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Date:      Tue, 19 May 1998 09:31:10 +0100 (BST)
From:      Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: talk (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980519092616.1367D-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980518131343.18931D-100000@current1.whistle.com>

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On Mon, 18 May 1998, Julian Elischer wrote:
> The "Itsy Pocket Computer" is a small handheld computer based on the
> low-power, high-performance StrongARM SA-1100 microprocessor. Our
> current prototype runs at 200MHz on a pair of AAA batteries, and
> sports a tiny, high-resolution LCD touchscreen, a high-quality audio
> codec, and up to 64MB of memory.


So, how much do they cost ?

> do we have a strong-arm version of FreeBSD coming up? :-)

I guess that would be a "No". Wasn't someone writing ARMbsd or RISCbsd or
something.. did he die or did Intel pay him to stop or something ?

[It still amazes me that there are so many better options than Intel and
no-one ever uses them, writing ARM is a damn sight easier than 80x86 code
yet no-one ever writes for what seems to be a cheaper and far superior
chipset.Please excuse my ranting, but I find this overmonopolised (sp?)
industry this somewhat depressing.]

	Steve

Steve Roome - Vision Interactive Ltd.
Tel:+44(0)117 9730597 Home:+44(0)976 241342
WWW: http://dylan.visint.co.uk/


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