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- From: sweet@ug.cs.dal.ca (garth r sweet)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
- Subject: Re: Building a cable, and problems with recovering memory
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 23:32:00 GMT
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- Matthew Paschke (paschke@husc11.harvard.edu) wrote:
- > cokin@phakt.usc.edu (Darren Cokin) writes:
- > >"recovering memory" on the top of the screen, I tried doing ON-C to abort but
- > >no dice. It was totally frozen. I took out the batteries, put them back
- > >in, and the screen filled with garbage and the hourglass at the top of the
- > >screen. Totally hung. I left the batteries out for 10 minutes, and then upon
- > >replacing them it asked if I wanted to recover memory. I said yes, and it
- >
- > I have had the same problem (only once) with a relatively new HP48-E (I had to
- > buy it to replace the one that was stolen :( ). I got the calc about four
- > weeks ago, and had to reset it because someone (jerk) took out my memory
- > card. Anyway, I resetted it and said yes to the memory clear message, and
- > waited almost an HOUR before trying to do ON-C. That didn't work, so I tried
- > ON-A-F again, which didn't work. So, I tried the reset in the back of the
- > calculator, and that didn't work. I took out the batteries, and the display
- > sort of faded away slowly. Really strange. The when I put them back in,
- > the display had an hourglass and a single horizontal line somewhere in the
- > middle of the screen. I finally took out the batteries for about a minute,
- > and then it was OK. Luckily I had recently backed up the RAM so I didn't lose
- > much, but it was distressing. I would be most appreciative to hear if anyone
- > else has had such a problem...
- >
-
- While trying to get a Smith Corona ram card to work in my HP, I'd
- run into that sort of thing fairly often, but the reset on the back of
- the calc always got me out.
-
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- + Q: What's FTP anyway? A: Mail me! +
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