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Originally Posted by Kevin Watson
What if we get a real computer based upon a PPC or x86 for 2009 (yes, maybe I'm dreaming). Are you saying you don't want an off-the-shelf OS and want to write your own code to run on bare metal? Or are you assuming we'll get another microcontroller-based setup?
-Kevin
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I'd love an off-the-shelf OS with a powerful enough processor to deal with the overhead.
My dream would be a full industrial PC (PC 104 form factor???) that would allow teams to build expansion as needed. That said, I'm assuming that we'll get another microcontroller. And while there are microcontrollers capable of running modern a OS, most cannot handle the overhead, memory and interrupt requirements.