<s>
Datalight	O
was	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
software	O
company	O
specializing	O
in	O
power	O
failsafe	O
and	O
high	O
performance	O
software	O
for	B-Language
preserving	O
data	O
integrity	O
in	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Datalight	O
's	O
initial	O
products	O
were	O
two	O
DOS	B-Device
applications	O
:	O
the	O
Datalight	O
Small-C	B-Language
compiler	O
and	O
the	O
Datalight	O
C-Bug	O
debugger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
full	O
C	O
compiler	O
named	O
Datalight	O
C	O
was	O
available	O
from	O
Datalight	O
between	O
1987	O
and	O
1993	O
;	O
Datalight	O
C	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Walter	O
Bright	O
,	O
evolved	O
into	O
Zortech	O
C	O
and	O
is	O
now	O
Digital	B-Language
Mars	I-Language
C	I-Language
.	O
Datalight	O
C	O
was	O
also	O
developed	O
into	O
an	O
optimizing	B-Application
compiler	I-Application
called	O
Datalight	O
Optimum-C	O
,	O
which	O
later	O
became	O
Zortech	B-Language
C++	I-Language
,	O
the	O
first	O
native	O
C++	O
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
Datalight	O
released	O
C_thru_ROM	O
,	O
which	O
provided	O
embeddedable	O
C	O
functions	O
and	O
C	O
start-up	O
code	O
,	O
allowing	O
programs	O
developed	O
on	O
DOS	B-Device
to	O
run	O
as	O
standalone	O
applications	O
without	O
DOS	B-Device
dependence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
ROM-DOS	B-Operating_System
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CardTrick	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
1993	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
being	O
built	O
into	O
PCMCIA	B-Architecture
cards	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Card	O
Trick	O
later	O
evolved	O
into	O
the	O
embedded	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
manager	O
FlashFX	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
moving	O
Datalight	O
into	O
the	O
raw	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
grew	O
rapidly	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
receiving	O
the	O
WA	O
Fast	O
50	O
award	O
for	B-Language
the	O
fastest	O
growing	O
companies	O
in	O
Washington	O
state	O
in	O
1997	O
and	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
of	O
four	O
patents	O
to	O
eventually	O
be	O
assigned	O
to	O
Datalight	O
,	O
"	O
Method	O
and	O
apparatus	O
for	B-Language
allocating	O
storage	O
in	O
a	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
"	O
,	O
was	O
awarded	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
followed	O
up	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
FlashFX-related	O
patent	O
,	O
"	O
Method	O
and	O
system	O
for	B-Language
managing	O
bad	O
areas	O
in	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
"	O
,	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Reliance	O
Nitro	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
building	O
upon	O
Reliance	O
and	O
adding	O
a	O
tree-based	O
architecture	O
to	O
improve	O
performance	O
for	B-Language
large	O
files	O
(	O
>100MB	O
)	O
and	O
large	O
numbers	O
of	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
another	O
file	O
system	O
related	O
patent	O
,	O
"	O
Method	O
and	O
Apparatus	O
for	B-Language
Fault-tolerant	O
Memory	B-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
"	O
was	O
issued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
Reliance	O
is	O
an	O
embedded	O
file	O
system	O
designed	O
for	B-Language
applications	O
with	O
high	O
reliability	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Does	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
check	B-Device
disk	I-Device
integrity	O
at	O
start-up	O
,	O
meaning	O
a	O
shorter	O
boot	O
time	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynamic	O
file	O
system	O
configuration	O
for	B-Language
performance	O
optimization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Full	O
data-exchangeability	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
via	O
the	O
Reliance	O
Windows	O
Driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
Reliance	O
Nitro	O
is	O
a	O
file	O
system	O
developed	O
from	O
Reliance	O
;	O
it	O
improved	O
on	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
original	O
Reliance	O
,	O
primarily	O
by	O
adding	O
a	O
tree-based	O
directory	O
architecture	O
facilitating	O
faster	O
look-ups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Datalight	O
provides	O
Windows	O
drivers	O
for	B-Language
both	O
Reliance	O
(	O
Reliance	O
Windows	O
Driver	O
;	O
RWD	O
)	O
and	O
Reliance	O
Nitro	O
(	O
Reliance	O
Nitro	O
Windows	O
Driver	O
;	O
RNWD	O
)	O
;	O
they	O
provide	O
exchangeability	O
between	O
Reliance-formatted	O
media	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
;	O
an	O
older	O
version	O
of	O
RWD	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
drivers	O
are	O
bundled	O
with	O
tools	O
to	O
format	B-Application
media	O
and	O
a	O
utility	O
to	O
check	O
file	O
system	O
integrity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
FlashFX	O
is	O
a	O
flash	B-Device
media	I-Device
manager	O
which	O
allows	O
applications	O
to	O
