Re: HP RAM card
Lee Whitty (lwhitty@warwick.net)
Sat, 13 Jul 1996 16:09:36 -0400
Max Mansour wrote:
>
> Because I am running out of space on my Verbatim 1MB SRAM card, I wanted
> to get another, smaller SRAM card just for backups of the data files
> from the OG. So I bought a used 128k card for $10 off someone from
> comp.sys.palmtops. Now, my 95lx and my OGO refuse to format the card.
> My OmniGo allways locks up whenever I insert the card (it unlocks when I
> take the card out), akthough, when I stick the card in when the OG is in
> DOS mode, the cursor continues to blink, the keyboard just stops
> responding, even when i take the card out, the keyboard doesn't
> respond, so I have to do a paperclip-reboot to get my OG to function
> again. When i try to read the card in my HP95lx, I get General failure
> reading a:, and when i try to format the card, it gives me "not
> ready, format terminated".
>
> Now, I was assured that the card *is* SRAM frm the guy i bought it from,
> but i am begining to think it's Intel flash or something, the thing is,
> it *does* have a battery (which I have tried leaving out for 24, 48, 96
> hours...
>
> In case any one can help me figurwe out what it is, this is what it says
> on the card:
> _____
> | /h\ | Hewlett
> |_\p/_| Packard
>
> 128k RAM Card
> F1002A
>
> --
> Max Mansour // mail : mmansour@gis.net
> // irc : Justarius
>
> The Presidents -> http://www.gis.net/~mmansour/
> HP OmniGo 100 -> http://www.gis.net/~mmansour/omnigo/omnigo.html
> ZShell -> http://www.gis.net/~mmansour/zshell/zshell.html
Ive been using this card for 3 months without a problem. I did have to
format it 3 times initially before it worked, but since then there have
been no problems. I initially formatted it in an HP95LX, then in my
omnigo.
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