Re: A89: Suggestion: A simple C compiler
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Re: A89: Suggestion: A simple C compiler
In a message dated 12/22/98 12:49:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,
nlmueller@students.wisc.edu writes:
> >In a message dated 12/22/1998 12:42:01 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> >oh@hem.passagen.se writes:
> >
> >> The flashrom chip that is in the 89 has the feature that you can write
> >> protect
> >> certain blocks.. therefore you dont need any extra rom chips..
> everything
> >is
> >> stored in the same chip.
> >>
> >> //Olle
> >
> >That's a very good design. Here's another Flash ROM question. When the
> chip
> >has been written to up to it's limit (10,000 times I think), does the chip
> >cease to function, or can you still read data from it?
> >
> >Fro example, If I ran the BASIC Flashrom program, which continually
> Archives
> >and Unarchives a variable, when the chip was finally worn out, would I
> still
> >be able to read from the chip, or would it be ruined permanently?
> >
> >Daniel Imfeld
>
> The 10,000 times limit isn't writing, but garbage collection. It's
> explained in the manule in quite a bit of detail.
>
> --Nate
Wha? The Archive is in Flash Rom? Better not archive stuff all the time then.
:)
According to the manual, archiving and unarchiving a variable shouldn't really
write anything: it never deletes stuff until a garbage collection. Therefore,
archiving and unarchiving a variable would simply replace _something_ a whole
heck of a lot, but not an entire variable/program/whatever
Tell me if I'm wrong here...