[rescue] Re: [geeks] THIS. MAKES. ME. SICK.

[Joshua D. Boyd]

The european space program/association/whatever ever provides the cad
files and stuff for a space hardened sparc that anyone can modify and have
fabricated for free (meaning no licensing to the agency.  The fabrication
is still anything but free).

--
Joshua Boyd

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 ward at zilla.nu wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 12:36:38AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
> > My SciAtlanta Explorer 2000 digital cable box is based on a
> > 55Mhz MicroSPARC-II. 8-)
> 
> I did a bit of digging, and it seems that my Olympus digicam is also
> SPARC based.  Guess there's some benefit to having a truly open CPU,
> eh?  Proliferation comes naturally.
> 
> > (and the tivo on top of it is PPC..)
> 
> My favorite copier/printer at work is Linux/PPC (think it's a Xerox, using
> some 800-series PPC).  Also, I think Ford used the 88110 as a microcontroller 
> in some of its vehicles, but I could be wrong.
> 
> Reagen
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