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To: Gunther Schadow <gunther@aurora.rg.iupui.edu>
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Subject: Re: are there any *inexpensive* SBC with just the right features?
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> Gunther Schadow:

> - without VGA, debugging of system startup sequence will
>   be a pain in the butt (nothing happens and you don't
>   know why...)
> 
>   Furthermore DiskOnChip would raises a bootstrapping problem, 
>   i.e., how to get the first image onto the chip without one 
>   of those computers running already...

but surely in the construction phase you will have computers with optional
vga.  they'll help with bootstrapping and diagnosis.  the missing vga is
the most akward thought for me.

clemens


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