[comp.sys.handhelds] HP-48 battery use and indication.

peraino@gmu90x.gmu.edu (peraino) (04/12/90)

     All of this talk about  battery consumption on the HP-48 has
stirred an old question I have pondered. Why wasn't the 48 provided with
a command/flag that would allow programmatic checking for low power
indication?  (Dr. Wickes?) I used the capability quite a bit on the hp-41.
I know, I know, "Life is short and ROM is full," but to paraphrase
the Doritos slogan, "Burn all you want; we'll make more."
     I don't have my manuals handy, but I don't believe a command/flag
exists. If I'm wrong, I'll be embarassed, but smarter.

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