ROM preservation - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

22 Dec 2001

On Dec 22, 18:06, CLeyson(a)aol.com wrote:
...
  Neil Cherry writes:

  I really like the Dataman S4, my friends use it
pretty heavily in a
 very unfriendly environment. 
 When the battery goes flat so does the processor so to speak and you can't
...
  turn on the battery charge electronics ! You have to
take the case apart and
...
  "hot wire" the battery. I've always
thought of the Dataman as an overpriced
...
  toy. 
I've used S4's quite a lot, and I seem to recall there's a way to deal with
that without opening it up.  I've certainly recharged them from totally
flat/won't turn on.  As for price, they're about the same as other
comparble devices, at least in the UK.  And they can do PALs GALs serial
PROMs and other mildly exotic things.

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