Maybe I am blind, but dont see the internet connectivity. My understanding
is they are wireless. The plan, as I read it earlier, is to make them by
the millions, and have private companies, or the countries themselves, buy
them and issue them to the school children. t the numbers needed, it would
take years for them to fulfill the orders, and also they are NOT to be sold
to individuals in countries like the US or Europe, in order to insure sales
of other models to us.
Danny Douglas N7DC
ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all
DX 2-6 years each
.
QSL LOTW-buro- direct
As courtesy I upload to eQSL but if you
use that - also pls upload to LOTW
or hard card.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "KV9U" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] The ultimate emergency laptop ?
> For now there is not enough volume for other sales, but eventually we
> can expect it to be available. One proposal had been suggested (but I
> don't think implemented) to require a buyer to pay $200 for two laptops
> and then they would get one and the other would go to a developing nation.
>
> I like the idea of the product being sent, rather than any money, which
> is often syphoned off by corrupt regimes.
>
> The one problem with this particular laptop is that it would be too
> underpowered for amateur digital programs. Of course it would be OK as a
> modest terminal.
>
> 73,
>
> Rick, KV9U
>
>
> Per wrote:
>
> >A few highlights from the specs:
> >
> >* nominally consumes less than two watts, can be
> >recharged by human power
> >* Power: 2-pin DC-input, 10 to 25 V, -23 to -10 V
> >* 7.5 inch, 1200x900 pixel, TFT screen
> >* Experience shows that the laptop components most
> >likely to fail are its hard drive and internal
> >connectors. XO has no hard drive to crash and only two
> >internal cables. For added robustness, the machine's
> >plastic walls are 2.0mm thick, as opposed to the
> >standard 1.3mm.
> >* Mass storage: 512 MiB SLC NAND flash, high speed
> >flash controller
> >* CPU: AMD Geode [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >* Audio: Analog Devices AD1888, AC97-compatible audio
> >* Line output: Standard 3.5mm 3-pin switched stereo
> >audio jack
> >* Microphone: Standard 3.5mm 2-pin switched mono
> >microphone jack
> >* 3 Type-A USB-2.0 connectors; SD Card slot
> >* Runs customized Fedora Core 6
> >
> >Detailed specs with pictures:
> >http://laptop.org/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml
> >
> >Cost: $100
> >
> >The catch ? Its only for children in developing
> >nations and no commercial sales planed.
> >Does anyone know of some other laptop resembling this
> >?
> >
> >73 de Per, sm0rwo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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