Last time I did an BIOS upgrade, devbios (a nice little module which lets you write to flash memory) did the trick just fine, without resorting to floppies. Actually, i looked into it just because i didn't have a windows boot disk, which was needed for the original flash upgrader to run...
About the manuals: people don't read them. Even if you say that the solution is on page 12 of teir manual and the call they are doing now costs them 2EUR per minute, people still will not look in the manual.
That might be beacause manuals nowadays don't tend to have much information. The few leaflets accompaning a new computer barely go beyond "insert power cord here - push 'on'-button".
I remember browsing through my old Amiga 500 manuals once, just because I knew I could find the pin configuration for a parallel port in there. (Before the days of google et al.) Now, I'd consider myself lucky if I were to find that kind of info even in a motherboard manual.
If you would take the time to follow th links in the article, you would see that he did not post anything for you to download. He only posted the source.
No matter how many times I read that sentence, I cannot understand it. Doesn't people download source nowadays?
(and yes, I believe I know what you meant, but thats not the point)
At least one major bank in Sweden uses MS products for their ATMs already. They usually work as well as others but sure, a BSOD has been spotted every once in a while...
Hell, the radio in my room is probably from sometime like 1970-1975, and it works perfectly. One knob is missing, and I had to replace the speaker a while back, but soundwise, it blows the hat off most crappy radios there is today. (it's a Luma Lumetta LR 58 BM, which I'd love to hear some info about) And yes, don't forget about the cars! It almost seem like some new cars never leave beta stage until the get shoveled out of the factory...
Sheesh. I thought records were expensive here in Sweden. I believe the 'standard' pricing for a CD here is 179 Swedish crowns, about £13 or $20, depending on what you're used to..
Ericsson brings functionality at the cost of reliability
I totally agree.
They turn themselves off constantly, whether because of software or hardware I don't know
Yours too? I've got an Ericsson A1018s and it reboots at least five times a week. Not to mention that when it loses touch with a station nearby (especially on trains) it doesn't find a new one without having to shut the phone off and back on. I used to have a Nokia 1911 (I think that was the name). It was big as a brick, but worked perfectly.
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I thought RISCs had a lesser number of instructions compared to CISCs?
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Last time I did an BIOS upgrade, devbios (a nice little module which lets you write to flash memory) did the trick just fine, without resorting to floppies. Actually, i looked into it just because i didn't have a windows boot disk, which was needed for the original flash upgrader to run...
That might be beacause manuals nowadays don't tend to have much information. The few leaflets accompaning a new computer barely go beyond "insert power cord here - push 'on'-button".
I remember browsing through my old Amiga 500 manuals once, just because I knew I could find the pin configuration for a parallel port in there. (Before the days of google et al.) Now, I'd consider myself lucky if I were to find that kind of info even in a motherboard manual.
So _that_ is what caused sudden death...
If you would take the time to follow th links in the article, you would see that he did not post anything for you to download. He only posted the source.
No matter how many times I read that sentence, I cannot understand it. Doesn't people download source nowadays?
(and yes, I believe I know what you meant, but thats not the point)
I cannot help but wondering what IRC network that channel is on? openprojects?
At least one major bank in Sweden uses MS products for their ATMs already. They usually work as well as others but sure, a BSOD has been spotted every once in a while...
I wonder what percentage of the sky would be darkened if anyone were allowed (and could afford) to put things into orbit...
Hell, the radio in my room is probably from sometime like 1970-1975, and it works perfectly. One knob is missing, and I had to replace the speaker a while back, but soundwise, it blows the hat off most crappy radios there is today.
(it's a Luma Lumetta LR 58 BM, which I'd love to hear some info about)
And yes, don't forget about the cars! It almost seem like some new cars never leave beta stage until the get shoveled out of the factory...
Sheesh. I thought records were expensive here in Sweden. I believe the 'standard' pricing for a CD here is 179 Swedish crowns, about £13 or $20, depending on what you're used to..
I thought RISCs had a lesser number of instructions compared to CISCs?