Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would youchoose?

["Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com>]

Bob Retelle wrote in message ...

>On Sun, 29 Jul 2001 16:09:49 +0000 (UTC), Stephen Shaw
><xstephenx@apple2.org.za> wrote:
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>> Rolls Royce still make cars to a standard
>>not to a price. Kit cars (usually VW based) are still available.
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>And Rolls Royce has been in financial trouble for quite a while now.


Agreed.

>And "kit cars" cost a ton of money, and hardly ever work right.


This is true only if you are not mechanic enough to assemble it
correctly.  For example, A hopped up Myers Manx could beat $25,000 or
$30,000 Italian sports cars on the race track back in it's day.  In 1968
a $30,000 car was _supposed_ to be a lot of car.  (But seldom really
was.)

And, a kit computer is worthless only if you lack the ability to
assemble it.

>You can ride to the Space Station if you have enough millions.


I hope my new program for picking lottery numbers works!

>But can you build an obsolete hackers' computer for only $300?


You can buy an obsolete hacker's computer Goodwill or some other thrift
store for a lot less than that.

BTW, I am posting this from a Windows box, but still enjoy just fooling
around with an old 8-bit computer almost every day.

Best regards,

Sam Gillett aka Mars Probe @ Starship Intrepid (972) 221-4088
     Commodore lives . . . . . if you call 1200 baud alive!