Thanx Louis.. you solved it.:) just one more Q. I got another email
telling me about Embedded Intel processors. WTF! if theyre different from
intel microcontrollers like 8057, do they have everythingy onboard to
function as a motherboard too like a PIC? Eitherway I'll be using AMD...
theyre cheaper and thats the highest priority here.
Not many people might be interested in this but Ive seen a possibility.
The local tribes in Quetta here in Pakistan work at home as a cottage
industry manufacturing terribly cheap plastic toys and rugs using
primitive devices. Their profit margine is really unimaginable and they
can put in much work as in the carpets....potential??
Running a linux system requires an MCU or embedded MPU, battery, LCD,
keyboard, its pcb, outer structure and not much else. Ive built basic PCB
and I think they can do even better.. enough to run embedded linux OS..
like a digital diary and many other things.... My job here is just to MFG
a prototype and they say they'll buy the idea and market it, even find
applications for it. If its constructed for under Rs.1000 (USD $20) it'll
sell.
On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Louis P. Santillan wrote:
> Thats a quote from RC's site. If you are looking into small CPU's, I'd
> suggest looking into AMD E86 line, offering Micro Controller & Micro
> Processor Units with low voltage needs, and compatibility w/all x86 CPUs
> from 186 to K5. I especially like the uforCE (atleast w/a QNX, Linux,
> ELKS, or FreeDOS OS) offering a 486 compatible CPU with globs of RAM/ROM.
> I'd love to see one of those palmtops in my hands one of these days.
>
> Louis
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> "Leisure suits are for DUMB A**ES . . . believe me!!!"
> - Red Foreman of That '70s Show
>
> On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, thcg wrote:
>
> > I sent a previous mail to the listserv with no response... my
> > question was:
> >
> > Are the 8086 instructions compatible with any intel
> > microcontrollers such as the 8051, 8057 80257 MC80257 etc? If so, very
> > cool linux machines with LCD displays and cheap MCUs can be build for the
> > third world :) . Any ideas anyone??
> >
> >
>
