Re: My 2 cents on bootstrap loaders.

[Eddie Matejowsky <e.matejowsky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:37 PM 6/11/97 -0700, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:
>>Why don't they call all micro-processors micro-controllers? I don't know
>>the correct definition. To me the F21 needs to much around it to make it
>>go, to call it that.Microcontrollers usually have a lot more on chip
>
>Microprocessor: a central processing unit with minimal amount of on-board
>memory and minimal amount of on-board I/O.  Designed to be as general
>purpose and as fast as possible.
>
>Microcontroller: a central processing unit with sufficient RAM and ROM to
>bootstrap an operating system/embedded system software and/or to run without
>external assistance.  Sufficient I/O to handle a large number of
>input/output processing needs.  Designed to be self-sufficient in mission
>critical applications; most definately NOT general purpose.  Instruction
>sets are almost never optimized for speed.  Designed for control and
>communications applications (hence their name).
>
>Based on the discussions, I'd have to say that the F21 series of CPUs are
>somewhere in BETWEEN microcontroller (due to the existance of many
>coprocessors on-chip), and microprocessor (due to lack of sufficient
>on-board I/O capability).  I'd have to classify the F21c as a
>microprocessor, not a microcontroller.
>
Agreed, but add onchip memory and I might not.
>Just a thought or two... ;)
>
>BTW: how do I send a message to the MISC mailing list?  Every reply I've
>sent out so far seems to have been sent ONLY to the authors of the messages
>(which is OK for this purpose; but the question asked above is general
>enough to inform all readers who are interested).
>
>Thanks for your time.
You send it to MISC@pisa.rockefeller.edu
I like lists to default to send to all but that's another story.
In email clients like eudora doing a "reply to all"(shift reply) may send
to the list as well, I haven't tried it. The author *may* end up with two
copies thought.
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>Samuel A. Falvo II                          KC5TJA/6, Technician with HF
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Eddie,
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