[A83] Re: What is the problem with flash writes (in general)

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Subject: [A83] Re: What is the problem with flash writes (in general)
From: "Ronald Teune" <rtwolf@gmx.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 19:12:43 +0200
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin Olson <gtolson@snet.net>
To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: dinsdag 10 juli 2001 15:18
Subject: [A83] Re: What is the problem with flash writes (in general)


>
>At 08:47 PM 7/9/01 +0200, you wrote:
>>
>>> Even so, 1,000,000 is a lot of erases, I don't think we have
>>> too much to worry about there.
>>> 
>>> -Dan Englender
>>
>>Suppose 10 flash erases a day:
>>
>>1'000'000/(10*365) = +/- 275 years of flash memory.

No! It's 1'000'000/(10*365.25) = <274 years of flash memory >:->

>>I think by then the calc would be dead of other problems :-)
>
>Yeah, in 275 I'd probably get a bit experimental - like boosting the power
>supply to the chip and overclocking by a large factor, maybe add a cooling
>system to get a more clock speed - maybe even try to beat the clock on an
>iPaq (205Mhz).
>
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