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HP Releases Hackable ARM-Based Calculator

Posted by Soulskill on from the turning-tools-to-toys dept.

mikeselectricstuff writes "HP's 20b business consultant calculator isn't the sort of thing that would normally interest the average Slashdotter, but HP has released a Devkit for it, including schematics and source for a sample application, and they appear to be actively encouraging people to re-purpose it. Maybe the engineers thought a business calculator was just too boring for their hardware? The calculator is based on an Atmel ARM chip, and it has a bootloader and JTAG interface to allow user applications to be written and downloaded, turning a boring calculator into anything you can do within the constraints of the hardware."

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  1. Sorry but I have to ask.. by 4D6963 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does it run NetBSD?

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    You just got troll'd!
  2. I'm sorry, but I have to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!

    I imagine the next few postings will be about hot grits and whatnot.

    1. Re:I'm sorry, but I have to... by 4D6963 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      In Soviet Russia, calculators re-purpose you!

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      You just got troll'd!
  3. YOU FAIL IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    superior to slow, BSD had become community at taken over by CBSDI

  4. Should have been does it run Vista (n/t) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nt.