this sort of thing often indicates that the REX firmware (either the software or the directory structure) is corrupted and needs to be reloaded. an unfortunate side effect is that the directory structure gets rewritten which in effect wipes out the stored data.
There are some ways to recover your data however if it is really important. ..Steve On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 2:50 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Ted MacGillivray <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I've had a 102 for about ten years, added a REX (version 1) and used it >> mainly as a portable word processor. It recently screwed up while printing >> out files stored on the Rex. Just stopped -- I forget what the message >> was--it was meaningless to me. The 102 still works, sortof, does not >> recognize the Rex, and CALL63012 doesn't call REXMGR.BA. TELCOM, ADDRSS and >> SCHEDL have disppeared or don't work. I've tried reinstalling the Rex, but >> no luck. >> > > It would help to know exactly what you attempted to do as far as > "reinstalling REX" > > First, it needs to make good contact with the pins in the Option ROM bay. > Second, you need to cold start and get REXMGR reinstalled. > > I'm guessing that REX is not making good contact to the pins. > > -- John.
