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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- From: (lisp) <ljp7@york.ac.uk>
- Date: 13 Jul 2001 12:58:01 GMT
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In comp.sys.cbm T.J.T van Kooten <thomas@-nospam-worldonline.nl> wrote:
> CPU? (P.S Intel and AMD are out, far too expensive and powerhungry for this
> type of thing, you should be looking at the $20-35 level)
A PowerQUICC 862 (I'm not sure I've got the number right)
> As OS? (Linux is a dead giveaway, but there also other OS's out there)
go for linbux, it's easiest.
> Build in programming language? (please choose anything but Basic!)
why bother, just stash gcc on it's HDD
> Amount of memory? (RAM and ROM)
dunno, the stuff's dirt cheap, prolly somewhere around 32MB.
> Graphic and Sound?
Half inch a cheapo PCI SVGA chip and stick an AC97 codec on one of the PowerQUICCs
serial ports.
> Network capabilities? (internet capable)
Make use of another PowerQUICC serial port.
> Plug in capabilities (remember you're making it as cheap as possible so
> modems, CD-Roms, HD's are all extras)
SCSI and USB. I would *not* make an HDD an extra. They're cheap enough anyway, for a small one.
> Video (TV? or Monitor?)
Both standards, but supply neither.
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