Re: XMOS XC-1 kits are ****pping

Leon wrote:
> On 11 Oct, 20:25, Joerg <notthisjoerg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Leon wrote:
>>> On 10 Oct, 17:42, ste...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>>>> On Oct 10, 9:01 pm, Leon <leon...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>> I've just ordered my 1600 MIPS XMOS XC-1 design kit.
>>>>> The XMOS chips will replace DSPs and FPGAs in a lot of applications.
>>>>> I haven't been so excited about a new chip since the transputer came
>>>>> out. David May designed them both, of course.
>>>>> Leon
>>>>> leon...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Is the comparison with the Transputer supposed to imply this is a
half
>>>> thought out design with brain dead execution? :-\
>>>> Steve
>>> The transputer was ahead of its time, and really pushed the technology
>>> that was available. I sold a lot of systems using it, mostly to
>>> universities and research establishments, because there was nothing
>>> else around with that sort of performance then. Inmos even had their
>>> own fab!
>> I met a guy from the transputer design team down in the Bryce Canyon
>> (here in the US). Unfortunately that company seemed to have lacked
>> marketing savvy just like Plessey and many others. Great products
(well,
>> most of them) but that doesn't get you anywhere unless you can nail the
>> next step, the deal. It's probably similar to engineer-driven car
>> manufacturers like Borgward. A seasoned car mechanic here in the US
told
>> me that these were among the most well designed and quality built cars
>> ever. But ...
> 
> 
> After they married, my brother used his wife's Borgward Isabella. It
> wasn't bad, apart from the slippery bench seat in the front. ...


That had a purpose back then. Not exactly one that had to do with 
driving and it was only useful if you had a girlfriend in the car ;-)


>                                                      ... I didn't
> close the door properly once, slid across the seat when he cornered
> rather fast and nearly fell out of the door when it opened. Cars
> didn't have seat belts in those days, of course.
> 

On my pa's old Chrysler the whole frame would torque and warp a little 
at high speeds. At around 100mph (in Germany where that was legal) the 
driver side door made *BANG* and popped open one notch. Later it turned 
out some really clever engineer had positioned the battery right above a 
frame member. The occasional acid drips from there slowly ate it up.

-- 
Regards, Joerg

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