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Date:      Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:08:42 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Marc <marc@geekythings.com>
To:        Bsdguru@aol.com
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Status of encryption hardware support in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107031408230.42939-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <74.c9a1800.2873510f@aol.com>

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On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 Bsdguru@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 07/03/2001 11:57:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> noses@noses.com writes:
> 
> > > Now try to imagine a whole PC on a smaller board than a PIII CPU
> >  > cartridge. If you can't, get a copy of the Embedded Systems magazine 
> >  > and look at the pictures in it.
> >  
> >  Imagine a complete 80186 system with 512k RAM and 512K flash disk, two
> >  serial ports, 14 digital IO lines and an Ethernet in a 32 pin DIL package.
> >  They are planning to replace the 80186 module by a 80386 in a few weeks.
> >  If you can't belive it you might take a look at www.bcl.de. Now if it only
> >  had enough flash for a PicoBSD it might make a good pocket ISDN router...
> >  
> 
> We can "picture" it, but such a system can't route a full 100mb/s ethernet, 
> so its fairly useless as a network device/router as is proposed here.

So try the MachZ processor then...


-marc


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