On Dec 22, 18:06, CLeyson_at_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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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Sat Dec 22 2001 - 19:26:37 GMT