On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, thcg wrote:
> I am seriously considering starting a cottege industry making little
> diaries/laptops consisting of a cheap mcu like m68k or arm (?) LCD
> screen and keyboard running embedded linux.
> ..away from the rest of the process, the bottleneck seems to be the
> machine layout... not the OS. I just cant seem to find a good list of
> all available mcus that run linux.
> There has to be a website on the CHIPS not boards or machines
> that can run linux..
Firstly, you're not going to easily get many cheap systems in bulk to run
Linux (you may be able to, but not that I'm aware of). You could
design/build such a system based on a Z80 or 6502 fairly cheaply.
The problem would be a display, as LCDs aren't cheap, and 7-seg doesn't
quite cut it for a non-hacker type person. You may be able to get some
used displays of some sort, but working to a budget of $2.50 is a bit
tight. You're probably looking at around 3-4 times that price.
Davey
