[BRLTTY] Alva BC640 question

[Lee Maschmeyer]

On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 03:36:11PM -0400, Dave Mielke wrote:
> [quoted lines by Lee Maschmeyer on 2011/10/01 at 14:13 -0400]
> 
> >I can't accept having to reinitialize it (and thus losing any books I've 
> >stored on that whopping big three MB disk).
> 
> The 3MB disk you're referring to is, I believe, the BC640's system drive. It's 
> really only meant for files the device itself needs, e.g. persistent settings 
> storage, braille tables, etc. Check, when you connect the device to your 
> computer, for two drives. I suspect you may find another one which is way 
> larger.
 
Yes, when the unit is powered on there are two drives. The problem is
that the notes application, which is what you use to take notes or to
read files you've copied to the notes application, is on the 3 MB
disk, not the 3 GB one. That means notes can't read big files and
can't have many of them. Since I'm a heavy reader this limitation is
irksome.

But I'll probably keep it in hopes a later firmware upgrade will get
rid of its being hosed. I hate it when technology sometimes works and
then when you get enthused it quits. I'd rather have it not work in
the first place.

-- 

Lee Maschmeyer

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to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than
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