A89: Hardware Version 2.00 Problems

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Subject: A89: Hardware Version 2.00 Problems
From: "Scott Noveck" <noveck@pluto.njcc.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:44:12 -0400
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OK, I was wrong -- a friend of mine in school bought an 89 yesterday loaded
w/ hardware version 2.00 and ROM 1.05 natively.  The DoorsOS version 1.00
kernel froze when I attempted to install it; I'm not sure if one of the
newer versions of the kernel from Final Beta 2 will help.  I haven't tried
to downgrade him to ROM v1.00 yet directly from my own calc.  There
definately IS something odd about those calcs; Olle, does your friend (was
it Johan?) have a new one to "dissect" and analyze for differences?

Something fishy is going on. . . the whole point of Flash ROM on the 89s is
so that all calcs - old and new - can be on the same version and there is no
NEED to release newer versions of the actual calculator - just tell people
to download the upgraded version of the ROM.  If they needed to release new
hardware then there seems to be some kind of a serious problem with the old
ones. . .

I'm emailing one of the guys in TI to ask about the changes.  If anyone
knows anything about them, let me know =)

    -Scott

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