Sounds like a good plan- On Sunday, April 26, 2020, me <m...@scifidan.com> wrote:
> 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> > <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> 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> 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 > >
