Thread: Just for fun - what's more complicated, an N810 or a car?
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2008-01-09 , 23:29
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
Cars these days have way more silicon than any internet tablet. The car is obviously far, far more complicated than any hopped up PDA.

Sure, you could build a very basic carburated 2-stroke engine fairly simply, but the same could be said for an Intel 4004. If we're comparing apples to apples, then a modern car is a much more complicated endeavor than an internet tablet.
WOW--been along time since I've seen anyone mention an Intel 4004. Good stuff. You are correct, a modern automobile is far more complex than an Internet Tablet. My Cadillac's camshaft sensor is failing and the car's diagnostic console reported this last week (directly on the dashboard command console). It is a Hall Effect sensor located in the distributor. To replace it is not going to be fun or inexpensive.

I know a great amount about my car, and it definitely is way more complex than my N800.

Anyone want a Intel 1702 UV-EPROM? or a 8748 microcontroller from 1977? I got 'em....hundreds of 'em.