A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor

Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by gh02t on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:26PM (#18017259)

A 1 ghz CPU absolutely can run a smooth touchscreen GUI, I think what OP meant is that it's not gonna be capable of running a snazzy Electron interface or some other trendy framework that makes everything super easy. You can't really afford the overhead that software running on a modern desktop can, so it will require a bit more work.

For reference, the original iPhone CPU was a single ARM11 core clocked at 412 MHz. Obviously it's possible, this Allwinner chip would run circles around that.

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by cdcfa78156ae5 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @03:48PM (#18018528)

> snazzy Electron interface or some other trendy framework that makes everything super easy

Except that Electron is harder to use than pre-.NET Visual Basic, or Delphi, or especially HyperCard. All of the developer convenience of web apps, with all of the great performance of web apps!

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Re:A $1, Linux-Capable, Hand-Solderable Processor by Zardoz84 on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @08:27AM (#18023660)

I had smooth GUIs made with Visual Basic 3 running on my old 386@40

And my A1200 with a 68020@20 have a pretty smooth GUI

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