Re: eMate vs. IIGS/ Portable IIGS

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Gabriel Morales <Togega@concentric.net> wrote:

>Supertimer wrote:
>> 
>>Gabe <Togega@concentric.net> wrote:
>>
>>>So, is it possible to design an eMate like IIGS?
>>>What if instead, we write a whole new OS for the eMate that would be
designed
>>>to emulate the IIGS. Now, this would not be simply a program on the eMate,
but
>>>the OS. Is this plausible?
>>
>>Bill Mensh has designed and Western Design Center is manufacturing the
>>Mensh computer.  It uses a 65C816 CPU core in a PDA sized unit.  This
>>might be a start to your idea.  All they need to do (which is a lot,
admittedly)
>>is to "put the GS back in"...the PDA as it currently is does not have good
>>graphics and sound...
>>
>>I believe the PDA runs much faster than a standard Apple IIGS (Mensh,
>>free from Apple's influence, did not need to cripple his computer to avoid
>>competing with the likes of Macintosh).
>
>Do you have a picture of this machine? A website?

http://www.wdesignc.com/mensch.html