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Some mfg will do flash for the first 1000 and then convert to ROM. in some fashion. If you've only seen a 100, you ain't seen nuttin'. 01/09/03 11:11:29 AM, "Hale Landis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This message is from the T13 list server. > > >On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 09:44:34 -0800, Thomas Colligan wrote: >>This message is from the T13 list server. >>Not so! Most if not all have their firmware in some sort of flash. >>I done about a hundred updaters in the last year, for both OS9 and OSX. > >OK... There are CD and DVD devices with firmware that can be updated. >You are lucky if you have one of these things. Most devices I've seen >are not of that quality. Most I've seen you can't even identify the >manufacturer - not by looking at the ID data or by looking at the PCB >or the chips. But then these are probably devices made in the Far >East and sold into the discount computer market for less than $20US >then they retail for less than $40US. > >Everyone must remember that there is a huge "PC" industry out there >that buys/sells the cheapest hardware available from vendors that are >here today and gone tomorrow. In the real world we don't deal with >"qualified vendors" that have gone through a 6 month qualification >testing program and have devices that support every optional >ATA/ATAPI feature/command. > >Hale > > > >*** Hale Landis *** www.ata-atapi.com *** > > > >
