On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> I want to distance myself from the majority of this nonsense. Building a
Well, since you launched us all into this nonsense its pretty hypocritical
of you to want to back away from it now.
> simple computer with a processor, a ROM, a full compliment of RAM, and a
> serial console interface is a 10-minute design and a 90-minute fabrication
> task. If it's designed to fit already existing firmware/software, it's even
> more or less practical to fit it into that firmware or software's
> understanding of what the hardware is that fits with it. That means that an
> operating system might be straighforward to accomplish in a day or two if
> there's software in the form of a decent monitor or OS to support it.
Sure! Let's have a driving contest to see who can drive the fastest, but
first we all have to build our own cars. THAT MAKES AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF
SENSE!
> implementation. I'm sure most people in any way familiar with the things we
> had to do back in the '70's will agree, that, from a hardware standpoint,
> building a single-board system with 64K SRAM, Whatever size of EPROM you
> like, overlapping it and disabled when copied into RAM, and a serial port is
> a no-brainer, requiring , as I previously said, about 90 minutes to
> wire-wrap. It might take longer if you have to find the parts. If you use
Sure, and open heart surgery is a pretty straightforward operation for an
experienced doctor, but we're not all experienced doctors.
Dick, you're amazing.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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