Lpc2000

Robert, 

> >> The MAXQ2000 (the first processor out of the box) is very 
> impressive
> when running programs.  It's single cycle, and has lots of 
> accumulators (registers).  Its performance runs rings around 
> the AVR and MSP430, but the LPC can outrun the MAXQ at high 
> clock frequencies--but that's not the MAXQ's forte, it's 
> ultra low power, not just "low power".  It has some quirks.  
> But it does work. <<
> 
> Yeah, but you'll never be able to get hold any of the f@ckers! ;-)

The eval board is $125 last time I looked.

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Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd  http://www.rowley.co.uk
CrossWorks for MSP430, ARM, and (soon) Atmel AVR processors