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From: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>
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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

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