Msg: 5049 *Conference*
04-26-94 22:38:38
From: JOHNNY ROYAL
To : ALL
Subj: QUESTIONS
I am Johnny P. Royal. I am a first time user of the Upload section of Club 100. I don't know at this point if I am even using it correctly. It has been some time since I have been online with the club, so I am a bit rusty with even the basics of telecommunicating. I run a small (1 man) car stereo shop called "Car-Tronics" in Fayetteville, NC. I am self-taught in the use of my T102. It is the only computer I have ever used. I have a Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2. Via "Super-ROM", I keep virtually all of my business and tax records with my "Model T"--primarily with the Lucid Spreadsheet Program. My problem is this: on a few occasions, I unwisely used Ni-Cad batteries to power my disk drive. A couple of times, a cell has suddenly gone dead in the middle of saving a file on the disk. This has resulted in a "Disk I/O Error" message when I have subsequently tried to retrieve any of the files from the bank that was affected. My question is this: Is there any kind of program I can run that will allow me to retrieve any of the files from a disk damaged in this way? My intention is to direct this question to at least the club's System Operator, if not to others who may read this message as well. I will try to check back next weekend for any response(s). Another question about some of your Model T products just came to mind--or perhaps a series of questions. Will "TS DOS" on Disk operate with "Super ROM Lucid spreadsheet files? And with the 4-bank version of "extRAM" (XR4, I believe it is called), is it possible to use more than one ROM image at a time? For example, Could an image of TS-DOS on ROM be used with Super ROM? Or could a "Sardine" image be added to the mix? It sounds too incredible to be true. I just thought I would ask, since I have the chance.