Has anyone ever gotten an error message 608? I was helping someone tonight, and we kept getting error 608. I'm used to the error message 10022, but not this one.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Paul Henrichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:34:55 -0800 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] for HumanWare: Rectifying a bad situation >Hi, Bob and list. Bob, I see what you are saying, but the problem is that >only the email is affected and that not all of the time. I have >successfully downloaded amounts of email under 50 messages without a >problem. I have hung on messages at around 100, but usually, a retry will >get it eventually after a couple of tries. >I tried downloading email on Sunday morning at 171 messages and kept >getting errors. I did a reset three hours later and, although I hung once >or twice, I eventually downloaded 272 messages. >Everything else in 6.1 seems to work as far as I can tell. If you don't use >your bn to download email, go ahead and upgrade. If, like me, you only do >it occasionally just to see how it works, go ahead and upgrade because the >wireless is great. Web browsing works well. Connecting to the shared >ddrives on your network works pretty well except for an occasional lockup. >But, for the most part, the upgrade is good. >Perhaps we need to hear from 6.1 users where email is working fine for >them. Of course, we don't even know about the 6.1 users who don't subscribe >to this list and only PDI could tell us how many tech support calls they >are getting because of email problems. One user I talked to who has a bn >doesn't even use his on the net, so upgrading to 6.1 would only be a good >thing for him. >Also, as I mentioned in other messages, sending mail to the trash and >emptying the trash has been greatly improved with 6.1. >The word processor, planner, media player, scientific calculator, active >sync and other features are as good as they ever were, in my opinion. >But, if email is important to you, you can upgrade and see if it works for >you or wait for 6.1.1. >At 3/8/2005, you wrote: >>Hi, folks: I guess it's safe to say that the 6.1 upgrade has been, shall >>we say, troublesome. Ie might even say "ill-fated." Until HumanWare comes >>out with 6.11, There are certain steps which should be taken, which, I >>think, would greatly help in soothing ruffled feathers, and which would >>make great business sense. Here they 5: >>1. Immediately halt the shipment of the 6.1 upgrade. >>2. Send out an announcement, stating that, because of major issues, the >>upgrade is being withdrawn for revision. >>3. People, who have already received the upgrade, should be fully >>apprised of these issues, and advised not to stall it until the new >>version, 6.11, comes out. >>4. From this point on, anyone who orders the upgrade should be sent >>6.11. 5. When 6.11 is ready, everyone who has either received 6.1, or >>who ordered it before these actions were taken, should receive the upgrade >>on a CF card. (Optional) It might not be a bad idea to give these folks >>one SMA. >>While these steps may seem a bit drastic, I think they would do wonders, >>in restoring confidence in this company, which, in my opinion, still makes >>the best line of products around. Thanks, and God bless. Bob and Maxy-wax >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
