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From: e4666881@rick.cs.ubc.ca (richard louie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Smith Corona Ram card saga...
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.180400.5406@rick.cs.ubc.ca>
Date: 17 Apr 91 18:04:00 GMT
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In article <71794@microsoft.UUCP> alonzo@microsoft.UUCP (Alonzo GARIEPY) writes:
>In article <14231@helios.TAMU.EDU> n350bq@tamuts.tamu.edu (Duane Fields) writes:
>> I had one of the now infamous cards, and it worked fine for about 3
>> months in my "D" machine.  My machine went in for repairs, and the 
>> "E" version machine would not accept the card.
>
>Looks like HP has finally fixed that nagging bug that allowed inexpensive
>third-party cards to be used in the HP 48.  (Do you suppose the card is what
>broke the caclulator in the first place?)  
>
>Alonzo Gariepy
>alonzo@microsoft

     I have the same problem with my version E 48sx.  I would plug in the
SC card and then the display would go black and slowly "melt away" - really
neat but I don't recommend it!  After I remove the card, and try to turn on
the 48sx, it wouldn't turn on.  I could take out the batteries for 5 min. and
still nothing.  I have to leave the batteries out for the better part of
an hour before my 48sx would come back to life.
     BTW. For those people who can use these SC cards, Sears has them.

Richard
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