dnyberg, Thanks for the encouragement. I will keep poking about, as time permits, and see what source for programmed chips might be available.
Carl On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:30 AM, <dnyb...@seanet.com> wrote: > * Replies will be sent through Spamex to > amforth-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > * For additional info click -> http://www.spamex.com/i/?v=79288160 > > I would say that your idea is feasible with the existing toolchain, if > your business model is adjusted a little bit: > > 1) You must sell the user TWO programmed chips, with instructions making > it very clear a chip can be bricked by a bug. > > 2) Along with the two chips, the instructions "when you brick chip 1, swap > to chip 2, mail me chip 1. For 1 year I will reprogram and return your > bricked chip for fixed $X each time, post paid (say $5 maybe). That > guarantees the user a cheap rescue, pays you a little each reprogram, > limits the time you have committed to a cost (postal rates may go up or > something). If someone wanted extra insurance, they could certainly buy > two pair chips, so they could have 3 bricked ones in the mail and still be > operational! > > If you did that, it could work. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics > Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics > Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ > Amforth-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ Amforth-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel
