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RE: Black Screen 48 models - cdmackay - 03-05-2023 09:52 PM
see also: https://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv021.cgi?read=236050
RE: Black Screen 48 models - dmh - 03-05-2023 10:34 PM
I actually have 2 of them which are both ID910 and 10 serial numbers apart. Both are from an ex-HP employee here in Melbourne, Australia.
The cases are perfectly sealed with no marks to suggest they have been opened. The ex-HP employee I got them from didn't mention anything about repairs and he had some other HP calculators that were faulty (eg Pioneer series that need to be pressed under the display for the keyboard to work).
From the videos I have seen, opening a 48 is a major undertaking and leaves marks and although they click back together they are not sealed like a new one as the rivets have been removed. There is no movement between the halves. The 2 I have are in excellent condition which makes me think they are original black screen 48GX.
(03-05-2023 07:59 PM)Kiwi Wrote: Are you sure it's not one of the 'LCD transplanted' models like Bob mentioned ?
The first 'real ones' I've seen are from 2001 onwards.
(03-05-2023 12:27 PM)dmh Wrote: I've also been trying to work out the likelihood of a black screen based on serial number and, for the records, I can report that I have a 48GX with black HCD with serial starting with ID910, week 10 of 1999.