Re: 85 questions

To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
Subject: Re: 85 questions
From: "P. Kolbus" <ae607@DETROIT.FREENET.ORG>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 00:14:57 -0500
Reply-To: "P. Kolbus" <ae607@DETROIT.FREENET.ORG>

That's what the backup battery is for.
Unfortunately, if your TI-8x has been in the packaging for a long time
before inserting the batteries (more than 2-3 months), the backup is
probably dead.  Replace it NOW, if you haven't already.

At 22:03 12/3/96 -0500, Caitlin Keidel wrote:
>I have two questions about the 85 but I guess it sort of applies to all TI
>calcs. They are sort of naive so please don't flame me.
>
>1) Is it true that when you take all the batteries out of the calculator,
>you loose everything that has been programmed into the calc?
>
>2) And if you have a whole bunch of programs in there (Zshell, games,
>science progs), how do you change the batteries without loosing all that
>stuff?
>
>Thanks in advance for your help...
>
>--Caitlin Keidel
>
>
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