Re: What exactly does "Embedded" means?

By your definition, almost all models of computers are "embedded".

My definition of an embedded would be alot more strict: something along the lines
of "fixed configurations" along with "fixed functionality".

The iPAQ fails on *BOTH* counts.
                                - Jim

> Sender: familiar-admin@handhelds.org
> From: Goetz Bock <bock@blacknet.de>
> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:16:44 +0200
> To: familiar@handhelds.org
> Subject: Re: [Familiar] What exactly does "Embedded" means?
> -----
> On Tue, Jun 12 '01 at 07:01, Jim Gettys wrote:
> > Actually, you are making an artificial distinction with the iPAQ: since
> > it supports PCMCIA and CF (and 2 slots, to boot) , we have the very large
> > range of such devices and configurations to support; many wireless cards,
> > disk drives, flash, ethernet, serial, etc.
> Well in this case, my line was not stright enough. What I ment was, that
> for an embedded system, the base system consists of just a small number
> of models (in the ipaq case 2: 36xx and 31xx) and for an intel based
> desktop this is definetely not true.
>
> Everything that is not part of the base system (everything you dont need
> for the base functionality, e.g. the stuff you add using the expandion
> slot) does not unmake the iPaq an embedded system.
>
> Goetz.
>
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Jim Gettys
Technology and Corporate Development
Compaq Computer Corporation
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