The web server at this site has a tiny version of
RedHat on a chip:
http://wearables.stanford.edu/
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At 10:12 PM 2/10/99 -0500, Randy Edwards wrote:
>> I was just wondering.. can an operating system be a chip?
>
> Of course. Many palmtops boot the OS from a ROM. There were many old
>microcomputer operating systems written in ROM; I even ran across a couple of
>old MS-DOS computers which had DOS in ROM (they booted very fast, but were a
>pain to upgrade).
>
>--
> Regards, | Debian GNU/Linux - http://www.debian.org - More software than
> . | *any* distribution, rock solid reliability, quality control,
> Randy | seamless upgrades via ftp or CD-ROM, strict filesystem layout
> | and adherence to standards, and militantly 100% FREE Linux!
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