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- From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon VE3XCL)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
- Subject: Re: What is Version J?>??>?>?>???
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 10:41:26 EST
- References: <Bzr12o.AFI@ulowell.ulowell.edu> <72543@cup.portal.com>
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- In article <72543@cup.portal.com>, Jake G Schwartz writes:
-
- > On 12/23/92 Gerry Vahe wrote:
- > -----------------------------------------
- > I just bought an hp48s from service merchandise. I was reading a faq list and
- > it told me how to prompt the hp for the version letter.
- > I received a VERSION J
- > I have been noticing the latest version is "E"
- > Should I return it???
- > -----------------------------------------
- > Okay, now that rev. J is out on the street, would anyone in the know who
- > reads this area care to tell us the differences between rev. E and rev J??
- >
- > Thanks,
- >
- > Jake Schwartz
-
- Well here is the rumour post from a while ago :
-
- >Kevin Jessup asks about rev F. There won't be one. However...
- >
- >*** NEW HP 48 ARRIVING REAL SOON NOW ***
- >
- >HP Corvallis has heard students' cries, and after long discussions
- >with the College Board and Educational Testing Services (the folks who
- >write all the significant tests), they've come up with a fascinating
- >solution that will let students use their beloved HP 48 on any and all
- >tests.
- >
- >Rumor has it that the "J" revision HP 48, which will be "very visible
- >as such", will have an "Exam Mode" that will allow it to be used
- >during school tests. It seems that the teacher will be able to press
- >some keys to start exam mode, which asks for how many minutes the mode
- >should be active. The machine will then proceed to lock out *all*
- >access to the VAR menu and *all* the symbolic math functions (e.g. the
- >SOLVE and PLOT applications) for that many minutes, and then exit exam
- >mode and behave normally.
- >
- >It made me laugh, thinking of Rick Grevelle's FALSECLR program that
- >faked an ON-A-F Memory Clear, but my impeachable source tells me that
- >exam mode is "unbreakable". What a challenge! Even if exam mode
- >can't be broken out of, certainly *getting into it* can be faked in a
- >sufficiently convincing manner! I was told No, They Can't.
- >
- >Humph. We'll see.
- >
- >The above is 100% rumor only, and is subject to change without notice
- >or reason.
- >
- >>-Joseph K. Horn- -Nondisclosure? What nondisclosure?-
- >
- >Joey: New plotting functions? Faster EqationWriter & MatrixWriter?
- > Built-in HP Solve Equations Card? Built-in video games?
- > Active matrix color LCD? Laser IO? Holographic projector?
- > Bidirectional packet radio? And price reduced to $99.95?
- > Can it be true??? Huh??? Huh??? Huh???
- >
- >Roo-man ignores Joey.
- >
-
- I know this isn't the end-all be-all but many may have forgotten or
- have never seen this post (it's from a while ago) so here it is.
-
- --
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