Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Hill Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: ARM embedded stuff Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:38:58 +0000 (GMT) Organization: timil.com Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5263fba2cbtim@invalid.org.uk> References: <865aef74-a979-47ac-b2b7-8a15f268c55b@15g2000vbq.googlegroups.com> <43c5f05d52.davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> <5727415e52.graham@durain.demon.co.uk> <525e430d8dsee.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> <525e538292Spambin@argonet.co.uk> <525f550c10dave@davenoise.co.uk> <52603c527abbailey@argonet.co.uk> <526050b373dave@davenoise.co.uk> <526058c93ebbailey@argonet.co.uk> <5260609e6ddave@davenoise.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: GqAcIUbqh27oTTI3Dt5hJw.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pluto/3.04c (RISC-OS/5.16) NewsHound/v1.50-32 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.acorn.misc:3712 In article <5260609e6ddave@davenoise.co.uk>, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: > Once cars had near mechanical ignition and a simple carb. Which can be easily repaired/replaced. Even from a tip. > Now they have > electronic ignition and injection. ...and when the MMU blows up, you find that a new one costs more than replacing the car with a better one. You wouldn't source one of those from a high-mileage wreck. So, that's it? Someone mentions a car analogy and the thread's over? -- Tim Hill of timil.com . . . * supports TFT & shares in cheaper ethical telecoms http://tjrh.eu/phone * has a genuine & spam-proof address for Usenet http://www.invalid.org.uk/ * accepts incoming email: substitute postmaster@ for tim@ ... "Sleep dwell upon thy eyes, peace in thy breast" Rom & Jul, Act ii, Sc.2