low cost embedded PC's

[Pat Ford]

Previously, you (Peter D. Hipson) wrote:
> Well, they are worth every penny you paid for them! <g> The 80188 is
> basically a 8088 with a few minor enhancements. Now, that said, you could
> write something on a PC and try to port it over. You'd have to be careful,
> but it is doable. You could write in C, or Assembly.

and compile as a *.com you then set the reset vector ( at ffff:fffe) to jump 
to the start of your program. Then you don't need an os saves lotsa space
in those flash chips.

the reset vector "should" be the last 2 bytes on the flash


> 
> At 10:01 PM 6/17/99 +1000, you wrote:
> >Okay - here's a thought...
> >
> >The other day, at a trash-and-treasure sale at the local shopping centre,
> >I picked up a few different printer ethernet controller units. These have
> >a 10baseT and/or 10base2 connector and one or two parallel ports and
> sometimes
> >a serial port too. They are used on a network to connect PCs to a networked
> >printer.

cool

> >
> >Two of them had 80C188 microcontrollers and another two had Z180s. Two
> even had 
> >large flash ROMs.

just the flash parts are worth more then you paid

> All of them, except the Intel unit, also came in a nice
> brushed
> >aluminium box. I payed $2.00 each (on average) for these "gems" and  I
> started
> >to think what other uses I could put them to. Gee, whaddya know....
> >
> >So, here's my new (long term) project, the $2.00 EFI. 
> >
> >Anyone interrested?
> >
> >regards,
> >-- 
> >Peter Gargano
> >
> >
> Thanks, 
>         Peter Hipson (founder, NEHOG)
>         1995 White NA Hummer Wagon

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