display 6 characters horizontally >(and 2 vertically) in the user-menu size font (small). I would think that >you could program a GROB to fit these spaces too. > >Oh, and by the way, Happy April Fools Day... :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) > > >+------------ >| rob@ireta.cynic.wimsey.bc.ca >| Rob Prior, President, Still Animation Logo Design >+------------------------------------------------------------ Well I'll admit you had me until you described the little LCD Screens above each key. I knew somthing wasn't quite right with something that would cost Mega$$$$. But then again cost really never bothered HP all that much before, these 48's are expensive, but worth it. ====================================================================== ___ I__) _ _I _ _ TIM STRONG I \ (_I (_I (_I I MICHIGAN TECH. HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN ======================================================================