It won't take 3 months. The memory can get trashed in as little as 2
minutes without batteries. After that, you can kiss anything not in ROM
goodbye.
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>>There is no FAQ for this group, like read the FAQ f
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> A weekly posting informing people of the location of the FAQ/Knowledge
Base
> might be useful.
Posting do go up here letting people know about new knowledge base entries
on a regular basis... rather than a spe
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>>There is no FAQ for this group, like read the F
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>There is no FAQ for this group, like read the FAQ first, then ask!
Yeah, there is, but lots of people don't read the list or knowledge base
first. I think some people just impulsively ask...unless their net server
blocks urls, or the Knowle
>There is no FAQ for this group, like read the FAQ first, then ask!
Yeah, there is, but lots of people don't read the list or knowledge base
first. I think some people just impulsively ask...unless their net server
blocks urls, or the Knowledge Base is down. Since the memory structure
and the w
There is no FAQ for this group, like read the FAQ first, then ask!
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Rustin
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 4:38 PM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: RE: Question about Palm Apps
>updates" ar
>I believe they may be EEPROMs, one of our repair guys and I took apart
>an out of warranty Symbol SPT 1500, and I think I saw some EEPROMs
>in there.
I just checked one, and I didn't see any this time. Must have been drinking
too much coffee last time. =)
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>updates" are really updating Flash RAM (or possibly an EEPROM?).
I believe they may be EEPROMs, one of our repair guys and I took apart
an out of warranty Symbol SPT 1500, and I think I saw some EEPROMs
in there.
>They just call it ROM so people don't confuse it with real useable RAM on a
>ma
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Nesse, Rustin wrote:
[..]
> The confusion, I think, arises from the capability of computers and some
> other electronic devices to have software executable "ROM" updates. People
> begin to get these confused with the capability to update Flash memory, and
> thus, it becomes
Okay, here's my absolute LAST post on this annoying
and inane subject.
http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/hardware/compare.html
ROM comes in two flavors, Flashable ROM and Mask ROM.
Brian is now content. =)
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>Sorry, I got into the habit of calling it Flash...I believe others
>had referred to it as such awhile back (which is why I don't know
>why some people had called it that, besides getting the Flash RAM and
Dang it Brian, now I'm all befuddled. It became an annoying habit to call
ALL Palm ram F
's your problem. ;)
-Rus
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>From: Brian Mathis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 11:59 AM
>To: Palm Developer Forum
>Subject: RE: Question about Palm Apps
>
>
>On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Nesse, Rustin wrote:
>> Yes. C
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Nesse, Rustin wrote:
> Yes. Check out www.trgpro.com .
>
> If the Palm's batteries are dead, there's no current to
> be able to preserve the state of the Flash RAM, so your apps
> get hosed. Otherwise, the Flash ROM is preserved and your
> preferences are set back to the fa
e somewhere for the Flash RAM cards.
(I think there are some online on either PalmOS.com or Motorola, it's
been awhile since I looked)
-Rus
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>Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 11:51 AM
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Subject: RE: Question about Palm Apps
Yes. Check out www.trgpro.com .
If the Palm's batteries are dead, there's no current to
be able to preserve the state of the Flash RAM, so your apps
It won't take 3 months. The memory can get trashed in as little as 2
minutes without batteries. After that, you can kiss anything not in ROM
goodbye.
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>From: Johnson, Aaron B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 10:47 AM
>To: Palm Developer Forum
>Subject: Question about Palm Apps
>
>
>
>What happens if the Palm completely loses power (no batteries
>at all)?
>(Like if it was le
What happens if the Palm completely loses power (no batteries at all)?
(Like if it was left on a shelf for 3 monthes without the AAA batteries).
Obviously it will loose the records for the applications but will it lose
third party applications as well?
I think apps will be lost (other than th
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