Re: x86 architecture concepts

From: Jim Stewart (jstewart_at_jkmicro.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:02:37 -0800

Robert Kaiser wrote:
> In article <vUYTd.945$C47.661@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>,
> Kelly Hall <khall@acm.org> writes:
>
>>Robert Kaiser wrote:
>>
>>>So, apparently, technical elegance does sometimes pay, *especially*
>>>in the embedded market.
>>
>>PIC. 8051. Z8.
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> I wouldn't know, never used any of these.
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>> Forth.
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> What with Forth wrong is? Strange UPN you may find, but else?
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>> RS-232.
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> And whats wrong with this?
>
It's hard to name anything that's right
with it. Swinging several volts from
a positive rail to a negative rail to
transmit at a low symbol rate for a few
meters...

The 'standard' involved a DB-25 connector
with about a dozen signals, which everyone
implemented differently...

How many manhours has been wasted dicking
around with serial cables?