[A89] Re: AMS 2.08 (was: Clarification)
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[A89] Re: AMS 2.08 (was: Clarification)
-Duncan Smith (slimey_limey)
mrslimeylimey AT hotmail DOT com
http://www.slimeylimey.tk/
>From: "Travis Evans" <travisevans@cox.net>
>Reply-To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
>To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
>Subject: [A89] AMS 2.08 (was: Clarification)
>Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 22:41:48 -0600
>
>That's strange, I always noticed the clock seemed to freeze when I had the
>AAAs out. I guess I could check again to be sure, though.
That's possible - I usually only have the batteries out for 15-30 seconds.
> > How in the world did you manage to lose Flash?
>
>Well, once when I accidentally mixed up a set of old and good batteries and
>was trying to figure out which was which, I finally got it back on and it
>had the progress bar that normally appears after a crash, although I didn't
>remember my calculator crashing last time I used it. (I didn't even have
>any
>ASM programs loaded.) It froze up in the middle of rebooting, so when I
>tried to remove the batteries and reinsert them, Flash was cleared. I guess
>that's not too surprising. The other time was when I had to use [(-)], [)]
>(or whatever the actual key combo is to reset), but I think that
>automatically deletes Flash, doesn't it? Other crashes don't normally wipe
>Flash that I remember, though. Then again, I don't run ASM programs much
>anymore because many of them seem to malfunction a lot.
That's plausible.... Mixing old & new batteries only has the effect of
insufficient current. Possibly the hardware thought it could pull enough to
run the RAM but it couldn't. However, the Flash has (I think) a backup VAT
of the things in Flash, thus preserving their locations after you remove all
the batteries. That is something that /needs/ to be looked into.
-Slimey_Limey
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