semi-homemade micro

[Wai-Sun Chia]

On 11/14/05, woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:

> >Linux supported  CPU's
> >
> >Intel 386SX/DX/SL, 486SX/DX/SL/SX2/DX2/DX4, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II,
> >Pentium III (regular and Xeon versions), Pentium 4, and Celeron, i960, IA-64,
> >8086, 8088, 80286
> >
> >
> I said small machine --- is a small machine a 386?
> Can you tell me how much memory GNU C uses to compile itself?
> No wait that is listed a memory test!
> Linux is nice , but I am looking at small systems right now!
>

Well, depends on how small is small...
Is a Motorola Dragonball small (M68EZ328)? uclinux runs on that.  Or
how about H8?
Check out http://www.uclinux.org for a MMU-less variant..

If  your "small" must be 8-bit, then there's always uCos, and a bunch
of other RTOSes...