[comp.sys.handhelds] Turbo for HP48s

gevrey@eig.unige.ch (02/18/91)

Hey, I'd like to know if someone as heard about an accelerator
 on the HP48sx as exists on the HP28s
 

  THANK YOU.

     GEVREY@eiga.unige.ch

TDSTRONG%MTUS5.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Tim Strong) (02/19/91)

>
>Hey, I'd like to know if someone as heard about an accelerator
> on the HP48sx as exists on the HP28s
>
>
>  THANK YOU.
>
>     GEVREY@eiga.unige.ch

As far as I've been told there isn't one.  On the 28 there was a code
bit in memory that controlled the speed and the machine set itself near
the middle to conserve battery power.  If there is such a code bit on the 48
(I think there is) it is set to the highest position so that a speed up
is impossible from a software point of view.

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TNA32@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (FRINGE) (02/19/91)

in a word, no.

this has come up before, often.  This would be a good thing to put into the
FAC list.

You can't do it with the 48 because it's timer is wired at high speed,
the 28s was fully programmable.