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Re: The Internet-enabled Contiki Desktop OS

It occurred to me that Adam Dunkels wrote in comp.sys.cbm:
> Are there any special reasons for running an OS underneath Contiki?

Well, ease of use comes to mind :)

A bare -11 is a bitch, requiring you to enter programs manually using
a bunch of toggle switches on the console panel, and having a bunch of
lamps (Not LEDs!) as "display". 

http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au/pdp-11/11_70.html

Later MicroPDPs (Officially "LSI-11" systems) use a serial equivalent of
this.

Furthermore, there are driver issues. the PDP11 isn't a single type of 
computer, it's a whole range of more or less compatible devices..

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