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From: Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: 1 euro Olimex RISC-V mini-PC: this needs Forth ;)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:22:57 -0700
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https://www.hackster.io/news/olimex-s-one-euro-rvpc-single-board-computer-goes-up-for-sale-next-week-1cfe4fe2c985

- CH32V003 MCU, 24 MHz, 16KB flash, 2KB ram, and 128B NVRAM
- Uses EC subset of RV32 architecture, so only 16 registers instead
  of 32, but this is fine for Forth
- PS/2 keyboard connector
- VGA video connector
- Can apparenty supposedly 800x600 pixels on VGA, not sure how that is 
  possible with just 2K of ram
- Supposedly available starting next week on olimex.com.

The CH32V003 is or was famous for being the cheapest flash-programmable
MCU at 0.10 USD per part.  There are cheaper MCU's like the 3 cent
Padauk which is an 8 bitter, but they are one-time programmable.

Either way, there might not be enough flash and ram to host recent
versions of Mecrisp.