access	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
as	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
a	O
hard	O
drive	O
,	O
abstracting	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
flash	B-Device
media	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
FlashFX	O
Pro	O
:	O
Supports	O
around	O
200	O
flash	B-Device
chip	I-Device
part	O
numbers	O
and	O
flash	O
arrays	O
up	O
to	O
2GB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Has	O
pre-ported	O
versions	O
for	B-Language
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
,	O
VxWorks	B-Operating_System
,	O
Nucleus	B-Operating_System
PLUS	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
ThreadX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
FlashFX	O
Pro	O
is	O
available	O
for	B-Language
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
(	O
FlashFX	O
Tera	O
is	O
not	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FlashFX	O
Tera	O
:	O
Supports	O
around	O
300	O
flash	B-Device
chip	I-Device
part	O
numbers	O
and	O
flash	O
arrays	O
up	O
to	O
2TB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Has	O
pre-ported	O
versions	O
for	B-Language
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
VxWorks	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
FlashFX	O
Tera	O
supports	O
MLC	B-Device
NAND	O
flash	O
,	O
while	O
FlashFX	O
Pro	O
does	O
not	O
;	O
another	O
improvement	O
is	O
Tera	O
's	O
error	O
correction	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
more	B-Device
robust	O
than	O
Pro	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Products	O
using	O
FlashFX	O
include	O
Arcom	O
's	O
PC/104	B-Device
computer	O
,	O
Curtis-Wright	O
'	O
s	O
Continuum	O
Software	O
Architecture	O
,	O
Teltronic	O
's	O
HTT-500	O
handset	O
,	O
and	O
MCSI	O
's	O
PROMDISK	O
disk	O
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XCFiles	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
exFAT-compatible	O
file	O
system	O
aimed	O
at	O
consumer	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
to	O
support	O
SDXC	O
,	O
the	O
SD	O
Card	O
Association	O
standard	O
for	B-Language
extended	O
capacity	O
storage	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marketed	O
as	O
"	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
target	O
platform	O
"	O
,	O
XCFiles	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
portable	O
to	O
any	O
32-bit	O
platform	O
which	O
meets	O
certain	O
requirements	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
supporting	O
semaphores	B-Operating_System
and	O
unsigned	B-Algorithm
64-bit	O
integers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ROM-DOS	B-Operating_System
(	O
sometimes	O
called	O
Datalight	O
DOS	B-Device
)	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1989	O
as	O
an	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatible	O
operating	O
system	O
designed	O
for	B-Language
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
backward	O
compatibility	O
build	O
options	O
allowing	O
compatibility	O
with	O
specific	O
versions	O
of	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
DOS	B-Device
5.01	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ROM-DOS	B-Operating_System
7.1	O
added	O
support	O
for	B-Language
FAT32	B-Application
and	O
long	O
file	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ROM-DOS	B-Operating_System
includes	O
a	O
compact	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
stack	I-Protocol
;	O
and	O
SOCKETS	O
,	O
a	O
network	B-Protocol
socket	I-Protocol
API	B-Application
and	O
connectivity	O
package	O
,	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
optional	O
add-on	O
for	B-Language
ROM-DOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDK	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
Borland	B-Application
C/C	I-Application
++	I-Application
and	O
Turbo	B-Application
Assembler	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
devices	O
which	O
use	O
or	O
used	O
ROM-DOS	B-Operating_System
are	O
the	O
Canon	B-Algorithm
PowerShot	I-Algorithm
Pro70	I-Algorithm
,	O
Advantech	O
's	O
ADAM-4500	O
,	O
the	O
Percon	O
Falcon	O
325	O
,	O
several	O
early	O
PDAs	B-Application
(	O
Tandy	O
Zoomer	O
,	O
IBM	B-Device
Simon	I-Device
,	O
HP	O
OmniGo	O
100/120	O
,	O
Nokia	O
9000/9000i/9110/9110i	O
)	O
,	O
Casio	B-Device
Algebra	I-Device
FX	I-Device
Series	I-Device
graphing	O
calculators	O
,	O
MCSI	O
's	O
PROMDISK	O
,	O
and	O
Arcom	O
's	O
PC/104	B-Device
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
's	O
Advanced	O
RAID	O
Configuration	O
Utility	O
(	O
ARCU	O
)	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
ROM-DOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
2004	O
,	O
all	O
Intel	O
server	O
board	O
System	O
Resource	O
CDs	B-Application
included	O
ROM-DOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symbol	O
's	O
FMT	O
3000	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
copy	B-Device
of	O
ROM-DOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
list	O
of	O
commands	B-Application
is	O
supported	O
by	O
ROM-DOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
