----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 1:02
PM
Subject: RE: Memory Card Corruption
Problems
There's
one discrepancy in this theory. Minnesota has experienced no memory
card corruptions using 1.95e firmware.
I've spoken again with Cathi
Smothers and Barry Herron inquiring about any memory card corruption events
that may have occurred in Minnesota during their November elections.
They were the on-site Global support during those elections. They still
state that there were no memory card corruptions. They are sure that if
Washington, Dakota, or Anoka were to experience any problems like this, they
would have been notified of it that day. All of the 348 units in
Minnesota are Visible Light. With that many units, you would expect at
least 1% (3 to 4 units) to experience this problem.
Some accounts with 1.94w
firmware have experienced memory card corruptions upwards of 10%. (e.g.,
Fresno in November 1999). Most others have experienced an average
of approximately 5% (this is a conservative estimate on my
part).
How is 1.95e different from 1.94w? Is 1.95 code based on 1.94
structure? Or is 1.95 a complete
re-write?
Does it perform less
multi-threading, and therefore have less data traffic?
I'd like to have this discrepancy
explained before we start retrofitting 15,000 AccuVote-OS units in the
field.
Ian
-----Original Message-----
From:
owner-rcr@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of
Jeffrey
W. Dean
Sent: March 29, 2001 4:41 PM
To:
'rcr@dieboldes.com'
Subject: Memory Card Corruption Problems
I've
posted to this list to make sure everyone with an interest can see
what's
going on. Please read the attachment - we will provide timely
updates
over the next few days as additional info becomes available.
Jeff
Dean
<<PA04.doc>>