Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 14:46:15 -0400 From: "Michael S. O'Donnell" <mso@bus.net> To: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: The ultimate board! Message-ID: <3AE1D577.593CC939@bus.net>
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> one write per minute would be 120 years and one write per > hour would be 7200 years. regardless of cycling, mtbf of today's submicron design limits us to 10 years. that pretty much goes for every part on the board. if you have an application which calls for more than that, you'll need to keep component temperature at or below 25 degrees C (although a write cyle limit is a write cycle limit). we all have enjoyed a lot of use from old 386, 486, HC, and 8051 hardware that lasted seemingly forever but, in my heart of hearts, i beleive those days have gone. > So, maybe this is the right time for the next InterJet... > bring that Whatchamacallit to market today compile a hardware (xx storage, 486 running at whatever, yy ether ports expandable to zz, compatability with supermegafragalistic opto magic, yellowish greentooth radio magic, T1, dsl, et cetera) and functionality wishlist (i'm unfamiliar with these designs). i'm pretty short on time but, i'd be glad to look into trying to put something together. we could get started on something common like a pc104 platform and attack it piecemeal to find bottlenecks and cost centers. once we've hammered it out i'll design a custom board and FPGAs. i'm paying around $50 per board for one-offs (plus components) and prices will drop precipitously once we get into volumes of 100s. i'm desperate for a challenge (i'm designing battery chargers right now and it is getting mighty sleepy) and am willing to carry a fair amount of the development cost. my abilities will limit my contribution to the software end to around nil. Michael O'Donnell mso at bus dot net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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