I must've inadvertently backed up my data about 3 days ago. So I have
about 20% recovered. That's a better than nothing. I'll backup everytime
I create a new document until I get that tape drive. And the cables
On 4/26/20 5:11 AM, me wrote:
thank you for the tip. i saw that there were two backups right before
it froze. now i know what that is.
i'll have to put out calendar to remind myself.
one project of mine this summer is to learn 8085 assembly so i can
write some apps for this sucker. i love this thing.
can't wait to get my 100 back up and running too.
D
On April 26, 2020 5:08:16 AM PDT, Stephen Adolph
<twospru...@gmail.com> wrote:
I would suggest that one of the main things to do with REX is to
back up ram images into the REX flash chip for storage.
if you have 3 banks then you have 3x24 kb.
Sorry you had to restart it. Hard to say what root cause is, but
saving progress to REX regularly is a good thing to do.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 8:03 AM me <m...@scifidan.com
<mailto:m...@scifidan.com>> wrote:
Okay, I wiped the memory and now it's back to normal. Thanks.
i'll just have to live with the loss of my work and redo it.
I'm sure it'll be better than the original.
Anyway, i have to reenable the rex manager and i'm back to
business. Thanks for the help. I'll remember this for next time.
I cant wait to get my tape drive so I can save my work to that
so if this happens again i won't be screwed.
On 4/26/20 4:59 AM, me wrote:
The battery inside was replaced in 2018. The aa's were tested
and they're at 1.4+
I have done the whole restart, resetting it, but I haven't
done the memory wipe. In the four-five days I've had it, I've
written alot on it. I'd like to keep the files.
I dno't know how to check how much ram is on it, though. Yes,
it's REX that I was tabbing going to different banks, all
three.. Bank 1 was pretty much full. Bank 2 is where I'm
keeping all my documents, and bank 3 is unused.
I won't be removing REX if it'll corrupt the power up bank..
On 4/26/20 4:09 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
That's a very common screen in my opinion with T200. I
always get that when my T200 has been sitting unused for a
while, and I am more or less convinced that it relates to
the nicad batts being a bit low. with or without REX.
But I have never really root caused this weakness in how
T200 powers up. To recover it, I usually do a combination
of (1) cold restart (2) toggle memory power switch (3)
pulling power completely. What the state of the RAM is
afterwards is the question.
Certainly, you can try removing REX. There is a good chance
that your RAM will be corrupted if you do that though (at
least in the power up bank, the other banks should be ok).
If there is an important file that you need to get back, I
would say there are ways to extract the raw memory from a
ram bank AFTER a cold restart.
How much RAM is installed?
You mention TAB - TAB (for changing banks) is a REX feature
that is equivalent to the BANK function key. If you pull
REX out, TAB won't work, so use the function key.. And if
REX Manager software is not correctly installed in the T200,
TAB will also not work.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 4:18 AM me <m...@scifidan.com
<mailto:m...@scifidan.com>> wrote:
My model 200 is on the fritz this evening. Video
description below:
https://www.omgwtflol.net/nextcloud/index.php/s/gMS9cbc6fWdaQQL
I'm happy to take suggestions while I read the service
manual.
Daniel
