Re: About Crash

Wayne Venables (wvenable@sfu.ca)
Tue, 08 Jul 1997 20:28:57 -0700

At 07:41 PM 7/8/97 -0400, you wrote:

>Hi all:
> Two days ego I lost around 200 phone numbers and some databases that i
>used to store on my ogo, trying to print some database. That was in the
>following procedure:
>-I bought a serial->parallel adapter on staples.
>-use the serial cable plugged into the adapter and it into the printer
>cable of my computer to the printer.
>- after i set the correct printer and 19600 speed;
>- i opened the database aplication,chose the file and click on print.
>- my ogo was freezed after 4-5 mins, then the screen turned all black so
>decided to take the batteries off.
>- for one second i thought nothing had happened but it erased every
>thing on My Ram.

Just a note to everyone who has an OmniGo (I just had a crash today as
well!) If you have a crash or lock-up do NOT remove the batteries, this
always causes loss of data. Performing a hard-reset (using a pin in the
bottom of the unit) will normally safely reset the OmniGo without loss of
data.

Later,

Wayne Venables Faculty Computing Science
wvenable@sfu.ca School of Applied Science
Apollo Web Design Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC, Canada
http://www.sfu.ca