< Actually, there is some value in experimenting with strange CPU
< architectures, parallel machines, reconfigurable hardware, etc. Not
< everything has been done before.
Sometimes things that have been done before can be done more cleverly
or economically making it worth doing again.
< > No, I'm not. How many people are there in Boston who do this stuff?
< > 5? That's not much information. And a web site inspires no one.
More likely 100 times that. First off you have all those nutty MIT
students. The those like me and I've met a few people that are in the
running the last few months.
Web site that provice inforation, tools, tricks abound and are not to
inspire but to assist. Inspiration is is an internal event.
< dispute this. It's a lot easier to get information now than it was 10
< years ago. I've had to try to convince a semiconductor company that they
< should send me a data sheet on a microprocessor. Now I just grab it off
Information was always available, just had to get off ones bottom and go
look. I was in the local library and picked up three books on VAX
archetecture and left another few behind regarding VMS. Books on
electronics and circuits easily filled 20 linear feet of shelves. All
free.
Allison
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This is somewhat off topic I suppose, but then again it isn't in
another way!
I watched a two hour special today on the evolution of the computer
industry over the past ten years. It was basically a story about guys
like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, etc.
Watching it I started to think that I have as much or more talent and
ability than these guys did (gratuitous horn-tooting going on here!)
The thing they had that I don't is a good idea to exploit (or a good
idea to steal in the case of Bill, but I'll leave that alone!).
My question to you all is this: does anyone have a good idea for an
application that could potentially be very popular and profitable for me
to create that you wouldn't mind sharing?
I realize this is like asking you all to give me money since if the
idea is that good you probably wouldn't want to share it anyway!, but if
someone had a good idea I'd certainly be willing to consider a partner
or partners.
Basically at this point I'm asking for input in a brainstorming
session really.
Thanks for any help anyone cares to give!
Frank W. Zammetti
Programmer/Analyst/System Engineer