In article t,
Joseph Fenn wrote:

Last responder said it gets power from the phone line itself.
That is a negative. If true then when I unplugged both the
AC adapter and the ph line plug it would have lost all its
SET-UP info instantly. I had to unplug the ph plug and the
adapter, take it down to the local Radio-Shack and they then
Pluged it into the Ph line and plugged in the AC adapter.
All my settings and stored memories stayed in tack as I had set
them. So your assumption that the Ph line power keeps the
setup chip active is wrong. Also removing the AC adapter
did not loose the SET-UP settings. Only thing I wanted to
change was "change rings to 2, then announcement to leave
a msg after tone goes out. The guy at Radio Shack did replug it in
to his ph line, replugged the ac adapter in, and proceeded to
change the nr of rings to 2 rings then announce. He did it so
fast I could'nt even see which setup key he changed the rings
from 7 down to 2. So obviously some kind of chip in the phone
does'nt rely on any external power source to keep its setup info
active.
Joe
(someone suggested it might be Flash chip whatever that is.)

Bzzzt, Wrong Assumption.....would you like to try for what's behind
Door #2.... it would only take a couple "Kbytes" to hold ALL your
settings, in EEProm or Flash Memory..... Google is your Friend if
you need to get yourself up to speed on what Flash Memory is.......
Seems like technology has passed you by, sonny.....

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008, Allodoxaphobia wrote:

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:11:42 -1000, Joseph Fenn wrote:
Thanks much Jonesy! My brother-in-law was a electronic service man
till he retired about 5 years ago. His explanation mirrored yours!
I still dont understand the intra stucture of such a chip but he
made it clear that such devices do exist.
Joe

Yep. It's a shame flash memory could not have been built into the
Azden PCS-4000.... HI!HI!

Jonesy

Yep it sure is a shame
Also my ICOM751 oughta have something like that too for the 32
memory channels instead of a backup battery. Years back I started
loosing stuff like the 10 meter band, then the 15 meter band dissappeared,
then 20 meters and finally all I had left was 40 meter band. I had heard
of a guy in Italy that made a replacement board for the IC751, and once
installed you would never loose any operting system bands.
I ordered the board from him and sure enuff it was as hugeas the original
and I figured I'll never get this thing plugged in right so I sent
the Rig up to an ICOM repair center I thing was in Oregon ot Washn STate.
I asked them to fix the rig and at same time install that ram board I
bought. They did it and now I will never loose the operating system
again although the Italian I bought the Ramboard from said your safe
now as far as the operating system is concerned, but the one backup
battery when it goes down you will loose the 32 memory chmls only.
YOu sill still be able to tune up on any freqcy you like however.
So thats where I am now. What a relief.
Joe

Bzzzt, Wrong Assumption.....would you like to try for what's behind
Door #2.... it would only take a couple "Kbytes" to hold ALL your
settings, in EEProm or Flash Memory..... Google is your Friend if
you need to get yourself up to speed on what Flash Memory is.......
Seems like technology has passed you by, sonny.....

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Yep technology has passed me up for sure. I use to burn my
own rom chip in the old C64 commodore computer and understood how to
do that, but at 87 I am a little befuddled on these recent things
like "flash memory" chips. I also takeing Namenda pills for
AD (alzheimers deficit). Can remember things way back but
for past 24 hours I have to write everything down then forget
where I put the notes to myself. What a miserable life.
Joe

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008, Allodoxaphobia wrote:

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:11:42 -1000, Joseph Fenn wrote:
Thanks much Jonesy! My brother-in-law was a electronic service man
till he retired about 5 years ago. His explanation mirrored yours!
I still dont understand the intra stucture of such a chip but he
made it clear that such devices do exist.
Joe

Yep. It's a shame flash memory could not have been built into the
Azden PCS-4000.... HI!HI!

Jonesy

Jonesy,

That Azden PCS-4000 I removed the internal battery which was supposed
to hold the memory chnls in place and ran the 2 leads out the back
of the rig and tied em to a little "AAA" battery holder to replace
the one I removed from inside. It still dont hold the memories
I crank up so that was time wasted. I tried both the rechargeable
external aaa's and then tried two AAA's regular kind but still no
way to keep the memory chnls after setting them up.
Joe

In article et,
Joseph Fenn wrote:


Bzzzt, Wrong Assumption.....would you like to try for what's behind
Door #2.... it would only take a couple "Kbytes" to hold ALL your
settings, in EEProm or Flash Memory..... Google is your Friend if
you need to get yourself up to speed on what Flash Memory is.......
Seems like technology has passed you by, sonny.....

-----------------------------------------------------------
Yep technology has passed me up for sure. I use to burn my
own rom chip in the old C64 commodore computer and understood how to
do that, but at 87 I am a little befuddled on these recent things
like "flash memory" chips. I also takeing Namenda pills for
AD (alzheimers deficit). Can remember things way back but
for past 24 hours I have to write everything down then forget
where I put the notes to myself. What a miserable life.
Joe

Well don't feel alone, I am right behind you....but I can still
read the journals, and try and keep up.....