Re: Direct Mobile SRAM!?

Ronald A. Gawer (gawer@accessone.com)
Fri, 7 Jun 1996 05:22:27 -0700

Take your battery out of the card, let it sit for 24 hours, then put the
card battery back in and it should reformat fine - the Grid cards are used
and need to lose their "memory" before they format well.
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Ron Gawer

NT 4.0 beta 2 - Use the best - Forget the rest!

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> From: Steven Bunn <sbunn@compusmart.ab.ca>
> To: Marc DeVinney <devinney@charger.lifelike.com>
> Cc: ogo@lifelike.com
> Subject: Re: Direct Mobile SRAM!?
> Date: Thursday, June 06, 1996 22:50
>
> On Wed, 5 Jun 96 12:25:11 CDT, you wrote:
>
> >After you try it out, let us know how it goes! Any billing or delivery
problems? Are the instructions clear on how to get it working?
Reliablility or compatibility problems? How does it affect battery life?
> >
> >MED.
>
> Well, I got my 2MB SRam by FedX today. It came with the card and a
> fresh battery... no instructions.
>
> Popped it all together... and I've run into that format problem that
> others have experienced. Every time I turn on the Omnigo it keeps on
> wanting to reformat the card... useless.
>
> I was assured by the sales person that this card would work with the
> Omnigo. However when I phoned tech support, they immediately said
> that sales was mistaken and that I should return the card.
>
> Going to see if I can find someone to format the card for me in a
> laptop before I send it back- I've heard this sometimes works.
>
> Maybe others have been luckier than I.
>
>
> -Steve.
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