Embedded software/hardware

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> On Tuesday 22 February 2005 9:38 am, Jon Masters wrote:
> 
> > There are tonnes (or tons) of ARM7 boards kicking around, but I would
> > suggest going with ARM9 if you'd like an easy ride with full Linux.
> Back in 1998 we actually had the guy who ported Linux to the StrongARM chip 
> present at our meeting. 

That's what's running in my Sharp Zaurus.  They're working on porting the 
2.6 kernel now.

Part of me wants to just get a bunch of Sharp Zaurus 5500's off if EBay 
for $150 each, which would be cheaper than any of these boards, but my 
partners feel it's not "embedded enough", since it has so much memory and 
the big screen and all.

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