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Subject: Re: Point a beginner in the right direction? Cheap bare-board to run
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Looking at their forum, it's very much dead, but if the software works and I can figure out how to install it and interface with a serial port or an IO board it should serve just fine as a starting point.

On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 1:59:01 PM UTC-5, Marcus F wrote:
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> x86 and Marte sounds like a good beginner option, hardware is cheap and easy to come by, and I'm not worried about board-size or anything like that, this is purely for learning how to design, develop, and integrate a real system.
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