Re: Oh dear... my 86 just bit the dust :(
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Re: Oh dear... my 86 just bit the dust :(
I had the same thing happen to my TI-85 and I took the batteries out
>and took out the memory battery and touched the spring to the other contact
>with a screw driver(I tried just taking out all batteries at first, but it
>didn't work). Then I put it all back together and it worked. You also might
>try leaving all your batteries out for a while, but I was in a hurry.
>
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>From: SCabby[SMTP:scabby@WARZONE.COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 11:24 AM
>To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
>Subject: Oh dear... my 86 just bit the dust :(
>
>Oh whoops. A rather nasty little bug crept into the Z80 repton game I was
>coding for my TI-86. I ran the program and after a while the calculator
>decided it didn't like it and turned itself off. Oh dear, not again I
>thought. Take the batteries out yet _again_... so, I did. And then I put
>them back in, turned the calc on, turned up the contrast and... turned up
>the contrast and err... took the batteries out, put them back in, turned
>the calc on, turned up the contrast and _NOTHING_. Bummer. Rather
>interesting eh? And no, the batteries aren't flat because I tried some new
>ones. Oh poo. If anyone knows what I've done or wants a copy of the
>somewhat buggy game to ponder over then drop me a line..
>
>Thanks,
>Matthew Shepcar
>scabby@warzone.com
>
>