I'm sorry but Ann is wrong hear. The braille note has three types of memory, ram, flash, and rom. Ram is what the braille note uses when it runs. It stores the data needed to run the programs such as word processor. When ever the battary runs out, everything stored in it is erased. Nothing should be stored in this memory unless it is nothing but temporary. Rom or read only memory is never accessed by the user. I believe Ann was getting flash and rom confused. Rom or read only memory contains an origional non corrupted version of keysoft. The user can not do anything to what is in rom. The version of keysoft burned into rom can not be removed from the unit unless the rom is physically dammaged. Rom contains its data even if the battary runs out. Flash memory also contains its data even if the battary runs out. The difference though is that the user can write to flash memory and it is where documents should be stored. In summary Ram is not something you should store any documents unless you absolutely don't care if they get lost. It is what the braille note uses for its operation, and the user doesn't need to be worried about what is in it. Rom is never tuched by the user. It contains a version of keysoft that can be roled back to in case the current version gets corrupted. Flash memory is what all your documents should be stored in. It contains its data when the battary runs out. It is the only memory the user can save data on where that data is safe if the battary runs out. If the battary runs out then anything saved in ram, which is the keysoft system disk will be lost. Anything saved on the flash disk will be safe if the battary runs out, and you can't save anything on rom even if you want. Hope this helps.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brenda Mueller Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:12 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] an interesting observation I think you should explain it more. How does ROM access memory and how is that different from RAM? I think people need examples they can relate to to unersdand. For example, what is the real difference between the flash disk and the keysoft disk? What should be stored where and why? Brenda Mueller > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Ann Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:18:13 -0500 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] an interesting observation >Hi all, >Londa, ROM is different from RAM. ROM is what you have on the flash >disk. RAM is the memory in the machine. >Ann P. >-- > Ann K. Parsons >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp >"All that is gold does not glitter. >Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
