Right off the bat he asked me what I was going to use the card in. When I
told him it was for the ogo, he said there would be no problem. He made it
a point to warn me that it had to go in with the "this side down" label
facing up.
He said he was out of the instruction sheet for installing the back-up
battery, but it seems to be the same as for the 1MB HP card I'm using now.
He'll ship the card tomorrow via USPS and it should take three days.
If anyone is interested, I'll post here how well it works.
Bob Hall
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> From: Domenic Romeo <dom.romeo@worldnet.att.net>
> To: OmniGo 100 Mailing List <ogo@lifelike.com>
> Subject: [Fwd: New (not used) Grid 2MB SRAM cards for $49!!]
> Date: Tuesday, July 30, 1996 8:14 PM
>
> Man F Wong wrote:
> >
> > -- [ From: Man F Wong * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Domenic Romeo wrote:
> > > I personally got an ATA flash card. (4M pretec bought from LA Trade
for
> > $169)
> > > Direct Mobile sells used 1M SRAM cards for $40. New 1M SRAM cards
> > typically
> > > go for $120. One individuals has claimed having problems with an ATA
> > flash
> > > (Steve GWSteve@aol.com) and another individuals praises them (Man
> > > Man.Wong@internetmci.com). Some individuals claim having problems
> > formatting
> > > there SRAM cards.
> >
> > I just thought you guys (and gals) would be interested to know that a
new
> > home-based(?) dealer called Reboot Electronics is selling _NEW_ Grid
2MB
> > SRAM cards for $49 each. I just received mine, and it seems to work
> > perfectly fine--no formatting problems, etc. I got the info on Reboot
from
> > a recent post on comp.sys.palmtops. The poster (from Australia) also
just
> > received his card, and it works fine on his HP200lx. Looks like we
have a
> > new (if temporary) source of 2MB SRAM cards for very cheap $$$--sure
beats
> > the $115 that Direct Mobile charges.
> >
> > Reboot seems to be a new business based at the owner's home. Jim Tops
(the
> > owner?) apparently works fulltime during the day, and is generally
> > available only at night or on weekends. I believe his wife(?) normally
> > answers the phone to take orders during the day, but she does not know
much,
> > so if you need to ask questions, you'll have to contact Jim somehow. I
had
> > a hard time finding out whether the cards would work w/ the OmniGo or
the
> > Zaurus because I ended up playing phone tag w/ Jim for several days.
But
> > he was nice enough to offer me a try-it-before-paying deal because of
the
> > situation and my concern w/ whether the card would work. Now that it
seems
> > to work, I plan to buy another one if it also works on my wife's
Zaurus.
> >
> > Reboot's # is 201-457-1980. I do not know yet whether they take credit
> > card or not. If you're interested, contact them soon because who knows
how
> > long their current supply will last (or whether the price will take a
hike)
> > once everyone else on the net finds out. AFAIR, the original post from
> > which I found the info mentioned that Reboot got their supply of a
couple
> > hundred(?) cards from a liquidator(?).
> >
> > >
> > > So ask a lot of questions when shopping for a RAM card.
> >
> > If you need ask questions, you'll need to speak to Jim.
> >
> > Oh, I should also mention that the Grid card is labeled w/ incorrect
> > instruction for insertion (as was the case w/ DM's used Grid cards).
You
> > should insert the card w/ the Grid label facing up, not down.
> >
> > Happy shopping!
> >
> > _Man_
> >
> > PS: May I trouble you to forward this to the OGO mailing-list? Thanx.
>
> Did it!