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In a previous article, poseur@traider.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca said:

>After seeing the message yesterday about the 'menu' trick I had to try it
>out myself. Unfortunatly, it reset after a few tries and I lost all my
>programs. =\ Anyway, once I had my mem reset, I started playing around
>with it a bit. I think that I discovered a duplicatable method to obtain
>a ROM dump into a program:
>
>        1) Reset all memory and defaults thru [MEM][RESET][ALL]
>        2) Make sure you have recently made a back-up :)
>        3) Make a program, say 'A', and put the following in it:
>                :Menu(1,"E",E)
>                :Lbl E
>        4) Make another program and call it 'B'. Recall (Rcl) the
>              contents of program 'A' into program 'B'.
>        5) Run program 'A'. At the menu prompt shut off the TI-85.
>        6) Turn the TI back on and hit [ALPHA] N [ALPHA] O [ALPHA] H
>              [ENTER]
>        7) Edit ([PRGM][EDIT]) program 'A'.
>        8) Recall (Rcl) program 'B' into program 'A'.


Well, after experimenting with this, I have found that the previous procedure
can be simplified as follows (a memory reset is not necessary, although a
memory backup IS if you want to keep any data):

        1) Make a program, say 'A', and put the following in it:
               :Menu(1,"",/any variable name, like E/)
               :/any statement, even something as simple as the number 1/
        2) Make another program and call it 'B'.  Unlike the previous sequence
               of steps, it is NOT necessary to recall the contents of program
               'A' into program 'B'.
        3) Run program 'A'. At the menu prompt shut off the TI-85.
        4) Turn the TI back on and enter any command.  Again, this can be
               something as simple as entering the nummeral 1.
        5) Edit ([PRGM][EDIT]) program 'A'.
        6) Recall (Rcl) program 'B' into program 'A'.


This should work as well.  However, if you try to view program B,
your TI might crash completely.  In fact, I had to remove ALL
batteries including the Li in order to regain control of the TI.
Weird....

Andy Klein
aa1203@freenet.lorain.oberlin.edu

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