Re: More on Braille Computer

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John , 
that Tiquit eighty-three is yet another manifestation of what is called an
Ultrapersonal/Ultraportable PC 
Systems of this type are rapidly becoming common in generic business and
consumer environments now that thanks to compatible low-power high-
performance architectures the "486 glass ceiling " has been broken and
small-footprint highly integrated systems van be build at very low cost 
The "83" is in fact build from off-the-shelf components and can be offered
for around the same RRP as a mid-range to high-end PocketPC device 
There are now also availabe minute desktop systems build around the same
hardware , have a look at http://www.nexedi.com and
http://www.visionsystems.de 
Linux and *BSD runs fine on these things likewise MS-NT 4.0 up to SP6NT
5.0 SP3 and NT 5.1 SP1 will be slow however on the 300 MHz Geode chip that
most of these little fellows use ( Banias and Crusoe are options but then
it will no longer be low-cost ...:-( ) 
This type of product has gone mainstream in S.E. Asia because there was an
enormous market for very small relatively high-performance systems that
can be used in industrial , office and home environments You won't use
this as your main gaming/multimedia/CAD/whatever rig but for most normal
tasks this is perfectly adequate 
k



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