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Originally posted by uzziah0
Don't worry about the ROM, just don't use it. It is called ROM (Read Only Memory) for a reason.
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the only thing the ROM can't do is act as RAM for running programs. the name "read-only memory" does NOT mean that once it's written to you can only read it. the built-in storage has a read/write cycle around 100,000. In other words, you should really be taking advantage of this memory. at least save backup files to it. It's not going to die on you or anything.
the ROM contains the operating system, which is why you cannot access all 48MB on the advanced model, or all 32MB on the basic.
The advanced has 21MB left over as "built-in storage," which you can use for whatever you want. the basic probably has like 4 or 5MB.
as for the RAM, the Axim allocates the amount needed for actually running programs automatically, and I've never seen it use more than about 18MB for that purpose. Generally it allocates 32MB for RAM though. basically you can fill up the first 32MB of main memory without taking any away from actual RAM functions, I *think.*