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From: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Toshiba T1000SE "zeroing out" memory?
Message-ID: <1225@limbo.Intuitive.Com>
Date: 24 Sep 90 07:13:55 GMT
Reply-To: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor)
Organization: Intuitive Systems, Mountain View, CA: +1 (415) 966-1151
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Having had a T1000SE for about two months now, I've again been bitten
by an incredibly annoying problem: basically if the computer is left
sitting for a few weeks it completely runs out the battery to the 
point where it even loses anything on the RAM card I've installed.

Since I tend to use it only on trips, it means that I have to go
through the hassle of reinstalling my software *each time* I want
to use the machine!  Grrr...

I have a non-Toshiba modem, but am careful to always have the laptop
*not* supply power to it when I'm not using it (via the ALT-OPTS key)
(or something like that - the little two page pop up config menu)...

It is a drag because overall I really like the T1000SE, but this problem
is getting to be enough of a drag that I'm probably going to try to trade
it in for a 1200 or something else that has a similar footprint/weight but
has a *hard disk* too...

	Anyone else experienced this?
						-- Dave Taylor
Intuitive Systems
Mountain View, California

taylor@limbo.intuitive.com    or   {uunet!}{decwrl,apple}!limbo!taylor