flashing dectalk

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Hi all. The ram method is very efficient...WOuld be nice if all hardware 
flashing mechanisms worked like this. Anyway, does anyone konw how I go 
about identifying the current firmware version? On power-on the only 
message is: "Dectalk express is running, external power on." Thanks!
On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 04:23:59PM -0500, Whitley CTR Cecil H wrote:
> Hi,
> It actually transfers all the data before it sends the command to update the
> rom.  Another words, it gets it all in ram and then flashes it.  You don't
> really risk the dectalk, if it doesn't transfer, it doesn't flash.
> Cecil
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Gueths [mailto:igueths at comcast.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:09 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: flashing dectalk
> 
> 
> Although I have a laptop that has native dos installed on it. I think 
> its just too big a risk to fuck up the Dectalk Rom if some bit of 
> emulation goes wrong. Speaking of which, what kind of chip contains the 
> firmware? Is it an EEPROM/Eprom? In case something does happen to it, 
> can I rewrite the firmware?
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