[svlug] DSL working with some weirdo hardware in a robot submarine

[bruce coston]

With obscure hardware leaving windows can get
difficult . I'm using Puppy right now and caution vs
DSL unless you know you can afford the debian overhead
. Something based on a TRON variant , worlds most
prolific embedded os , may work much better . Using
Forth all the way down to the transistors can give
great efficiency , SVFIG exists , but your people are
your real limit . C can give good efficiency on CPU's
made for it . Good luck but I wont go near weirdo
hardware . 
--- svlug-request at lists.svlug.org wrote:
> One of the hardware/software guys also tells me that
> they have a weird
> USB->Serial connector which they had to write
> windows drivers for.
> 
> What do you people think we should do?  (PS: if you
> want to help, they
> love help.  Most of the existing program is written
> in Java 1.4.2,
> though we all agree that moving either to Java 6 or

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