I'd keep it just incase you ever have to reinstall the software.
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From: "Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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So then, after you do the upgrade, what can or should be done with the card?
Can it then be reformatted and used for your own personal storeage?

Josh

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From: "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Hi tina,
>
> On 7 Feb 2005 at 20:27, tina spoke, thus:
>
>> Jonathan, will we still have the option of putting keysoft on a card and
>> can that be a card we would normally have in the machine or must it be
>> the
>> card that the upgrade comes on?
>
> For all intents and purposes, the card the upgrade arrives on must be the
> one used to perform the upgrade.  There are technical aspects to the card
> required for the upgrade to install following the procedure outlined by
> PulseData, hence the delivery of the upgrade on the card (apart, of
> course, from the other issue of Microsoft's licensing requirements).  The
> installation process will actually be writing new software into the device
> EEPROM, so it is not possible to use any old card - it has to be one whose
> hardware is supported natively from early on in the operating system
> bootup, before all aspects of device I/O are assumed (it's a bit like
> writing new BIOS firmware under DOS into your computer's BIOS, if you have
> ever done such a thing).  The filesystem also has to be specifically set
> up so that the process can perform byte copying without resorting to full
> filesystem support.  It's all rather complicated and hackish, but the
> result is that your upgrade card must conform to a certain specification.
>
> Cheers,
> Sabahattin
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