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From: akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: RESET Button Was(Re: SUNCLK and CMT Ramcards)
Keywords: HP-48, reset
Message-ID: <282ec8d2:3076.2comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 13 May 91 17:40:04 GMT
References: <BD3E1CE8C000083D@gacvx2.gac.edu> <1991May12.203824.12992@colorado.
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I agree completely with ian, the Reset button should not be used as a
last resort but as one of the first few things you do.  I see no point in
going through the ON key, the ON-C key, the ON-A-F key (which almost
always destroys your memory, even if it works at all), and then pulling
the batteries ut, losing all your memory, and having to wait for five
hours or so.  Finally, the persn uses the "last" resort, the reset
button, which takes a paper-clip, a hand, and a couple of seconds, and
leaves the memor intact and works 100% of the time.  Of course, by this
time, there is no memory left to save, after the ON-A-F's and batter
removals.  I have found that the Reset button works 100% of the time, and
is far more forgiving in terms of losing your memory than ON-A-F.  My
advice to everyone is to keep a paper-clip in your HP's case.  If I had
to choose between my paper-clip and my pocket manual, I'd choosemy
paper-clip.  Luckily, I've been used to carrying around paper-clips for a
long time now, since I used to have a Mac w/ those wonderful drives whcih
have no ejection buttons.

        --Falco