paul+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul J. Dujmich) (09/10/90)
K-Mart sells a small camera case that fits the HP-48 perfectly. The camera case comes with 2 pieces of plastic foam as a filler, when you buy it. I left the plastic foam in the case, and just inserted the calculator into the case between the foam sandwich. The net result is a VERY padded protection for the 48. I have never tried it, but I would be willing to bet that you could drop the case/calculator from a height of 4 or 5 ft without hurting anything. I can't remember the brand name of the case, but I remember that it costs around $5.00. It's the only one they sell that's about the size of the 48. Paul
rrd@hpfinote.HP.COM (Ray Depew x2419) (09/29/90)
Story time! > ... The net result is a VERY padded > protection for the 48. I have never tried it, but I would be willing to > bet that you could drop the case/calculator from a height of 4 or 5 ft > without hurting anything. Once, when I worked at HP Corvallis, I was in Lab Stock getting something, and I heard the sound of a calculator crashing to the floor behind me. I cringed and turned around to see who had just lost their Pride and Joy, and watched with horror as a Calculator R&D engineer picked a prototype HP48SX off the floor. He punched some buttons, wrote something down in his lab notebook and DROPPED IT AGAIN! ON PURPOSE! I was horrified, and made noises t that effect. He just grinned and went on with what he was doing. I noticed that he was standing next to a door, and the doorframe had numbers and tic marks scratched into the paint at regular intervals. I also noticed that he was dropping the thing from heights up to 2 meters, holding the 48 in various attitudes so it hit the floor face-down, on one corner, et cetera. True story. KIDS: Don't try this at home! DON'T! I told you not to! Happy weekend, all. Regards Ray Depew HP Colorado IC Division rrd@hpfitst1.hp.com