On Mar 17, 2020, terryc wrote: > On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:29:51 -0400 > Dan Purgert <d...@djph.net> wrote: > > > I guess what I'm trying to ask is what would be so bad about a "RISC-V > > Hobby Linux Machine(tm)" only offering these "older" peripheral > > connectivity interfaces in interests of being inexpensive and also > > preserving end-user freedom? > > > > Or ... maybe I'm just a bit crazier than I thought. > > Probably <VBG>. > The question is exactly what peripherals were you thinking on running > off it? Some examples from here;
I think you may have misinterpreted "older" in this context. > > My PIO NEC Pinwriter printers, which are very nice for textt and basic > graphic output, suffer from lack of ribbons because the driver foam in > the ribbon cartridges have dis-intergrated with age. > > My PIO/SIO Gestetner Canon SX2 laser printer has flat rollers. > > I shudder to think what the condition of my QIC (PIO) & DAT tapes (SCSI > is like. It is bad enough that the DLT-IV drives are both cactus and > will cost more to repair than purchasing a new LTO-6 drive. Yeah, you're definitely thinking significantly older than I am here. What about say limiting ourselves to "PCI"? Just taking a quick spin through newegg, it appears that basically the only unavailable item is a WLAN adapter. Hard drives -> SATA150 or PATA(!!) Ethernet -> 10/100/1000 USB -> 2.0 Graphics -> OK, this might be a nonstarter > [...] > So, even if it was built, there is probably going to be negligible > demand for it for that reason. To be fair, even if it had the newest of the new, demand for a RISC-V box will be negligible when compared to Dell or HP ... -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281
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