On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Aaron Ardiri wrote:
> > NB. ROM = READ _ONLY_ MEMORY!!!
>
> well.. in Palm sense.. not always :)) people refer to the ROM as
> flash RAM - which *can* be modified :P
I think the response is correct. Anyone who refers to flash RAM as ROM
should be corrected. This is a technical industry and correctness in
terminology is very important.
> > It is reserved for system, even if parts of it are usable, data that you
> > put in them may get overwritten when user upgrades their OS version.
>
> it is reserved, however, sometimes there is a little bit of space
> left :)) and, with the right utility, you can utilize it.. see a
> previous post (i just sent it)
I think the main point that should be made here is that developers should
not be writing anything to flash RAM. That is something which is a user
choice, and can only be done with specialized utilities. Some of those
utils include an API that other apps can use, but at all times the user
initiates the process.
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Brian Mathis
Direct Edge
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