[PCR-1000] Corrupt memory

[Darrel Emerson]

Hi Al,
   This is nothing specific to TalkPCR.  If you go back through the
archives
of this list you'll find many, many folks who've had the problem when only
ever having used the supplied stock software program from ICOM.  The 
PCR-1000 hardware just seems particularly vulnerable to this sort of
problem;
of course ICOM denies this, but it's a well documented feature by now.
Unfortunately the original ICOM software doesn't provide the capability
of backing up the EPROM, which most of the third-party software for the
PCR-1000 now does.
  I don't think anyone has identified the specific trigger for this event. 
It could
be indeterminate internal software states as the rx is being powered up, it
could be Windows interrogating serial ports, or any number of other causes.
For something that happens (in  my case) only once in 6 years, any sort of
systematic problem tracing is a little difficult. However, it's so easy
with most
(non-ICOM) software to make an EPROM backup, and if necessary to 
restore the memory contents, that it's not a big deal.  We shouldn't have
to
put up with it, but if it only happens once every 6 years I can live with
it.

       Regards,
              Darrel.

>From: al <ald@nexet.net>
>Subject: [PCR-1000] Re Corrupt memory
>
>  You mention TalkPCR.Is this the pgm you always use when controlling your

>PCR1000 (in place of the pgm that come's with the unit)?
>
>  I'm curious if anyone has had the dreaded *corruption* problem when
using 
>the supplied stock software pgm?
>
>
>  Al
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>>
>>From: Darrel Emerson <74010.2230@compuserve.com>
>>
>>I've had my PCR-1000 since 1998.  It's been in essentially
>>constant daily use since then, and I've never had any problems
>>until today, when, after some 6 years, I had my first memory
>>corruption. Thanks to a backup made with TalkPCR, I've been
>>able to restore the PCR-1000 and everything's fine.
>>