Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:37:23 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "C. Kukulies" <kuku@www.kukulies.org>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD? Message-ID: <200310101937.23785.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <200310101417.h9AEHb4n025071@www.kukulies.org> References: <200310101417.h9AEHb4n025071@www.kukulies.org>
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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 experience? 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. -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
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