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To: E_K_S who wrote (31196)	4/21/2000 7:01:00 PM
From: pmcw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Eric, Your's, and a previous response, has spurred me to dig deeper into JINI. As you might expect, I've found myself dumber than I thought. I think I was able to establish a better root understanding of JINI, but would like your help. I would really like to hear a plain English discussion that clearly defines what JINI does, how it does it, to what will it adapt (as they say), with what other standards (communication protocols, etc.) will it exist, what products are competitive to JINI and any other points you feel merit mentioning. I would assume that there's a certain amount of processor power required to run JINI, but would guess the balance of the processor budget would depend on the specific JINI "appliance." Regards, pmcw

To: E_K_S who wrote (31196)	4/24/2000 12:52:00 AM
From: pmcw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Hi Eric, Please clarify the following statement: You said "From what I understand is that these devises {JINI devices) must contain an eprom and an efficient processor that already contains the base JINI code." How much minimum code space does JINI require ("base minimum code")? Will it run code straight out of ROM or require RAM and, if so, how much RAM? How much processing power (bits x 8, x16, x32)? Must the processor operate at a minimum speed? Are I/O buffers required? Must the processor be a special designed for JINI or will a standard processor already on the market do? Will a JINI application require EEPROM if it is to take advantage of JINI's "adaptive" feature? Regards, pmcw