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From: bobw@hpsad.HP.COM (Bob Waltenspiel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Invigilators Beware of the HP48SX
Message-ID: <760004@hpsad.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Mar 90 16:43:41 GMT
References: <1990Mar6.141641.4096@me.toronto.edu>
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Div - Rohnert Park, CA
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>I thought of this also and tested it with my HP-48 and my friends HP-48.
>They would not work past about three inchs.  I wonder if HP did this on
>purpose? 
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What about using one of those IR amplifiers I've seen on TV remotes?  Of
course, that's probally a little too obvious in a classroom!

-Bob

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