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Hale; You really do not know. Your back pedaling. > From: Hale Landis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Hale Landis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 11:11:29 -0700 > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [t13] ATA Drive firmware update. > > 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 *** > > >
