Re: A82: Dr. Mario Update + dead calc
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Re: A82: Dr. Mario Update + dead calc
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>where did ou find those prices! They are realy good prices. I could buy 4 rom
>19's for how much I payed for mine!
>
>ADAMMAN106 wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 98-04-16 19:44:22 EDT, you write:
>>
>> > >Well, folks, I am sorry to say that Dr. Mario has been stalled
>>indefinitely
>> > >until I can get a new calc. I have no idea what happened but hey, the
>> calc
>> > is
>> > >5 years old! It worked just fine early yesterday, though the batteries
>> > were
>> > >very low (I think this might be the cause of the problem). It seems
>>to be
>> > a
>> > >hardware problem which is odd, considering it has suffered no severe
>>blows
>> > >lately. It also seems that the slightest movement will cause the RAM to
>> > freak
>> > >out and weird errors to happen on the calc. When I run the
>>selftest, if I
>> > hit
>> > >the calc on something (or simply run something along the back of it where
>> > the
>> > >stand-out text is) the calc will display "RAM FAIL" in the middle of the
>> > >screen. This happens during the never-ending countup (which, btw, does
>> end,
>> > I
>> > >tested it by leaving the calc on all last night :-) ).
>> > >This is very strange, and I have _NO IDEA_ what is wrong with my calc. I
>> > have
>> > >yet to contact TI. I will do this, though, even though the calc is about
>> 4
>> > >years out of warranty :-).
>> > >If _ANYONE_ has a clue why this is happening, PLEASE let me know. I
>>might
>> > >also add that this happened when I changed the batteries, right after it
>> > >crashed from Dr. Mario (it happens often).
>> > >I greatly appreciate any help!
>> > >
>> > >~Adamman
>> > >
>> > That sucks. Maybe try taking all of the batteries out including the
>> > little one
>> > for a couple hours. It works when my calc was screwed up.
>> > Sam
>>
>> nope, it's nothing like that. I guess I forgot to say that I left the calc
>> sitting with no batts in it for a few hours. I'm looking into getting some
>> used calc(s) cheap. Right now I'm looking into a great deal I found - 16.0
>> for $15 and 19.0 for $20. I'm hoping to find someone with a 17.0 and even
>> possibly an 18.0. Then I can have each ROM version for less than a new calc
>> :-)
>> Happy days!
>>
>> ~Adamman
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