alexw@mipos2.intel.com (Alex Witkowski) (09/15/90)
So my wait seems to be over. The Rev E is apparently here. But, what changes have been made ? Are there any known outstanding bugs with the Rev E ? Have there been any improvements in speed ? Can anyone at HP enlighten us. Is there any plans for other improvements in the works ? One other thing. If it is true that the Rev E is here, it will be the second time I have heard grossly overestimated time to market of the revisions. I called HP in June when I bought (I returned it in 2 days) a Rev A HP48SX. I asked them when the Rev D and Rev E versions would be available. They told me that Rev D wouldn't be available for several months and Rev E would be many months after that. I have read on the Net that the Rev D was available later that same month. In the middle of August I got an unofficial estimate from someone in HP that it would be SEVERAL months for Rev E. I almost went out and bought a Rev D. Does HP pad their schedules or WHAT ?! Is EDUCALC/ELEK-TEK shipping Rev E or do they still have Rev D to get rid of ? I forget who posted the list of products in the works for the HP48SX and available at EDUCALC. Could you post an update ?
madler@pooh.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) (09/16/90)
>> Are there any known outstanding bugs with the Rev E ?
There might be one---I can't remember whether Bill Wickes said it wasn't
fixed in D, or it wasn't fixed in E. The bug was (and still is on my rev
A) that sometimes memory is cleared after an ARCHIVE when the clock display
is enabled. A pretty serious bug, but very easy to work around. In my
bakcup program (which everyone should have anyway to save the flags), I just
turn off the clock display.
Mark Adler
madler@piglet.caltech.edu