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From: csmith@plains.UUCP (Carl Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Battery Change Time.
Message-ID: <3504@plains.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 90 03:03:52 GMT
Reply-To: csmith@plains.UUCP (Carl Smith)
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo
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When I told a friend of mine that I was getting an HP-28S he told me to 
practice taking the batteries out and putting them back in before I put 
any programs into it, so I would be able to do it within the one minute
time, later when it was full of valuable stuff.

The very first time I couldn't get the third battery out, and it took me
about 3 minutes, and I got a memory lost.   During the 4 or 5 times I 
did this, I found that my HP will hold the memory for almost two minutes
without batteries.

Another curiosity.  After having my HP for only a month, I got a low 
battery indicator, so I replaced the batteries.  Then I tested the old
ones and two measured 1.4 volts, and the third measured 0.3 volts.  
obviously it was a defective battery..........

                    Carl Smith   (no fancy signoff :)