On 02/01/02 12:46, "Zachery Bir" <zbir_at_urbanape.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 2, 2002, at 12:39 , Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>
>> On 02/01/02 12:25, "Zachery Bir" <zbir_at_urbanape.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Nope. The battery level was at ~53% with Duracell Ultras, but the
>>> Newton wouldn't start up when I first brought it inside. After it
>>> had warmed to just under room temperature, it started, but came up
>>> with the "Welcome to Newton!" step-through stuff. It said that the
>>> machine was reset due to dead batteries.
>>
>> "reset"? Hard or soft reset?
>
> Well, that's what the message said. I didn't touch the reset button
> on the back. In effect, it was much like a brain wipe.
OK, I was just checking because the process you describe sounds more like a
soft reset to me. When you do a hard reset, you have to go to the
calibration screen and then enter your personal info, which you didn't
mention in your previous message...
-Laurent.
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