[time-nuts] 5370 processor boards available
Dr. David Kirkby
drkirkby at gmail.com
Thu Feb 27 06:23:42 EST 2014
On 27 February 2014 08:26, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:
> The advantage of something like the BBB is that it runs Linux so you have a
> nice environment in which to run your code. The disadvantage of Linux is
> that it's complicated and you have things like file systems that can get
> trashed. Now, in addition of being the sysadmin for your PC(s), you have to
> be an admin for your lab gear. That may be more "interesting" that you were
> expecting. A friend reports that his scope caught a virus...
Consumer devices like routers and modems run Linux. Does anyone know
how they get around this issue? I wonder if the OS is stored on a
read-only device, and that is loaded into a read/write device when the
device is powered on.
It is great to hear about this project - even though I no longer have
a 5370B. I can see CPU upgrades could bring new life to a lot of old
instruments, but it clearly takes a lot of dedication to sort out the
code. Something very complex like a vector network analyzer would
probably be particularly challenging,
Dave
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