From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,cec20777e0d41ea0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-13 18:14:07 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3AAED3D6.79CEAA7F@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Increased Interest In Ada? References: <3A82EFA2.C8756B09@acm.org> <970ma1$1l7$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <98inu2$1fr$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <98kjgv$3j69@news.kvaerner.com> <98lc03$23l$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:13:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.178.187.192 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 984536033 63.178.187.192 (Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:13:53 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:13:53 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5706 Date: 2001-03-14T02:13:53+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > > Just for grins, I plugged some words into Google and turned up: > http://www.zworld.com/index.html - you might pay them a visit and look at > the cost of their boards/development products. They're advertising their > "RabbitCore 2000" development kit for $169. (I'm sure you can plus it up > with plenty of options, but that's not a bad starting point, is it?) If > there was a little SBC like this with an Ada compiler, I think it might make > a good basis for an embedded programming class.... This looks interesting. Perhaps you could organize a deal between ZWorld for this kit, Averstar for their Ada-to-ANSI-C compiler, and an interested Ada person like MDC to write some simple compilation scripts to hide the C, and still offer it at a price that a student could afford. -- Jeff Carter "I blow my nose on you." Monty Python & the Holy Grail