Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 10:54:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> To: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: talk (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980519105411.3278C-100000@echonyc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980519092616.1367D-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk>
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On Tue, 19 May 1998, Stephen Roome wrote: > On Mon, 18 May 1998, Julian Elischer wrote: > > The "Itsy Pocket Computer" is a small handheld computer based on the > > low-power, high-performance StrongARM SA-1100 microprocessor. Our > > current prototype runs at 200MHz on a pair of AAA batteries, and > > sports a tiny, high-resolution LCD touchscreen, a high-quality audio > > codec, and up to 64MB of memory. <snip> > [It still amazes me that there are so many better options than Intel and > no-one ever uses them, writing ARM is a damn sight easier than 80x86 code > yet no-one ever writes for what seems to be a cheaper and far superior > chipset.Please excuse my ranting, but I find this overmonopolised (sp?) > industry this somewhat depressing.] "Imagine that Cray computer decides to make a personal computer. It has a 150 MHz processor, 200 megabytes of RAM, 1500 megabytes of disk storage, a screen resolution of 4096 x 4096 pixels, relies entirely on voice recognition for input, fits in your shirt pocket and costs $300. What's the first question that the computer community asks? "'Is it PC compatible?'" Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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