A92: RE: A89: Re: Re: Assorted '92 stuff

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A92: RE: A89: Re: Re: Assorted '92 stuff


Perhaps the reason TI does this is because there is the possibility that an
ASM program can delete the operating system from the Flash memory, with no
way to restore it. However, they should just make the warranty void if the
ASM program CAUSED the problem. They would determine that by restoring the
memory in the factory and if that fixed it, then charge you a fee, but if
the calculator was still broken, then assume it was a problem covered in the
warranty and do it free of charge.

There's a good chance that TI really does do this, and even if they knew
that a user ran ASM programs but the calculator broke anyway due to a real
problem, they would fix it for free, but they should say so. And I wonder if
there's a way they can know for sure if you've ever used the Exec command,
even if you've since deleted the program or RESETed ALL.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
[mailto:owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Niklas Brunlid
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 4:13 PM
To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org; Assembly-92
Subject: A89: Re: Re: Assorted '92 stuff



> > that's right... If you read the warantee infos, it says that if you make
> use
> > of the exec command or any user-made asm programs (not the ones made by
> ti),
> > then you lose your warantee... i was using assembly before i even read
the
> > warantee.
>
> l guess it's true...but it's the most *retarded* thing that l've ever
heard
> of!  that's like RCAs selling TVs, and having a 3 year warranty as long as
it
> is never turned to channel 7!!  Or buying a car with a 5 year warranty, so
> long as you never turn on the headlights.  l mean, really, what the heck?

Difference is that a TV or a car (hopefully) can't lock up and cause angry
phone
calls demanding a new TV/car if you do those things.

Besides, you can't expect TI to fix bugs, add features *and* keep 100%
backwards
compatability? (Can you say "MicroSoft"? :-)

 / Niklas Brunlid
Check out Prosit for the TI-89 / TI-92+ at http://prosit.ticalc.org
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