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From: sjthomas@cup.portal.com (Stephen J Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Help my 48 is going beserk!!
Message-ID: <36406@cup.portal.com>
Date: 1 Dec 90 05:17:43 GMT
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I can't say why your 48SX is going bezerk, but I had a similar experience
a few days ago.   I was playing the CHIP game SYZYGY when the display
froze up.  No keys worked, even ON-C.  I tried the Reset hole/button, and
it brought my 48 back to life.  However, the 128K RAM card I had in port 1
(configured as INDEPENDENT RAM, not MERGED) was totally wiped clear.  Yet
my main calculator memory was intact.  

I downloaded a fresh copy of Syzygy and determined that the one I had
played had been corrupted somehow .... although both appeared identical
when dumped to a PC screen, the comparison function == returned 0 for
the two strings.
  
    I don't know if Syzygy corruption caused the calculator seizure, or
vice versa.  I've had no problems since then, but I take my RAM card out
when playing CHIP games, just in case.
  
steve thomas          sjthomas@cup.portal.com