Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!border-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:51:34 +0000 Subject: Re: F2FS On USB Sticks? Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <09GcnUsbvK9iQUL6nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@giganews.com> From: c186282 Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:51:30 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Lines: 35 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-SXSYH7NxMJp7K310QgXx5t11dxaDVnjNQcH7wbmm2HJR58moKOpH2tl6AjNpa2REStRM8ujfF1+LWN1!l8CaUU2vYpPPE7pXxFWM6yaYA8324wG/lwvRnfXcrzdFtYHe8R5+2V09G2VMxWlPSdj+pTQHvnPw X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 On 3/26/25 1:09 PM, rbowman wrote: > On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 04:22:58 -0400, c186282 wrote: > >> ANYway, don't diss the '51 ... damned good chip and, for some uses, >> STILL. If you can't do ASM and can't find a 'C' compiler there were >> some BASIC compilers that'd get the job done nicely. > > I would have loved to have had a 51 for one project but in the early '80s > lead times for many parts were over a year and the MCS-48, specifically > the 8749 parts, were available. Somewhere noted 'Systronics' ... 1980s/90s context ... used DS-5000t '51 variants, came with a minimal but usable serial programming board and a BASIC compiler. Affordable. Used 'em for many projects. The 't' is for 'time' ... RTC included. >> Oh, if nobody's ever noticed, the Ard UNO has a SOCKETED chip. You >> can use the Uno as the programming fixture, put in a new chip, >> program it ... stick the chips into your OWN custom boards. Just >> enough zap for lots of things (and a good low-power library for like >> solar-powered projects). > > Usually. Speaking of parts shortages... > > https://store.arduino.cc/products/arduino-uno-rev3-smd Never saw a shortage of UNO chips ...... Anyway, they were just fast/capable enough and CHEAP enough for a variety of projects. Good dev environment. TODAY ... maybe PICOs are the better path ... but they may not be BEST for every app. I admit I do like the idea of "JUST Enough" ... the PIC 12F-xxx chips still have a special place in my heart :-)