🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:35:49 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Jon Kirwan wrote:
>> 
>> On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:27:48 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
>> <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> >Jon Kirwan wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:34:29 -0700, "Joel Koltner"
>> >> <zapwireDASHgroups@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >"Nico Coesel" <nico@puntnl.niks> wrote in message
>> >> >news:49baa239.1285504281@news.planet.nl...
>> >> >> Good question. The traditional PIC is soon to be overtaken by the ARM
>> >> >> derivatives.
>> >> >
>> >> >For some markets, sure... but in many commodity items like remote controls it
>> >> >doesn't make sense to use a $1 32-bit ARM when a $0.10 8-bit PIC still works
>> >> >just fine.
>> >>
>> >> Not to mention pinout.  When they start packing 32-bitters into
>> >> SOT23-6 -- at similar pricing to 8-bit versions -- let me know.  I'd
>> >> be interested.  I'm getting them at about 25 cents each and I buy in
>> >> very small qtys.
>> >
>> >   So, you're using '2 bit' processors?
>> 
>> Hehe.  I wonder how many younger folks will understand.  Which reminds
>> me that I'm getting too old, that I even know what you mena.
>> 
>> Jon
>
>   Most of them would freak if they ever looked at the 8008 and what
>little it actually did, for the price.  Or the early 'S100' 4K * 8
>memory cards that were $1000.

I think I paid $295 each, for two.  Neither worked, as designed,
though.  In fact, it was their failure to operate that forced me into
learning a lot more electronics than I'd wanted to before.  I couldn't
afford that kind of disasterous result, being mostly penniless at the
time.  Just after figuring out a workable solution, MITS mails me a
nice letter telling me about the 8 (I think, memory serving) patch
wires they recommended to make the design work.  A week too late to be
of help.

>I bet 99% of them never heard of the Exorcisor bus.

I knew of it, but never had that kind of money floating around.

Jon