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Re: Linux for the HandyBoard
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Thu, 2 Sep 1999 08:26:50 GMT
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Phil <phil@=spamcake=netwurx.net>
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thanks
I maily wanted it for building a cheap, viable Linux platform without
having to delve into a somewhat-costly PC/104 board or the like... does
anyone know of a cheap pc/104 or other small 486-based board available?
thanks,
--phil
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Pennington <jwp@awod.com>
To: Handyboard list <handyboard@media.mit.edu>
Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: Linux for the HandyBoard
> Phil wrote:
> >
> > Friends-
> > Is there any way to get a Linux kernel onto the HB?
> > -phil
>
> Only way I can figure is to talk to the Linux uC project people at:
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> http://ryeham.ee.ryerson.ca/uClinux/
> or
> http://www.moretonbay.com/coldfire/linux-coldfire.html
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> Though they don't have a working version for the 68HC11. The thing about
> a microcontroller is that it's so different from an intel or alpha-
> based microprocessor (really any straight microprocessor) that I think
> they have to re-invent the wheels to do anything with it. I can't see it
> being much better than the Pcode anyway, because running it would take a
> lot more resources. Best to just use a Linux based computer, and tie
> into that a bit more (eg. You could build a TK script to use IR for
> active communications). Or get a cheap (right!) 486 Single Board
> Computer (SBC) with a motor control circuit if you're really serious
> about using Linux in a robot. I don't think we'll see a truely viable
> Linux kernel for an 8 bit uC for a while, if we ever do.
> --
> ___________________________________________________________________________
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> Charleston, SC | -Linux User and Advocate
> Email at jwp(at)awod.com | 83 V45 Magna "The Lighter Side"
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 | | Re: Linux for the HandyBoard
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| A 486 Board + 486 + 4Meg of ram + 100 Meg drive + keyboard should cost around $20. Or free if you go dig in the right trash ;^). I don't know where you are but around here (San Francisco Bay area) shops like Weirdstuff ((URL) are selling used (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | RE: Linux for the HandyBoard
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| thanks I maily wanted it for building a cheap, viable Linux platform without having to delve into a somewhat-costly PC/104 board or the like... does anyone know of a cheap pc/104 or other small 486-based board available? thanks, --phil Phil: Check (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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