RE: TI-H: Simple lock for TI calculator battery cover!
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RE: TI-H: Simple lock for TI calculator battery cover!
Umm... to drain the cap really fast, just hit On about ten times.
Sincerely,
Bruce
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> TGaArdvark@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 1998 3:43 PM
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> Subject: Re: TI-H: Simple lock for TI calculator battery cover!
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> > You can reset the memory on the 8X's by taking out the
> > batteries while the calc is on, or taking all the batteries
> > out when the calc is off (inc. backup batt.)
>
> This is only true for the 82 and 85. The 83 and 86 just
> shut off when a AAA battery is removed as long as the
> OS interrupts are running. The 86 also takes that as
> a signal that a program crashed and exits to the home-
> screen when it is restarted. Also, the 83 has enough
> capacitor energy to retain it's memory for 5-6 minutes
> without any batteries (this makes recovering from com-
> plete crashes very annoying).
>
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