On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Aaron Ardiri wrote:
>
> even still.. what happens when these "specific" market devices
> get outdated and put on ebay or something like that? it is not
> exactly an easy task to prevent one of these people installing
> a piece of software like FlashPro, which, in effect kills any
> little hack that has been made to the Flash RAM area.
That's not likely in most situations. Big businesses don't usually sell
off their assets on ebay.
> maybe another solution is to choose the right device for the
> job.. if you want non-volitile storage, why not make the "specific"
> market device a TRG pro, and then write directly to the CF cards.
> battery dies, CF card stays alive.
>
> or, move onto Handspring devices, using the Flash Springboard module.
> there is always an alternative that writing to the Flash RAM area
> where the operating systems resides..
Throw another variable into the mix, like a cell phone <-> handheld cable
you need or something. They're not available for every device.
> you are opening yourself to a nightmare support system when it
> may be possible that many users have different versions of the
> operating system.. maybe rev 1.0 used 3.0, rev 2.0 used 3.3 etc
> how will this affect your "Flash RAM" writing code?
Those other requirements I mentioned included requiring a specific
device, etc.
> just a few issues to consider, possibly :)
>
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