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Are the exam proctors supposed to run a set of diagnostics on each calculator brought to the test?
I remember taking my 41CX into an arial cartography exam. I had thirty five different programs loaded, some in reference to the formulas used on the exam. I removed the pertinent programs but not having the card reader or any other saving device I did not want to lose all the other programs also. Two of them were over 400 lines each, and a whole bunch of synthetics that I DID not want to have to reload with the byte jumper.
The proctors knew nothing about the 41C series other then to ask you to show them the alpa display, "MEMORY LOST". Of course it was an easy deal to write a short program attached to the SF 11 "on and run flag" routine. So when I turned the calculator on; "MEMORY LOST" was displayed. That was enough to satisfy them!
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Well, if it happens then I am sure you (forum in general) will never get another user flashable calc from HP. . . :-(
TW