on 8/4/2000 4:19 PM, NewtonTalk at newtontalk@planetnewton.com wrote:
> I was reading NewtonTalk on my up 2.1k Newton and wanted to reply to a =
> post. I highlited the section and selected reply. the Newton took a while =
> then come back saying there is not enough memory to Complete the =
> operation: Cancel or Restart. I conceded And whent on with my business.
>
> Later as I was about to send some mail I noticed my aborted Newton Talk =
> reply marked pending. I opened it and noticed that the Newton was =
> attempting to quote the entire Newton Talk digest, and not just the =
> highlighted segment as it should have. I marked the item and selectio =
> delete, ouch, I should not have. I got the same out of memory message and =
> I had to cancel or restart; I restated.
>
> As the Newton restated and began to activate the card packages I got an =
> error that package loader is unloadable and Net Hopper is un loadable !!!
>
> The Newton continued to load and when the backdrop showed it hanged.
>
> I again did a soft reset. This time the card was completely corrupt and I =
> get the message that "the unformated card is write potected, please un =
> lock and formate"
>
> Now what to do, the card is not protected but the Newton insist it is. I =
> want to reformat the card, but how.
Struck a similar problem last year when I tapped the wrong line in the
routing slip and attempted to forward an entire digest (and they were very
big then) instead of replying to the highlighted quote. I had to reformat
the card but it resisted all attempts to do so in my Newton. None of the
methods known to me or suggested by others worked (including such things as
inserting the card with the prefs roll open). If the Newton booted with the
card in place, it would not allow me to remove it (insisting that there were
packages in use, although none had loaded and none of the data on it was
accessible) but the Newton would not recognise it if it was later inserted.
I had to put the card in another handheld to reformat it. Since then, it has
been fine.
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