Re: USENIX + MIT Media Lab's having a WS on Embedded Systems

Joseph S. Barrera III (joebar@microsoft.com)
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:30:46 -0800

An 8052 is a microcontroller with BASIC built in. (See
http://www.lvr.com/microc.htm) And yes, I meant implementing the TCP/IP
stack within the 600 lines. It was kind of, like, meant as a joke. When you
program an 8052, you don't really have an OS full of features to fall back
on. You're really kind of on your own.

After all these years, I should know enough to always use a smiley when the
joke isn't obvious. Sigh.

- Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: Kragen Sitaker <kragen@pobox.com>
To: Joseph S. Barrera III <joebar@microsoft.com>
Cc: <FoRK@kragen.dnaco.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: USENIX + MIT Media Lab's having a WS on Embedded Systems

>On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Joseph S. Barrera III wrote:
>> If I can write a web server in 600 lines of BASIC that runs on an 8052,
do
>> you think I should submit a paper?
>
>I think anybody can do that, Joe. (I'm assuming the TCP/IP stack is
>outside those 600 lines; TCP in 600 lines might be something to write
>home about :))
>
>--
><kragen@pobox.com> Kragen Sitaker <http://www.pobox.com/~kragen/>
>Computers are the tools of the devil. It is as simple as that. There is no
>monotheism strong enough that it cannot be shaken by Unix or any Microsoft
>product. The devil is real. He lives inside C programs. -- philg@mit.edu