Re: Apple IIGS Laptop Project announces bare-bones pricing

["brad" <mrbrad@ll.net>]

"What you probably don't realize is that this project is not done one
person but by 7 different Apple II hardware manufactures. Each
designing one part of the project.


ok ..from the above quote and the price you mention am i wrong to assume
that essentially you are trying to make a "real laptop" ie...something that 
more
or less "looks" like 2010 camshell open the screen keyboard setup up laptop?
a redesign on that scale?

if that is the case ....and it looks like a laptop in form/function at 
todays laptop
standards for design etc.the price is still not cheap ...but from that 
direction i can
get my mind around the price...

if it is just a luggable with a 8" screen etc ..well not so much

clarify please for those of us not up to speed on the project details

but again if it is a 'real deal" looking modern laptop design ..i guess i 
can sorta understand
the pricing reality

brad
former sysop lost gonzo bbs
(back in the day ..... applenet (dos) bbs, tpro 4.2f RPG bbs, fv/metal 
4.1(xev) bbs, worldgroup 3.2 bbs with apple 2's
available via serial connections via wg dialup module....majormud, tw2002 16 
node server, funeral quest server, spacer quest 2112 server,
synchronet bbs game server with 16 bit doors runnable on fossil32bit 
drivers... on 32bit wg xp server all door games thus now 
multinode....ahh.the good old days
when i knew what the heck i was doing...sigh)

also...p.s. check out www.enb-emulator.com where they are in last stages 
before release of the EA game "Earth and Beyond" mmorpg as a free
emulator ....be nice to get 10,000 people on this beast again for free and 
as an emulator at no charge ....EA has little recourse .its free and open
source etc as per the legal requirements of a emulator project abandonware 
......are also available.....anyway its a hoot...presently open stress test
and will continue to be playable till full release...