Re: HP 15C LE....It's a calculator.....not a finger massager Message #6 Posted by Mike Morrow on 6 Oct 2011, 6:04 p.m., in response to message #5 by Tim Wessman
Tim, I'm sure you must be joking!
I replied to a post alleging "...self-tests passed with flying colors" (some rather pertinent information missing!) with:
"That must refer to the new self-tests, not the original 15C self tests."
Do you contest my statement? If so, what is inaccurate?
I then continued:
"The old 'ON plus *' and 'ON plus +' self tests always fail on the 15C-LE, and corrupt program memory."
Do you contest my statement? If so, what is inaccurate?
Your response was "No, it correctly emulates the 15c which also corrupts memory when it fails the self test."
You use "No" in your response with an apparently novel sense of meaning, one with which I am not familiar. :-)
What remains unacknowledged within your response is the fact that the 15C-LE always fails these tests. This is a 'feature' that, I have the honor to point out, the original 15C does not possess.
It seems fabulous that all those months of beta testing did not reveal this fault. Eliminating reference to the old self tests in version 2.4 of the Owner's Handbook does not make this fault go away, even if some would like to believe that's all it takes.
Edited: 6 Oct 2011, 6:13 p.m.
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