[bookport] Re: Firmware
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:28:57 -0600
At this point, who cares. This could be debated for weeks or months without
agreement. Just because one person calls it firmware and another calls it an
operating system makes little difference. The point is that that system can be
changed via installation of a new version of the computer code that controls
the unit. So, let's stick to what changes can make the BookPort even better
than it already is.
So, I am wondering whether it would be worth considering the addition of *.ogg
as a recognizable audio file type; since I understand that that file type is
free, and I think it is open source? One of the advantages of *.OGG is that it
has a smaller file size than MP3.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 2:31 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Firmware
: As has been stated before, the Book Port has no operating system. It is not
: a computer.
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Josh Kennedy" <jkenn337@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:07 PM
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Firmware
:
:
: But isn't Windows ce a similar operating system to that of the bookport?
:
: Josh
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 12:49 AM
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Firmware
:
:
: > How many hours do you have?
: >
: > I am not really trying to be brash here. Windows is basicly an operating
: > system also, but that said there are a lot of different operating systems.
: > And, those operating systems take widely different amounts of memory
: > depending on how sophisticated the system is, and what the goals are for
: > the operating system in its' current version.
: >
: > The other thing is that Windows is based on a disk based operating system
: > that loads itself every time you turn on the system. BookPort's operating
: > system is hardware based so that as soon as you turn it on it is ready to
: > go without booting up the system and waiting for the operating system to
: > get loaded into memory. This means that all of the operating system has
: > to be in memory and ready to go when you turn on your BookPort, and in a
: > system the size of a BookPort there are some physical limitatiions on how
: > much internal memory one can have to support a hardware based operating
: > system.
: >
: > As has been pointed out in a variety of ways on the list, one has to look
: > at what the focus of the BookPort is in order to realize that the type of
: > operating system it uses is the best for the type of device that it is,
: > one where the user does not want to wait several minutes before they can
: > start using the system.
: >
: > I hope that helps!!!
: >
: >
: >
: > ----- Original Message -----
: > From: "optus rod" <rodsalzman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:20 PM
: > Subject: [bookport] Firmware
: >
: >
: > : Hi:
: > :
: > : If anyone can tell me the difference between firmware (BP system0 and
: > : windows I would be interested?
: > :
: > : What the BP uses seems to be an operating system.
: > :
: > : Rod
: > :
: > :
: > :
: >
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