Msg: 4607 *Conference*
08-17-93 22:08:44
From: TRACY ALLEN
To : JOE STEGER
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #4585 (XR4)
A guy who was having trouble with his computer, with an XR4 installed, had tried to "cold start" it by turning off the memory power. Well, I asked him how long he had left the memory power off. He said that it had been just a couple of minutes, and the screen had come up completely blank, no directory, no files no nothing. I had him cold start the machine using the standard, sure-fire method, with CTRL-BREAK-RESET. The screen came back instantly. The interesting thing was, holding breath, he did the CALL63012'!, and the XR4 bank was still there. I relearned two things from his experience: 1) The XR4 memory holds its contents to a much lower voltage than does the older memory technology and 2) The memory-power switch for two minutes OFF is not a reliable way to produce a cold start. - Tracy