Why would this be a 'cheap' router?
I quote from the web site: "We are working on a small module (a 1
inch tall 30 pin SIMM) with 4Meg of FLASH and 8Meg of DRAM, 10Base-T
ethernet and LCD panel driver that will cost approximately $150US
using a 68EZ328"
$150! Why is that cheap. By the time a box was put round it and it
was powered etc I guess it would be about $225.
At a computer fair recently I bought a P120 with 32mb RAM and an
ne2000 card for $50. Thats a cheap router!!
I can see how in a professional environment this would be a
cheap/compact solution but lets be serious. For our needs space is
usually not an issue. If we use a PC we are using a 'known' device
and, love it or hate it' we understand its peculiarities.
>From: Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Linux Hams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: uClinux
>Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 19:15:56 -0500
>
>Here is an intersting project underway by the Ryerson ARC in Canada
and
>featured today on Slashdot (http://slashdot.org) and you can find
more
>info here:
>
>http://ryeham.ee.ryerson.ca/uClinux/simm/
>
>Perhaps this would be a good base to build cheap AX.25 routers and
the
>like for remote sites...
>
>73, de Nate >>
>
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