Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 08:49:25 -000
From: Mike Millen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: silencing the modem?
DL>>JG>NL>ATMx&W to change it permanently again. There are only so
DL>many times you can &W your modem, though, before it will quit
DL>>JG>NL>registering permanent changes, but that number is in the
DL>>JG>NL>thousands. Hope this helps.
DL>>
DL>>JG>Have you got a source I can refer to so I can find out some
DL>more on this finite life &W feature?
DL>>
DL>>
DL>MM> Check any Data Book for EEPROM devices.
DL>MM>
DL>MM> Most of them will give you 10,000 to 100,000 write cycles...
DL>MM> I shouldn't worry about your modem.
DL>I don't think that memory is written to EPROM, I think you will find
DL>it is a few bytes of CMOS.
Nope... (maybe in *very* old modems)
Nowadays they all use EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable
Read-Only Memory).
If it *were* CMOS memory then there wouldn't be *any* restriction on
how often you could rewrite the settings. However you'd also need a
battery in the modem to maintain those settings.
Mike
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