Hi PT. Was able to buy more yesterday below 14. As someone said on RB, "I dare the MMs to take it belw 14 again."
OT: In case you did'nt see it and I know it is controversial but check out LITH. Hai (nickname, cant remember full handle) the tech teacher that had the student that designed the hockey puck, is a believer.
From Clearstation:
What is MicroOS ???
THE MicroOS? FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MicroOS is a robust, full-featured file management system with minimal memory requirements. It is best suited for use in handheld products needing small but powerful embedded systems. MicroOS allows for increased audio resolution and simple editing and file management. It is ideal for applications ranging from dictation and voice memos to CD-quality stereo music (see "MicroOS Audio" below). MicroOS can be applied in a wide range of devices using ATA- or IDE- compatible memory, and is particularly well suited for use with flash memory.
MicroOS? AUDIO
e.Digital has developed a version of its MicroOS file management system specially adapted for use with larger music files. The company has incorporated MicroOS Audio into a portable CD-quality music player and recorder that includes a PC interface. This system is targeted at the emerging market for online music sales over the Internet.
PATENTS
The company has been granted five patents on its handheld recording systems, with additional patents pending. The current patents cover both hardware and software developed by the company. Patent-protected intellectual property includes handheld recording devices, e.Digital?s MicroOS file management system, the use of removable flash memory cartridges in a handheld device, and their streamlined methods for recording and editing files in portable systems where memory is at a premium.
Click here to see one such Patent with 25 claims.
12/24/99 From Charles Brown of INTEL titled "The Driving Need for Flash Software management in Wireless" "Flash memory requires software management to function efficiently. OEMs/Designers must turn to a comprehensive software manager to balance handset cost with the data storage needs of feature rich wireless appliances. Memory management needs to perform a variety of tasks such as invalid data management, power-loss recovery and wear leveling."
1/31/00 - From CEO Fred Falk letter to shareholders "As wireless phones add more features, that industry is beginning to include removable storage media, and this represents a substantial opportunity for EDIG to incorporate our technology into future generations of wireless phones. The MicroOS is a pure software flash file management system that is compact yet robust and incorporates features such as: Wear leveling, Power management, user interface and bad block management."
Jan 2000 - Fred Falk interview "A very large company has tested several operating systems and stated that ours is the best."
Intel would be my guess. eDig's MicroOS even beat their OS for flash memory management.
MicroOS ~ Elegant Simplicity
Where other OSs require proprietary hardware, MicroOS is the only pure software solution for file management of flash memory. MicroOS' simplicity lies in its technique for storing large files in smaller segments wherever they may fit within a flash memory array, using highly compact code. This takes full advantage of flash memory's advantages, while minimizing its limitations. The elegant part is the header information attached to each of these smaller segments, allowing rapid retrieval of the original file, indexing of the file content, and labeling of the flash memory segment as free or in use. The patents protect this technology, as well as numerous applications of it. Elegant simplicity, which no one else can duplicate for the life of the patent.
e.Digital Competition? Do your own DD...
Ara
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