28 Nov
2004
28 Nov
'04
12:41 p.m.
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Fred Cisin wrote:
It certainly IS "TRUE"!
The battery life of THREE that I have had has always been HOURS, NOT
YEARS.
OTOH, the LCD model gives years on batteries.
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Tom Peters wrote:
I've heard that before and its not true, at least
with the model I have. I get
around 1.5 to 2 years out of one 9V battery in mine, always on my desk, used
every couple of days. It does turn itself off after a short period of
inactivity (1 minute or so - first rotating decimal point pattern then off) I had a TI Programmer LED model. It died a
horrible death. I don't know
That is a really nice calculator, IFF you can plug
it in.
Battery life is negligible. what became of it. I have the model that replaced it,
a TI Programmer II,
an LCD model.
The LCD model has great battery life. It's batteries often
outlast the life of the keyboard.
If you want something SMALLER, the Casio CFX40/CFX400 is
fantastic IFF you have excellent eyesight and good desterity.