Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Designing for the FHF (was Re: Proprietary hardware)
Message-ID: <1989Apr1.215446.21963@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <2140@cpoint.UUCP> <3743@stiatl.UUCP> <1204@naucse.UUCP> <1410@husc6.harvard.edu> <18167@gatech.edu> <4899@cbnews.ATT.COM> <18204@gatech.edu> <13332@sequent.UUCP> <1989Mar28.171856.21202@utzoo.uucp> <570@ispi.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 89 21:54:46 GMT

In article <570@ispi.UUCP> jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) writes:
>While I like the idea of an (almost) free computer, I don't think it is
>worth it.  Considering that you can go out and buy an *88 board for
>under $ 100...

You miss the point.  The objective is to build a computer, not a microwave-
oven controller with delusions of grandeur.  This automatically rules out
anything using a processor whose number ends in "88" or "86".
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