Next ZX Device?

[liam.zbasic]

To the Elba Corporation, what's on the drawing board? 32-bit device perhaps? Even Arduino is moving on with the 32-bit Due, now in beta release.

[dkinzer]

[liam.zbasic]

Very good, I respect your policy. Glad to read you are working on new products. Just one more question, can you state if one those is based on a 32-bit device? I'll abstain.

[dlh]

Don,

Have you considered offering personality transplants for the various Arduino boards?

[twesthoff]

What is a personality transplant?
Tom W

[dlh]

[stevech]

hard to turn the ship, but ZBasic would be a lot easier for non-engineering students than C++.
(would need different ZBasic user docs though).

[dlh]

... and non-students with projects to implement.

Changing the crystal (if possible) and using the API for triggering downloads might reduce the documentation burden.

I've already designed the Zarduino boards (prototypes are being manufactured this week) socketed for the smaller ZX chips (24, 28, 40) so this may make less sense for them (and they require no documentation changes).

[liam.zbasic]

Outrageous! Arduino products on RadioShack shelves in instead of other great modules such as Zbasic and Maple! The relatively weak "Arduino Uno" is retailing for $39.95, more expensive than the Maple Mini.

http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=arduino&origkw=arduino&sr=1

I've also seen weird Arduino knockoffs at Fry's called "OSEPP" modules. And I mean I've seen them on the shelves.

http://www.frys.com/product/6745675?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

On the bright side, this could spell the end for the ridiculously expensive Parallax modules. I'd like to see Elba Corp. products on shelves too.