QuadSix50
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Now THIS really piqued my interest (found this thanks to Slashdot):
http://news.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view/2008_08_04_Designers_on_quest_to_build__12_computer/
To quote the highlight of the article....
http://news.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view/2008_08_04_Designers_on_quest_to_build__12_computer/
To quote the highlight of the article....
EDIT: I changed the title of the thread as it's already been determined that it's going to be based on the NES, not the Apple II.He (Derek Lomas) and others at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology symposium hope to soup up the systems - which are based on old Apple II computers - with rudimentary Web access and more.
“My generation all had Apple IIs that we learned to type and play games on,” the 27-year-old said. “If we can get buy-in from programmers, we can develop these devices and give (Third World) schools Apple II computer labs like the ones I grew up with.”
A six-member team at the MIT conference is working on writing improved programs and hooking the devices to the Web through cell phones. The group also wants to add memory chips - which the devices currently lack - to allow users to write and store their own programs.
Team members have already recruited Apple II enthusiasts to help with the programming.
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