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From: mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E Mandel MD MS)
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Subject: Re: RFD:  comp.sys.handhelds.hp48 and comp.sources.hp48 moderated
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Date: 13 May 91 13:28:19 GMT
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In article <7022@acorn.co.uk>, asmith@acorn.co.uk (Andy Smith) writes:
>
>Hold on.. I do not have a 48 (yet), I still use my trusty 28. I read the 48
>articles because I can pick up tips which apply to my 28 as well. I also
>archive the 48 stuff now for when I do take the plunge, but that does not
>mean I don't want to read stuff about other HP's. What about the general HP
>stuff?? where will that go?? Probably be split among a number of news groups
>if there isn't one general group. Certainly with my mailer, I can only post
>to one group at a time - bang goes cross posting. 
>
Under the proposed split, you would read both groups; c.s.h.misc for everything
other than hp48, and c.s.h.hp48 for the HP48 stuff you want to archive. I
realize that this is not going to reduce the volume of news for some people
(the ones who want to see everything), but unless a significant number of
non-HP48 users come forward to say that they need to be in with the HP48 users,
it seems the HP28, 41, etc. users will be happier in c.s.h.misc. Remember, last
time, the proposal for c.s.h.hpcalcs was shot down from both sides.
>
>By the way; In which group would you post things about the HP ir printers??
>
HP IR printers could be discussed in c.s.h.misc, if the article was of interest
to the broader community. If you had an HP48 program that made the IR printer
into a drum machine, that would be c.s.h.hp48. Now the rub is, what if it
emulates a Casio drum machine? :-)

Jeff E Mandel MD MS
Asst. Professor of Anesthesiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu