[sdiy] Slightly OT : Intel i960

[jbv]

Emmanuel,

> I have a really little experience of working with that processor, I used it
> for PCI to PCI bridging and transfers control between each sides.
> If I can help, I'll try but my experience is very limited so I might be
> quite unhelpful :-(
>
> Emmaneul
>

Well, I was wondering what this processor family was good at...Is it just a
general purpose risc processor, or is it targeted at
specific application domains ?
Besides, I think I noticed that it has on-chip RAM and a mult unit, and
therefore was wondering if it could be used alone, or if it always needs
external chips (ROM etc).

I was also wondering about programing languages (assembler, C...)
and availability / cost of development platforms (eventually emulators)...

In other words, is it worth considering from the point of view of a
DIYer or is it beyond that scope ?

Thanks,
JB

PS : as this is more or less off topic, we can continue this discussion
privately (and in french)...