Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "infradead" <infradead@y...> wrote:
> 
> > Wouldnt worry about it, well over 100,000 write cycles i would 
> > imagine.
> > Sure the ram could be changed if it came to it anyway.
> > Gonz
> 
> stupid question time
> 
> what's a write cycle?  is that everytime the flash compacts or 
> everytime you save..
> 
> thanks

Sorry, yes in other words every time you save or compact the user ram.
(compacting will use many write cycles, "not for everyday use" like 
it tells you..)
Flash rams life is measured in write cycles, ie how many times you 
should be able to change the data stored in it reliably.
G