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From: lishka@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu (Chris Lishka (a.k.a. Fish-Guts) )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HP48SX GREAT!
Message-ID: <1990Mar10.143851.26846@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu>
Date: 10 Mar 90 14:38:51 GMT
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Organization: Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
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biometal@watever.waterloo.edu (Andrew MacLean) writes:

>WOW!!!! HP looks like they have created a great machine! Congrats!

You can say that again ;-)

>My question is this: (I would appreciate comments from HP people!)
>   I want VERY much to buy this new calculator, but I am afraid that it may
>   have some serious bug(s) that will be fixed within a year. Should I buy
>   now, or wait for a year for things to settle down? Is HP still developing
>   the software, and may therefore have a new release in a short period of time?

I just picked up the hp48sx.  Mine must be an early machine, because
it is revision A.  Included with the manuals were some photocopied
sheets, one of which included a list of known bugs, although there
didn't seem to be many and the one's that were there were pretty
specific.  In addition, there was a "workaround" for each bug,
although not all solutions were that helpful.  I would post the bug
list, but it is currently at home.  Email me if you want more specifics.

One interesting thing was that the bug lists mentioned revisions from
A to D.

I would also be interested in what HP's policy is on providing
upgrades.  Is it possible (with a little bit of extra cost) to send
the calculator in to get the ROM's swapped (actually, this would
likely be a motherboard swap)?  Although none of the bugs that were
mentioned would really affect me, I plan on having this machine a
loooong time and would like to iron out some of the problems in the
future (of course, I thought I would have the hp28 for a long time,
and then HP released the wonderful 48sx!).

						.oO Chris Oo.
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