Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

2003-10-12 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Bernd Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 03:06:18PM +1000, John Birrell wrote: Here's one the size of a credit card: http://www.compulab.co.il/586core.htm. It's a lot bigger than a 'bump in a cable', but it runs FreeBSD. Leaves the question how much of the data on that

Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

2003-10-12 Thread Bernd Walter
On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 01:19:44PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Bernd Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 03:06:18PM +1000, John Birrell wrote: Here's one the size of a credit card: http://www.compulab.co.il/586core.htm. It's a lot bigger than a 'bump in a

Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

2003-10-12 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dag-Erling Smørgrav) writes: : Bernd Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 03:06:18PM +1000, John Birrell wrote: : Here's one the size of a credit card: http://www.compulab.co.il/586core.htm. : It's a lot bigger

Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

2003-10-11 Thread Bruce M Simpson
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 07:37:23PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: Grab a copy of Embedded Systems Programming, there are ads for things like this all over near the back of the magazine. In particular, the chip in whatever USB stick you're looking at probably has an 8-bit CPU of some sort in it.

Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

2003-10-11 Thread Jim Flowers
Grab a copy of Embedded Systems Programming, there are ads for things like this all over near the back of the magazine. In particular, the chip in whatever USB stick you're looking at probably has an 8-bit CPU of some sort in it. Don't remember where I saw it but there is a product for

Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

2003-10-11 Thread Manuel Rabade
On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 03:06:18PM +1000, John Birrell wrote: On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 04:17:37PM +0200, C. Kukulies wrote: Now, we are not far from that. I'm thinking of some CPU with TP Ethernet and memory of size of an USB stick. Anyone knowing such or having experience? Here's one

Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

2003-10-11 Thread Manuel Rabade
On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 03:06:18PM +1000, John Birrell wrote: On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 04:17:37PM +0200, C. Kukulies wrote: Now, we are not far from that. I'm thinking of some CPU with TP Ethernet and memory of size of an USB stick. Anyone knowing such or having experience? Here's one

Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

2003-10-11 Thread Bernd Walter
On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 03:06:18PM +1000, John Birrell wrote: On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 04:17:37PM +0200, C. Kukulies wrote: Now, we are not far from that. I'm thinking of some CPU with TP Ethernet and memory of size of an USB stick. Anyone knowing such or having experience? Here's one

smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

2003-10-10 Thread C. Kukulies
1990: In ten years, computers will just be bumps in cables. (Gordon Bell) Remember that quote? Now, we are not far from that. I'm thinking of some CPU with TP Ethernet and memory of size of an USB stick. Anyone knowing such or having experience? -- Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku (at)

Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

2003-10-10 Thread Wes Peters
On Friday 10 October 2003 07:17 am, C. Kukulies wrote: 1990: In ten years, computers will just be bumps in cables. (Gordon Bell) Remember that quote? Now, we are not far from that. I'm thinking of some CPU with TP Ethernet and memory of size of an USB stick. Anyone knowing such or having

Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

2003-10-10 Thread John Birrell
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 04:17:37PM +0200, C. Kukulies wrote: Now, we are not far from that. I'm thinking of some CPU with TP Ethernet and memory of size of an USB stick. Anyone knowing such or having experience? Here's one the size of a credit card: http://www.compulab.co.il/586core.htm. It's