Msg: 5145 *Conference*

07-02-94 14:25:40

From: RICHARD HANSON

To : DOUGLAS BOULEY

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #5130 (MSG# 5721,AGAIN!)

Okay... I understand... do this: The Traveling Software EPROMs were wrapped
with a flexible circuit board material--necessary to switch certain pins from
the EPROM to the Molex connector.  Anyway, the flexible circuit board contacts
corrode.  Simply remove the EPROM with wrap from your Model 100.  Using an ink
eraser, clean the contacts, then reinsert and call the ROM.  That should do it.
If not, you might have a cracked circuit board, or a faulty Molex connector but
let's cross that bridge if and when we need--clean the connectors, first.

As for getting a cold start and loosing everything, it's time once again to
call attention the need for cold starts, for saving data, and for knowing the
cold start recovery program.  We've addressed this issue a few times in the
past but there's always need to address it often as we move along.

Cold starts are good . . . It's a good idea to cold started your Model T from
time to time for technical reasons.  It's good for resetting the system RAM
areas in memory--it's refreshing!

Saving data . . . Always have a way to save important data to either maganetic
media (tape or disk) or at least print out that which you do not want to
re-think.  Not everything needs to be saved, however.  Journalists often just
print their stuff to paper and file it away for reference.  Indeed, properly
filed, printouts area a good way to save and quickly find old data.  Data
requiring saving to magnetic media is more like work-in-progress or long or
tedious works that you would not want to re-key. 

Should you get a cold start before being able to save important data, most of
the time that data is still available.  Fact is, all data in progress and data
saved in the memory of your Model T is still in the memory after a cold start.
All you have to do is gather up all the memory variables into one, long file,
then edit out the non-data stuff, leaving behind your good stuff.  To this end,
you will find a file in the (T)op menu (H)elpfiles that addresses cold start
recovery.

Hope this helps... -Rick-