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Re: eMate vs. IIGS/ Portable IIGS
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?