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From: creiman@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Charlie Reiman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: HP48 w/o batteries
Keywords: HP48
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.052937.7060@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 18 Apr 91 05:29:37 GMT
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Does anyone know how long the HP48's memory remains intact with the batteries
out?

I only ask because one of the guys/dudes/hombres I live with recently took
the professional engineer's exam (something like that). They were allowed
as many books as they could carry and a calculator. The only trick was that
you had to pull the batteries out of the calculator once to clear the memory.
As we all know, this doesn't do diddly to an HP, unless you leave them 
out for XX time.

I suddenly began to wonder, just what is XX for the 48?

On a related note: I haven't replaced my batteries since I bought my 
machine, in december. The battery alarm has never turned on, so I never
bothered. Should I panic and replace them anyway?
-- 
Charlie Reiman					 creiman@ncsa.uiuc.edu

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