Re: Backups

To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
Subject: Re: Backups
From: Nathan Ernst <hermittwig@GEOCITIES.COM>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 07:26:09 -0700
Reply-To: Nathan Ernst <hermittwig@GEOCITIES.COM>
>From personal experience, I have found that backups are very useful when you
start to learn how to program asm.  I have crashed my calc more times that I
can remember.  But, before I started, I backed up the RAM of my 83 and was
able to restore it when I was done programming for the night, essentially
leaving it as it was before I messed around with it, so I still had ever
down to the modes and the window settings on the graphs saved.

NE
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Jarvis <Lem@MINDLESS.COM>
To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM <CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM>
Date: Monday, January 19, 1998 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: Backups


>On Sunday, January 18, 1998 7:22 PM, Kevin J DeGraaf
>[SMTP:kdegraaf@JUNO.COM] wrote:
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>> >Why would you ever want to make a backup, won't a group file
>> >do, separate programs give more freedom, backups are just
>> >limiting, confusing and impossible to transfer successfully.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> >I can transfer backups successfully, and they aren't limiting.  They
>> >make your calculator exactly as it was before you lost all of your data.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> I agree with Grant.  For one thing, the 86 has 96.0K user RAM,
>> but the GL software only supports group files of ~64K.  Also,
>> a RAM backup would save _all_ your RAM _exactly_ as you had it;
>> that is, system settings, modes, graph parameters, etc. would be
>> preserved.  Finally, backups, being one file, would be very easy to
>> organize.  It is a feature I really miss in the GL software.  TI
>> really dropped the ball on this one.
>>
>> Kevin J. DeGraaf
>> Class of 1999, Unity Christian High School
>>
>
>What I find is that I would want to copy extra files, if I want to restore
>a previous backup and keep files on my calc already, I would have to copy
>the files to my comp, put the backup on and then copy the files back
>instrad of just copying the seperate programs.  Not a clear scenario, but I
>just don't find them usefull.
>                Chris Jarvis