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chip55
01-31-2003, 09:34 PM
Hello
Has anyone seen this?

http://www-ccs.cs.umass.edu/~shri/iPic.html

I'm curious if this thing actually works.

be well
chip55:D
bassman
01-31-2003, 10:09 PM
Nice...also liked an implementation I saw of a 486 Linux server rig...in a pizza box ;)
ALS
02-01-2003, 01:57 AM
I don't know....Looks pretty suspicious to me.....
This is Bullsh*t!
gjimene2
02-01-2003, 02:22 AM
pura mierda to me dude. all BS.
Dracas
02-01-2003, 03:03 AM
Notice when you click the link that lets you access the 'iPic Server' to see what files are on it, it doesn't take you to an IP, DNS host, or anything else, just another webpage called "ipic demo"

Its a hoax.

second off, the most stripped TCP-IP code couldn't possibly fit on a CMOS chip with any sort of server software, no matter how much of it you use. To fit anything on there, you'd have to butcher it beyond recognition, at which point it would be rendered unusable.

Last...it mentions that you can flash the microsprocessor itself to cover the last 256 bits of the thing for "user code"...unless I read that wrong, which is possible, but it wasn't put in the best context.

You can't flash, or otherwise alter, a final layout-to-silicon in any way after its been pressed. Meaning, thats a bit far fetched, they would be implying that you could flash the processor itself, all whopping 4 mhz of it, which by the way, wouldn't be able to multitask or load you a webpage any faster then a 286 could.

Also, no RAM. It no workie.
Jimstep
02-01-2003, 10:50 AM
interesting...:rolleyes:
Ammok
02-01-2003, 10:52 AM
i seen one where they got a whole pc in a matchbox.
chip55
02-01-2003, 02:31 PM
Hello
Anyone remember when the the first IBM tape drive computers were the size of a house. And the first pc's were as big as a desk. Remember the old mfm harddisk.
Now ya got hand held computers.
Maybe this site is bullsh*t now but maybe someday...

be well
chip55:D
Dracas
02-01-2003, 05:25 PM
Mmmm...I still have an MFM 8-bit hard disk. Its large enough that I was using it as a stepping stool in my kitchen for a while. Its not even large enough to hold one of my DJ Tiesto MP3's....
ad5mb
02-01-2003, 05:33 PM
It just doesn't do what you think.

It interacts with embedded process controllers

http://www.oopic.com

and allows you to control PICs and OOPics via the web.

PICs are dedicated controllers that do simple jobs - run motors, Radio Control servos, operate switching systems, intelligent alarms.

This device can control up to 128 controllers, via an I2C interface.

Get a copy of Nuts & Volts magazine, it will provide you with many URLs that will bring you up to date.