Re: Laptop //c

[sebastienmarty@yahoo.fr (SbM)]

julian814 <julian814@hotmail.com> wrote:

> SbM wrote:
> > julian814 <julian814@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Okay, if I understand correctly, I need linear flash to expand the
> > > memory inside the eMate, right? I've seen a site that sells one of
> > > those memory upgrade cards, but the darned thing costs $105 by itself,
> > > so that would ruin my plan to keep the price of this thing under $100
> > > or so.
> >
> > You could try and contact the webmaster of http://www.pilet.net. He
> > lives in France, OK, but he had cheap flash cards for sale recently.
> 
> Cheap is good, but will they work in my eMate?

He can probably get you one that will.

> Now that I think about it, I remember reading about a web browser
> called Newt's Cape. Not exactly the latest in software, but still
> interesting.

Yep.

> > This driver is by Paul Guyot, author of the Einstein emulator
> > (<http://www.kallisys.com/newton/ata/en>). He knows more about Newtons
> > than anyone I've ever met.
> 
> He's the guy who told me that the eMate would be too slow to run an
> Apple //c emulator.

The eMate is very slow indeed (25 MHz ARM 710 processor). Might work
better on a 2000 or 2100 (161.9 MHz StrongARM).

Could you provide a link so I could get Two in Hand and try it here on
my 2100 ?

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