18 Apr
1999
18 Apr
'99
1:02 a.m.
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(a)siconic.com
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