From: Marty Michener <>
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>>>Walt wrote re my lock-up-special HHB Portadisc:
>>>As I remember you were not sending it in because you did not want to be
>>>without it. I take it you still have not sent it in for the lockup
>>>problem? I understood that they did sort all that out for everybody else=
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> I'de rather do my own repairs. You can call me a curmudgeon. I have had=
> documents lost by shipping you would not believe.
> The new program chip they sent me to fix it I replaced and it didn't fix=
> it. Tell me what to do with it. Anyone? Another chip maybe?
I'd rather do my repairs too, I understand that.
If I remember correctly you got and replaced the chip while they were
still sorting out the problem. So, there probably is a more recent chip
that will fix it. Won't hurt to ask them.
>>>I'm guessing the buffer it uses to store that info filled. When I was
>>>using a walkman I'd make a point of shutting it down between recordings
>>>just to be sure. I never lost a TOC with any minidisc recorder.
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> Well, when it suddenly says TOC EDIT for fifteen minutes, you can be sure=
> you're gonna lose it!
I agree, just never happened to me, I never used it that way. Even with
the portadisc I make a point of making sure it writes the toc
frequently. If not by turning it off, by ejecting the disk.
> Buffers come and buffers go. As you suggest, with equipment, a certain
> amount of operating paranoia, to quote from Johnny Fever from WKRP, "is
> just good sense."
I always try to think of the possible failure modes and work so I can
avoid them as much as possible.
> I do always manage to use devices "in ways they were never intended", fro=
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> cameras to computers. I accept the grief they give me back; I also accept=
> the unusual results I get.
To some it would seem I make a point of never using a device in the way
it was intended. Drives store clerks crazy if they ask what I'm going to
do with something.
Walt
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