Re: Ti-89 Died What is Tanks?
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Re: Ti-89 Died What is Tanks?
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GARY WARDALL wrote in message ...
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>>My TI-89 just died, today when I was on the Varlink screen, with the
>>listing of my directory, I pushed [2nd] and [Down-arrow] to get to
>>Tanks, so I could delete it, when I did this the calculator promplty
>>CRASHED! The only 4 buttons it would respond to were [2nd] [diamond],
>>[alpha] and [whiteonblack up arrow], it would not turn off, or do
>>anything at all, not even exit the Var-Link screen, and the busy sign
>>was on. On the top there was a half an inch black line accross the
>>screen, at the end with a 'Address Book' error. I then tried to take
>>out all the batteries including the watch battery and push the reset
>>button on the back. I put everything back in and now there's a
>>different error 'Error Line:1111 Emulator' and there is no change in
>>status except that now the contrast is very light, almost impossible
>>to see, but I have good eyes. So I took the batteries out, except for
>>the watch battery, and left them out for some 3 hours. I came home
>>called up 1-800-TI-CARES and they told me that they would like to have
>>mine to study for research, I myself have no problem with that, my
>>problem is that they don't have one to replace mine. I'm going to try
>>to go the store and have them replace it, hopefully I'm still within
>>the 30 days period, unless of course someone knows how to fix it
>>without violating the TI warranty (namely taking it apart). I'll
>>probably have it returned by tomorow if I don't find out how to fix
>>it. Incidently TI tells me that the default startup reset buttons are
>>pusing the [on] button simulateneously with the [2nd] button and the
>>[white on blue right arrow] button. HELP!
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