SL2FX@cc.usu.edu (Randy Lee - Utah State University, Logan, UT) (08/15/90)
Hi and thanks for the responses! Here is a summary of the info I received: In article <29415@cc.usu.edu> SL2FX@cc.usu.edu (Randy Lee - Utah State University, Logan, UT) writes: >Hi Netters! > I've been having quite a bit of difficulty with my Portfolio lately. >The middle of long text files seem to vanish, the copy con routine will not >accept lines longer than 9 characters and it's running down the batteries in >about 3 weeks (as opposed to 6 or seven weeks for the first few sets). > I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has had their P. in for >service. The dealer I got it from doesn't seem to know much about the >machine and I'm reluctant to give it to him for service, nor do I want to >mail it off to Japan to be fixed (they kept my Seiko for 6 months!). Two things that might help: On the Atari BBS there is a "fix" program to repair some bugs like the Copy Con problems. Also, there was a addendum that came with my manual that said something about using a CONFIG.SYS with certain perameters. I don't have it here at work though:-(. Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Dahlen - Director, Information Systems & Technology University of Denver - Denver, Colorado 80208 (303) 871-4385 INET:bdahlen@du.edu BITNET:bdahlen@ducair UUCP:ncar!dunike!bdahlen -- One other thing to keep in mind about developing for the Portfolio is that crashes may often clobber drive c:, since it's ramdisk and will be wiped out when you do a cold reboot (and if you program the way I do, you will). You must have a card disk to keep anything worth saving on, and you will find it easier to debug on a normal PC rather than the Portfolio. Also, for $60, Atari will sell you a Technical Reference Guide and some Emulator software, so you can do your testing on the PC in an environment which looks just like the Portfolio. John White (jccw@mitre.org) Rapid rundown of the Portfolio's batteries can be caused by setting the display refresh speed to Fast. The effect of that is to turn the machine on once per second, rather than once every two minutes, when you think it is sitting there in your briefcase|pocket|drawer turned off. You can see the screen flash briefly every time it does this. John White (jccw@mitre.org) -- ******************************************************************************** Randy Lee SL2FX@cc.usu.edu (Still looking for something to put here) ********************************************************************************