Re: HP42S Face Plate Message #2 Posted by Randy Sloyer on 20 June 2003, 6:40 p.m., in response to message #1 by Brendon Hutton
A new 42S faceplate requires the destruction of a new 42S... see where this is going?
The only way to get a replacement bezel in any condition is to remove it from another calculator. At the end of the exercise, you've expended hours, probably put a few wrinkles in the replacement plate and wished you had never tried it. The double sided sticky tape that HP used is absolutely tenacious. IMO, while it can be done, it just is not worth the effort.
The ROM in a 42S cannot be changed without swapping out the entire logic board, it is contained on the cpu chip. The bugs are not serious enough to make it necessary. The known list can be found here http://www.finseth.com/~fin/hpdata/hp42s.html There are a few differences in the menus when using solver, but again, not enough to make a difference in actual use. Purely academic for my 2 cents worth.
Just do what most of us other 42S zealots do - buy several. No, that can't be used as night-lights on the bedside table like the LED machines, but every room in the house still needs one.
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