From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Tue Feb 01 2000 - 11:22:29 EST
John...
irt workpad for $189..
i went to insight and can't find anything but some overpriced accessories..
can you supply the link.. ? :-)
thanks..
John Higgins wrote:
> >
> > On the Workpad z50. How do you store your work when you turn it off. Do =
> > you have to use flash memory card or pcmcia hard drive or will it =
> > maintain memory when off. If you want to run other programs do you have =
> > to have them on flash memory cards or a pcmcia drive.
> >
> It remains in RAM as long as there's power in the machine (including a AAA
> backup battery). I double save *everything* to the CF and internal memory
> as I'm working on it, every 5 minutes. Once a day, I back up the entire
> thing once to internal memory and again to the flash card. (Can you
> guess that I've had to hard reset the machine and lost everything???)
>
> For $8 you can buy a CF/PCMCIA adapter that you can then shove into a
> notebook and grab the file. Note that this only works if you're not using
> the "pocket" formats of Work, Excel, etc. which the thing always wants to
> default to.
>
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> John M. Higgins
> higgins_at_dorsai.org
> v)212-337-7024/f)212-337-7028
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-- Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) WEB page http://thinkpads.com e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_gate.net
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