F21 status

["Mark Tillotson" <markt@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

Since you seem to be in a mood to communicate recently,
(which I always enjoy reading), I wonder if you could
give us an update on the status of the F21.  The last
explicit information which I saw was in your "F21
Microprocessor Status" page where, at the end of the
most recent update, you say "The analog I/O coprocessor,
video I/O coprocessor, and serial/network coprocessor,
and real time clock will be tested when I add a few more
wires to the test board."  Has this happened, and how
have they been working?  You seem to be implying in
your latest post that they are working, but are they?
In particular, I have always wondered how fast you would
be able to communicate between nodes with your network
coprocessor.  Is this working out as planned?

On another note, have you seen the Royal daVinci handheld?
It is a clone of the Palm Pilot for less money and it
seems to me to be a viable home for an iTV chip?  Has
anything like this (pen based input) been explored that
you would feel free to talk about?

I try not to be a pest, but I (and I am sure there are
many others too) are very curious about the status of
the F21 project.

I wish you all the best,
Mark Tillotson