There are some displays that take either serial or parallel (with a couple
of strobes) input - I have one sitting at home.
These could be used, but would be a little more expensive that the one
without the controller built in.
Personally I like the idea of helping a small industry like this start up...
The other option, of course, is our competitors over in the uClinux team -
but I think the dragonball might be too expensive.
What would the requirement for the processor/screen/memory be for this
project ???
Simon Wood
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Murn [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 6:17 PM
> To: thcg
> Cc: linux 8086 @ rutgers
> Subject: Re: cheep linux machines
>
> On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, thcg wrote:
>
> > I am seriously considering starting a cottege industry making little
> > diaries/laptops consisting of a cheap mcu like m68k or arm (?) LCD
> > screen and keyboard running embedded linux.
> > ..away from the rest of the process, the bottleneck seems to be the
> > machine layout... not the OS. I just cant seem to find a good list of
> > all available mcus that run linux.
> > There has to be a website on the CHIPS not boards or machines
> > that can run linux..
>
> Firstly, you're not going to easily get many cheap systems in bulk to run
> Linux (you may be able to, but not that I'm aware of). You could
> design/build such a system based on a Z80 or 6502 fairly cheaply.
>
> The problem would be a display, as LCDs aren't cheap, and 7-seg doesn't
> quite cut it for a non-hacker type person. You may be able to get some
> used displays of some sort, but working to a budget of $2.50 is a bit
> tight. You're probably looking at around 3-4 times that price.
>
> Davey
