Show I Letters To The Editor u Editor Points West I enrolled in the Electronics Program here in J June oe 82 This course of study requires a great deal of math and naturally requires the student to purchase a good scientific calculator The electronic department highly recommended the purchase se of Texas Instruments TI 11 II 55 saying this is the brand and model the instructors would be using and teaching the use of We were told it was available in the schools school's bookstore or at any major outlet such as Grand Central K Mart K-Mart Mart etc The cost was approximately 40 Over the next couple years literally hundreds of students including myself bought this particular calculator upon recommendation of I the staff of the school j j I found it to be an excellent tool which more than delivered as asI I I promised After a year or so of use however the calculator became totally useless It seemed that the keyboard had gone junk and it made double entries or no entry at all aIL For example entering the number 75 would display a or or nothing at all aIL The same problem with the function entries f x etc Since I purchased it a year or so before the warranty had expired and I figured I had no choice but to junk it and buy a n new w calculator of a different make o or model In talking with other othe students I learned my problem was not unique and that many others had also set the TI aside and bought a new one About 2 weeks ago I found mine sitting in a drawer collecting dust I decided to call the national TI center in Lubbock Texas exas to find out how much a repair bill would be I figured 10 or 15 might be worth it I was really surprised however to be told it would be replaced with a new one free of charge regardless of the age of the warranty as they acknowledged the 55 II did indeed have a faulty keyboard displaying the exact symptoms of my own I took it to Texas Instruments Service Center in Murray and after a disbelieving clerk called the national headquarters I was issued a brand new improved model of the TI 55 II free of any charges at all It even carried a new 6 month warranty With hundreds of students here and thousands nationally it seems to me that Texas Instruments should put out outa a little a-little little effort to get the word to these people that they need not throw their defective calculators away but do indeed have some recourse to have a defective product replaced instead of just taking a loss A loss few students can take So since Texas Instruments sees fit not to make this information known I feel Teel I should If you have a Texas Texas' Instruments TI 55 II calculator which has gone junk and I know there are a afew afew afew few hundred of you out there take it to Green St. St W. W for a free replacement The people at national headquarters told me no sales slip was required d. d Oh and by the way you might want to call I first-I have havea a a feeling they might be a little busy for a while PAUL SERVATIUS STUDENT UTAH TECH at SALT LAKE ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT I To the Editor When one misses an event planned d for the whole it makes one feel very disconsolate and alone Fortunately since the Free Parking Day on November 21 1984 I have found that almost 75 percent of th the students are also feeling just as disconsolate for the same reason so now Im I'm feeling okay again None of us knew what we missed when we missed it The CIA should be beso beso beso so lucky to keep a secret so well I have found out about two more free parking days that are being planned May I offer a heartfelt suggestion Could you please trade one of the free parking days for a cancellation day of parking tickets Expectantly yours Bonnie Vail Dear Editor This mon morning ing as I was wandering through the mazes of cars in the parking lots increasingly frustrated once again at my inability to find a parking spot I came upon a few cars whose owners apparently thought they were much higher class than everyone else Some were parked taking up two spaces for just their one car Some were parked on the sides others were parked so far apart that three fit where usually four or five fit We all know that there is a problem with parking spaces but since there is why cant can't we all try and help out Take one space and enough room for one person Cant Can't we learn to help better a abad abad abad bad situation instead of m making king it worse Sincerely Ai 1 Deeply disturbed and wondering why V |