> Info:
> Micro$oft is funding an Intel Development program to put Windoze in
It's got to be sort of painful for intel in the embeded apps,
palmtop/set-top box arenaa since the only real entry of there's in that
arena is the i960rp
> hardware.
Sounds like windowsce
> Targeted for "Laptops" and "Embeded" Systems, the 3-chip
hp320lx (now 6months old) seems to have a chip count in the 2 dozen range
counting the cpu, system memory, roms, lcd controller, pcmcia controller
etc in the space occupied by a pentium II catridge.
> "replacement" of the Personal Computer will not ever have to be
> "booted",
Windowsce machines never really shut down unless you either remove all the
batteries, hit the reset button or run out of power.
> Micro$oft claims. This will allow the machine to be turned
> ON and OFF at will.
be fairer probably to say that it never really turns off.
> This information comes from an "untrusted" source who works at
> Intel's plant in Folsom, California, so take it with a grain of
> salt.
>
> However, if true, such a machine can't "boot" anything. FYI...
If it ends up being anything like the ce scheme there will no doubt be a,
mechanism for replacing the roms, loading patches into the unified
memory/storage block of ram, and generally carrying on as usual.
Sees like every attempt to make general purpose computers less functional
(ie. thin clients, win terminals, java stations, insert acronym here)
seems doomed to failure anyway it's either general purpose computer or it
can join the pong box, the original nec ultralite, and the newton in the
closet...
> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
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> Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
All in all it probably closer to the truth than fiction...
joelja
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