On (03 Jun 96) David Drummond wrote to Bill Grimsley...



 DD> Bill, at 10:07 on Jun 02 1996, you wrote to david begley ...



db>> Just be thankful your USR doesn't decide to turn into a

db>> toaster at a moment's notice.  ;-)



BG> You may well laugh, but it appears that the latest US/Canada

BG> SDL is killing USR's flash-ROM chips like flies at the

BG> moment.  Mine happened to flash OK, whilst poor old Russell

BG> managed to annihilate 60% of his Courier collection in just

BG> one fell swoop.  3 out of his 5 are now fucked, and it

BG> appears that they'll need to go back to the US for

BG> replacement of the flash-ROM chip.



BG> I now await the expected snide comments from Rod and Paul...



 DD> The way I read one of Joe Thingy's message in USR_MODEM, it seems that

 DD> the flash ROM has a finite number of flashes it can take.



most eeprom has a limited number of reprograms, but i've never seen one

come to the end yet, it is usually several thousand.



                        Keith



... "2B or not 2B = FF"



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