I had fun explaining the progression of ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM to my eldest.
On Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 4:25:43 AM UTC-5, threeneurons wrote: > > I like Arduinos, and I also still program AVRs in assembly. I see Arduinos > as nice trainers, and also a way to make a quick-n-dirty "smart" project. > Love the libraries ! > > I have a hierarchy of pain, when it comes to deciding to do a task in > assembly, or use a high level language, like C. Based mostly on the final > binary memory size. But the need for doing so, is mostly emotional now, as > opposed to economic. I started programming on 8080s and Z80s. The code was > stashed on several EPROMs, that took a couple of minutes each to program. > The first microcontrollers, I used extensively, was the HC05. Squeezing > code into a tight space made sense back then, because the UV erasable chips > cost over $50 each. Even the "one-time" programmable devices cost ~$10 > each. Now the mega88 I use on my clock kits cost ~$1.80, while its big > brother, the mega328, used on Arduinos, cost just a tad over $2. The price > difference is negligible. > > Just be glad you don't have to wait 20 minutes or more, to erase your > devices. I still have a UV eraser floating around somewhere. Don't ask me > where. I haven't used it in close to 20 years. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/5ee816f1-e59f-4a18-bda1-18c9c6fb0d0b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
