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[Steve Sandau]

> > Yes, and this is one of them.  After all, if it were as simple as
> > re-programming the firmware prom, and there were no difficulty in doing so,
> > then it wouldn't draw complaints now would it?
> 
> So far the complaints have only come from people who apparently wouldn't
> know the difference between ROM, EEPROM, FlashRAM, and RAM if it they
> ran head-long into a granite wall with the descriptions carved into it.
> 
In any case, just because it was deprogrammed in place does not mean
that it can be re-programmed in place. If the deprogramming prevents
access to the chip, then re-programming may not be possible.

As a parallel, if you try to flash a PeeCee BIOS and it fails so badly
that you cannot boot the machine, then you may not be able to re-flash
the BIOS to fix it. If the BIOS were soldered in, that would ruin the
motherboard unless you could desolder the old chip and replace it.

It seems that that could very well happen.

-- 
Steve Sandau
IS Technician, TMA Bath, Maine
ssandau at bath.tmac.com