On 3/30/2013 4:31 PM, William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
> et started. Currently nothing out there has this market
> You're conflating the old "personal computers" with the old "embedded com=
puters."
> If you want to replace a commodore-64, get a laptop.  If you want to repl=
ace a Basic52 system (which was never so easy to use), get an Arduino, Chip=
Kit, or something of that ilk.  If you want to replace a timex/sinclair ZX8=
1, =85 just don't; they pretty much sucked.
>
> No one wants to just "start programming" any more.  Nor should they, real=
ly.
>
> If you really want to learn to program on the TV you already have, you sh=
ould talk the manufacturers into putting a language into the microchip that=
's already there.  Plug in a USB keyboard (to the USB port that's also alre=
ady there) and have it switch to "computer mode."
>
> BillW
>
>

I am glad I never listen to naysayers. I just got a job designing the=20
type of system that I was talking about, and thanks to the piclist at=20
that, had I not used it I wouldn't have gotten the offer.

The goals of the product will center around something similar to a self=20
contained development kit, sort of a development kit without the need=20
for a pc and code that can easily be programmed to the target mcu if the=20
user decides to take things further.   I showed them the email and he=20
liked the line about no one wants to just start programming any more, he=20
laughed and said "just start programming, sounds like a slogan to me. "

Sometimes it pays to keep an open mind.
Mark





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