On 10/5/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dragonball VZ runs ucLinux. Useful for pedagogical purposes. > > If they are to be donated, I second the suggestion to let PLUG > distribute them for some fee. Hey even 500 per unit should be a very > fair price, I know the price of Alexan parts! and, of course, a > written description of what the person will do with the unit. > > Kind of like "what I will do if you let me buy that embedded computer > at a giveaway price." > > You don't want to just give them away to some schmoe who may not put > them to good use. I don't believe in freebies, it's too subject to > abuse. > > Personally, a few interesting things to do with such a device -- make > a portable oscilloscope (Fluke Scopemeters are so expensive!) or an > engine diagnosis computer. Or a portable, low-speed logic analyzer.
Just saw the specs of the Internets, an MC68K processor and support for up to 22 IO devices. Wow! Kinda reminds me of when I used to dabble in MC6802 -- now *that's* a dinosaur compared to this critter. As for apps, I'm thinking of a USB controller to switch off peripherals when the computer is shut down. Not original, I know, but fairly simple, I should think. And, Php500 is a very fair price. I haven't been to Alexan in years, but a PIC would probably cost around four times as much? At Roger, go donate to PLUG. Bless you. :) -- Ian Dexter R. Marquez http://feeds.iandexter.net/Coredump _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
