20 Dec
2007
20 Dec
'07
9:18 p.m.
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
From: bnansel at bigpond.net.au
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:53:22 +1030
Subject: The 2N2/256-BSCP [was: Homebrew Drum Computer]
Thu Dec 20 2007 at 06:55 Dave McGuire wrote:
You could use any number of net enabled eval boards. This onefrom Frescale the Netburner
Eclipse is $99, comes with full blown IDE, TCP/IP stack, 147Mhz 512K flash, 2MB SDRAM:
www.netburner.com
not exactly classic, but there was some talk going around here for $100 SBCs for christmas
hacking
Randy
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Well then you'd have the problem of
defining "most powerful". By
many metrics, any VAX is an incredibly powerful system, but the
average
not-so-powerful modern PeeCee will blow its doors off in integer
performance. So how will you define "power"?
-Dave
Good question. Wish I'd asked it myself :)
It could be any number of things. Myself, I'm going to eventually
use it for a "simple" robot rover (more "museum piece"
engineering ... it's a long story; ask me by private e-mail if you
really want to know). Most people would probably do something
different, though.
Here's an idea: a machine powerful enough to serve a simple webpage
with minimal graphics, a page views counter, and, oh, maybe a few
links elsewhere. After all, these days Real Computers are all on the
web, right :)
I am not a web head, but it seems this ought to be doable. Shucks,
if a Commodore 64 can browse web pages, this ought to be relatively
straightforward.
Sort reminds me of a guy I knew in the early '80s who recorded modem
tones and about a page of 1200 baud bulletin board data on his
answering machine outgoing message tape. He said it was to drive the
then new phenomenon of computer hackers crazy....
-Bobby