> > Any how, if you
> > are suggesting using pentiums (which, as far as I understand, you are),
> what
> > can I do with them (insert suggestings here)?
>
> Try to build your own:
> * PCI subsystem, and its drivers.
> * IDE drivers, and filesystems on IDE/ATA.
> * SCSI subsystem.
> * USB stack on PCI subsystem.
> * Networking stack, and drivers.
>
> These are subsystems, and can be written as firmware. Try to build
> demo examples/scenarios with the above. You can learn a lot about
> firmware/device driver programming on x86 by implementing these.


Let me read up a little on this and I will get back to you (off the list).

Thanks
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