Re: Future //

[louiss@gate.net (Louis Schulman)]

In <B5B100C1.106B%applemac_g4@hotmail.com>, Applemac_G4 <applemac_g4@hotmail.com> writes:

>One possibility left:
>
>While it's come as a surprise to me, the world of computing is getting
>fragmented.  The Macintosh and PC game worlds are in retreat given the
>onslaught of very capable consoles.  Internet appliances are the thing of
>the present, or of the future.  My vision of a home where one supercharged
>computer handled all the techie tasks has come, and gone, apparently.
>
>So, what about the possibility of creating a internet appliance based on an
>Apple //gs?
>
>Something that runs GS/OS, has a keybord, and small black and white (or
>color for that matter) LCD screen.  Maybe a //gs type laptop that you can
>plunk down on your kitchen counter, use for email, web browsing, with the
>added bonus of running // and //gs legacy software on an internal floppy
>drive.
>
>If it was possible to produce a bundle like this and sell it for around $250
>or so, it might just work.

This has already been done.  The "GlobalPC" is exactly the machine you describe 
(I don't know what processor it uses) but it uses an updated version of the old Commodore/
Apple II gui, GEOS, believe it or not.  Look at www.globalpc.com.  It sells for
$299.

Frankly, I have my doubts about such an incapable machine, but perhaps there is a 
market for it.  It basically is what you describe, an internet Apple II or Commodore 64.

So, who wants one?  (Not me).

Louis