PicoTux

[Scott Elcomb]

On 9/7/07, SlackRat <slackrat4Q-MOdoAOVCFFcswetKESUqMA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I was wondering if there are any useful applications that can be run
> on what is advertized as "The worlds smallest computer"

That'd be the "world's smallest _Linux_ computer."  The fact that it
can be used as a webserver might prove very useful for (incredibly!)
tiny appliances.

If there were an easy way to expand it's memory, say with USB 2, the
device would probably be invaluable for appliance manufacturers.  As
it is, I don't think (but don't quote me) that Perl or PHP could be
installed on the device, so all web scripts would have to be compiled
C/C++ or Fortran.  (Never heard of web scripts written in Fortran, but
can't see why it wouldn't be possible in principle.)

The specs say there are "General Input/Output Pins(TTL)," but I'm not
sure what kind of hardware interface that is supposed to represent.

> I am quite intrigued by it.
>
> http://www.picotux.com/

Damn but that's small!

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