Re: A89: Archive Utility
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Re: A89: Archive Utility
AU2 would saying installing and then it would blank the screen and I had
to pull the batteries to get it restarted. AU3 says "Incomplete Boot
Sector" with one rom version and "Not compatible boot sector" with the
other.
Scott Noveck wrote:
>
> >I know a bunch of people use it, but I also know that a bunch of people
> >can't. Everyone says they have the same calc but from one calc to
> >another it does not work. So what is the determining factor? I know for
> >a fact I have a "original" hw1 ams1.00 calc and AU doesn't work, but yet
> >I hear a lot of people who have the same generation of 89 that can
> >install AU. What causes the incompatability?
>
> There should NOT be a problem with a HWr1 89 and AU (at least 2.0) as long
> as you use the v1.00 ROM -- a certain boot value is needed by AU (see the
> documentation) which changes for each ROM version, so the build of AU must
> be prepared for your ROM version.
>
> HWr2 calcs will NOT run AU - since TI fixed the security gate quirk (see my
> previous message) in the new versions, the little trick that AU uses is no
> longer allowed (any writing to ROM is blocked by the "security chip," as TI
> calls it).
>
> If you're on HWr1 with ROM v1.00, there should NOT be any problem
> whatsoever. If there is, then can you explain what happens when you try to
> install AU?
>
> -Scott
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