I have always assumed 'flashing' to be a throwback to EPROM re-programming
which required the use of strong UV light to erase the existing instructions
before loading the new.
Your Memory May Vary.
Piers
On 8 May 2015 18:52:25 BST, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi Chris, I think only in the "mac" world (and maybe only Switzerland)
>would anyone buy 4 or 5 year old computer, but the older mac pros are
>incredibly built and so expandable. I paid the price of a new mac mini
>
>to get something with much better performance and although I will spend
>
>that much again on new CPUs, graphic card and a PCIe SSD card it should
>
>keep me going for quite a while and be not far behind a new top line
>machine in performance but costing me a lot less to build
>
>As to card flashing, this basically involves installing different
>"firmware" on a card designed to be installed in a PC but one that will
>
>work in a MAC however to get full functionality it needs hacked
>firmware
>- I am not sure why the verb flash is used but I guess because its over
>
>in a flash.
>
>IanW
>
>
>On 08/05/15 19:29, ChrisB wrote:
>> What sort of process is �flashing a graphic card�, Ian? But yes, I�m
>envious of your new machine :-)
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 8 May 15, at 09:36, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> You are correct - I have been mistaken in my understaning of the
>meaning of spendthrift until now and should have used miserly. I fell
>into the trap of making an assumption, I expect that's not the only new
>thing I learn today, later I will be flashing a new graphic card for my
>newer mac pro :-)
>
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