flashing dectalk

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I'm not sure you can; just flash 4.6, and if you don't like it, go to
4.2cd; it's the traditional voice.


On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Igor Gueths wrote:

> 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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