Re: A82: Calc Broken??? Games Cancelled/Delayed???
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Re: A82: Calc Broken??? Games Cancelled/Delayed???
Barubary wrote:
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> > On Saturday, I started to work at fixing a bug in the highscores
> >table in Galaxian 82. The game asks for you to enter your name. Instead
> >of then displaying the highscores table, it exits to the CrASH
> >homescreen. Then after exiting CrASH, an invalid dim error was displayed
> >and my calculator immediately crashed. When I took the batteries out and
> >put them back in, all I got when I turned the calc on was a black screen.
> >None of the buttons have any effect. I took out and reinserted the
> >lithium battery to no avail. I think my calculator maybe broken for good.
> >If anyone else has ever gotten a problem where the screen is dark and
> >none of the buttons work, then please post or email me how you fixed your
> >calc. If no one has ever caused their calc to permanently lock up, then I
> >may be the first person to find a bug that will permanently disable a
> >calculator. I have yet to call the ti helpline. It may be a very long
> >time before I will have constant and immediate access to a calculator.
>
> This is rare but still possible on an 82. This problem is actually
> quite frequent on the 83. Anyways, what you need to do is remove all
> batteries (including lithium) for about 1 hour. That should fix it. It
> won't even do this if you repeat the same thing when you fix it. It's
> totally random, except that some sort of crash must trigger it.
>
> -- Barubary
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. My calc is working again. Expect
Galaxian 0.3 and Orzunoid 3.2 by Friday.
Evil Sam
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