18 Oct
2011
18 Oct
'11
7:24 p.m.
On 10/18/2011 10:08 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
I love the 28 series (it's a great form factor
sadly abandoned), but the
lack of I/O options for backup/restore of programs is kind of annoying.
And N-cells are more expensive than AAA's :).
Agreed on all points. Yeah I wish they hadn't gone with N cells,
sometimes it's even a pain just to find them. Were AAAs around when the
original 28C came out?
The kermit protocol in the 48 family sure is handy, even if you do
need a weird cable to make use of it.
I do have a 50G, and I find it to be pretty nice. The
build quality is
good (not as good as the good old days) and the key-click is *almost*
right.
When did the build quality start to drop? I have a 35S, which is
great but the build quality isn't even close to real HP. It also chews
through batteries like there's no tomorrow. (2x CR2032) The next most
recent one I have is a 48SX, which is very nicely built, so it seems to
me the decline happened somewhere in between.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA