> I don't know enough about flashable memory, but couldn't this be a "feature not a bug" type thing, so that people can't completely screw up the flash ROM and have to return it?
Well, yes and no. Most flashroms have means to protect all or parts of it (e.g. the first 8KB) against overwriting. The flashroms on the Algor have this feature. However, it would be a very stupid idea to protect them, as this feature is NOT reversible -- i.e. you can then throw away the "flash" of the rom.
