Power management - 1 Keyboard controller - 1 Mouse - 1 Scanner - 1 Printer - at least 1 etc, etc etc Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim" To: Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [PIC]: PBK Questionnaire > "Why doesn't every desktop computer then have 2 or more > CPUs, one for infrastructure ..." > > Let's do the CPU count embodied in most desktop PCs today: > > Keyboard - 1 > Modem - 1 (excluding Winmodems) > Monitor - 1 > > How many more did I miss? > > RF Jim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Byron A Jeff" > To: > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 9:34 PM > Subject: Re: [PIC]: PBK Questionnaire > > > > On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 06:49:32PM -0400, Jason Harper wrote: > > > BAJ wrote: > > > > OK. Good. Now explain why you have it setup this way? > > > > > > Ignore the fact that the onboard processor is a PIC. I'll stick a > > > "Pentium 7" label on it if that will make you happier! > > > > > > It's INFRASTRUCTURE. Asking why the user can't program it directly > > > makes exactly as much sense as asking why they can't directly use > > > the power supply filter capacitor in their project. > > > > No it's not. In fact it's exactly the opposite. Why doesn't every > > desktop computer then have 2 or more CPUs, one for infrastructure > > and the other for actual work then? Most programmable systems > > (desktops, PDA, etc) the primary CPU provides both the > > infrastructure (OS) and the target (applications). > > > > All I'm asking is why this system should be any different? > > > > * snip * > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body