On Friday, October 25 1996, Paul Wankadia wrote to John Piper ...

 PW> Isn't Flash ROM wonderful?

Yep.

 PW> I wonder how they write to it?

With a keyboard, I'd imagine.

 PW> I take it you need to use some sort of AT command?

 JP> Nope. You upload it to your modem through your serial port.

 PW> Yeah, but I mean -- does the program tell the modem "here comes the new
 PW> ROM stuff" via an AT command?  There must be some sort of
"trigger" to
 PW> get the modem into "update Flash ROM" mode?

You run a loader program, which flash upgrades the ROM.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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