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Book:   Programming Embedded Systems
Subject:   Beware!
Date:   2008-06-18 11:33:11
From:   FordyUK
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

The book seems fine except that buying the hardware is almost impossible. Arcom trade in the UK as Eurotech. When I rang them for prices on the Viper-Lite board (still advertised on the website) they said that it wasn't in production any more. I tried to contact someone else but was then told that I would need to buy 100 units and it would take 6 months to deliver! Very disappointing to think that this book (or at least this version) is less than 2 years old and is now completely useless as the hardware it describes cannot be purchased. A real shame as the book seems to be well written and interesting.

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