james,
i had this problem about 12 months ago with my mp2000. i was using it
online and it rebooted and that message came up. i took it to apple
(australia) and they replaced it with a new unit for free.
i have since read about this condition *i think* - apparently it happens
when the newton is left without power for an extended period of time. i
still don't know why it happened to me though since my newt was fine one
minute and messed up the next.
you might be able to get apple to replace it - but there has been lots of
talk here lately about apple being difficult and speculation that perhaps
they have runout of replacement units.
i would say 50/50. anybody else?
aaron tester
>I have the opportunity to purchase a UMP2000 for under a 100 dollars.
>The catch is that on boot up, the following message appears:
>"This unit requires immediate repair. Factory calibration has been
>lost. It will not charge batteries until this problem is corrected."
>Other than that, it works fine. Is this a problem that should impede
>my quickly grabbing it up? Is it fixable?
>
>-James
>
>The James Elliott Newton Site:
>http://www.geocities.com/rootbeeraddict/newton.html
>Sorry, but this week's update was late due to technical difficulties.
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