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Richard Casady

On Wed, 6 May 2009 05:29:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 6, 7:47*am, Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 05 May 2009 12:26:01 -0700, jps wrote:
I replaced a cmos chip on my Raytheon scanner 5 years ago and I didn't
know a damned thing about it before cracking it open to diagnose. *Was
able to search the net for clues, talked to a raytheon tech over the
phone and isolated the problem. *Soldering iron, solder suck, solder
and a $2 cmos chip and the thing worked like new. *Damned gratifying.

Replacing the board would've been $600.

My HP 45 calculator developed a bad display. I removed the 00 size
phillips screws, opened it up. and relaced the LEDs with a Radio Shack
part. Now they are made in Indonesia and glued together [HP48].

Casady

My 48G is made in Singapore. But, it's like my right hand, I have to
have it! I like having four stacks visible for one thing. And it
graphs. I've had it about 14 years or so, and it pains me to have to
use a calculator that doesn't use Reverse Polish Notation.

I am unable to do anything complicated with a non RPN calculator. I
mean I can barely get one to add and subtract. I have two HP 48s. one
on the desk, one in the coat pocket. I wouldn't know a graph from a
bale of hay, I bought it for the big screen. Like watching TV. Ever
notice that the keys in the lower right corner, the numbers and the
arithmetic keys, are larger than the rest?

Casady