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That's like >$10 in today's money. Significantly more than I would give kids for lunch today

5 EUR (about $1 in 1975) is about the cost of a Döner Kebab which is more than enough for a teenager


Probably depends on the city, but where I'm from it's difficult (but probably not completely impossible) to get a Döner for 5€ :(


> more than enough for a teenager

You watched any teenage boys eating, recently?

I assume a doner is about the same as a gyro sandwich, around here (usually $7-$10).

A good teenager can shovel down two of them, easy.


It's speed is also lower than many cars on the Autobahn at ~300 km/h

Granted, there's less of a risk of traffic in the sky than on the Autobahn


„many cars on the Autobahn“? Not really, i very rarely see cars going 300 km/h.


Even 200 km/h is exceedingly rare.


Going 160 knots (300 kph) in a C172 would be pretty rare and is nearly at the maximum speed of the airframe. Cruise is more like 115 knots or 210 kph.


I'm not aware of any optical mouse using a general purpose MCU, to my knowledge they are all using ASICs


There are millions, if not tens of millions of USB and PS/2 keyboards and mice out there powered by Cypress MCUs with 8051 cores.


That's a lot of cores


Nordic dominates the market for keyboards and mice. Programmable MCUs with BLE radios are required for any wireless devices.


Some gaming mice do for running RGB lights, macros, or whatever.


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