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From: rstepno@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Radio Shack Model 100
Message-ID: <1990Aug20.191316.32516@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 21 Aug 90 00:13:16 GMT
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Hmm... Just after I started following this Model 100 thread,
I suffered my first Model 100 crash in four years of owning
the cute little thing. And of course I had a day's unbacked-up
work on it. Turned it on and all files were gone, only the 
original menu (no SuperROM), and the available memory suggested
that 24K of RAM had disappeared. 
A friend who is more of a hardware hacker borrowed the machine,
popped out one of the chips and says it works again... If he's 
right the problem was one bad RAM chip. 
Which gets to the reason for this message (other than soliciting
alternative diagnoses of the problem)>
The reason:   What are the current sources of RAM for 
                 the original Model 100?
              How much are chips going for?
              Has anyone had a similar failure lead to
                 additional problems? 

Thanks,

Bob in CT