Re: A82: Dr. Mario Update + dead calc
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Re: A82: Dr. Mario Update + dead calc
where did ou find those prices! They are realy good prices. I could buy 4 rom
19's for how much I payed for mine!
ADAMMAN106 wrote:
> In a message dated 98-04-16 19:44:22 EDT, you write:
>
> > >Well, folks, I am sorry to say that Dr. Mario has been stalled indefinitely
> > >until I can get a new calc. I have no idea what happened but hey, the
> calc
> > is
> > >5 years old! It worked just fine early yesterday, though the batteries
> > were
> > >very low (I think this might be the cause of the problem). It seems to be
> > a
> > >hardware problem which is odd, considering it has suffered no severe blows
> > >lately. It also seems that the slightest movement will cause the RAM to
> > freak
> > >out and weird errors to happen on the calc. When I run the selftest, if I
> > hit
> > >the calc on something (or simply run something along the back of it where
> > the
> > >stand-out text is) the calc will display "RAM FAIL" in the middle of the
> > >screen. This happens during the never-ending countup (which, btw, does
> end,
> > I
> > >tested it by leaving the calc on all last night :-) ).
> > >This is very strange, and I have _NO IDEA_ what is wrong with my calc. I
> > have
> > >yet to contact TI. I will do this, though, even though the calc is about
> 4
> > >years out of warranty :-).
> > >If _ANYONE_ has a clue why this is happening, PLEASE let me know. I might
> > >also add that this happened when I changed the batteries, right after it
> > >crashed from Dr. Mario (it happens often).
> > >I greatly appreciate any help!
> > >
> > >~Adamman
> > >
> > That sucks. Maybe try taking all of the batteries out including the
> > little one
> > for a couple hours. It works when my calc was screwed up.
> > Sam
>
> nope, it's nothing like that. I guess I forgot to say that I left the calc
> sitting with no batts in it for a few hours. I'm looking into getting some
> used calc(s) cheap. Right now I'm looking into a great deal I found - 16.0
> for $15 and 19.0 for $20. I'm hoping to find someone with a 17.0 and even
> possibly an 18.0. Then I can have each ROM version for less than a new calc
> :-)
> Happy days!
>
> ~Adamman
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