On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:52, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Friday 13 October 2006 10:01, Craig FALCONER wrote: > > Where's the crank handle? > > It's always just been an option, but they have discovered that it's not > really practical, because it breaks the machine's lid hinges. The OLPC has > always had other PSUs which can slot into the same place as the crank. I > believe that mains, or truck-battery are the current primary choices. > > > The MIT $100 laptop was equipped with a crank so > > that power would be available even in the most remote place. > > I suspect that the real function of the crank was to wind up media > traction.
I've seen the crank on record players (made of plastic through and through; steel speaker plate mounted on the needle for that lo-fi sound! ;) and on cassette players/recorders. They came along too late for the tape recorders - thumping great big tubs of electronics with the reels mounted on the top and the speaker in the front; anyway you can't realistically run tube/valve electronics on someone cranking the thing. ;) Very high quality, made in Germany in the late 50s, and I think my Dad's one would still run, if I knew how to get it started. Wesley Parish > > > I'd *love* to see that as a standardd fitting on all laptops.... Imaging > > a room of execs busy cranking away... Bowler's arm all round :) > > > :-) Indeed! > : > > It must be friday > > Thirteenth to boot. > > imho, the OLPC machine will take a while to take off because the MIT wallas > have not, so far from my reading anyway, set up the all important support > networks or, perhaps more importantly, a supply of course-ware. The costs > of which are not included in the notional "$100". > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gabriella Turek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, 13 October 2006 9:55 a.m. > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Fwd: One Laptop per Child] > > > > > > I want one of these! It's a Linux machine :-) > > > > http://www.laptop.org/index.en_US.html > > > > --- > > Steven Kesler > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://walbatross.blogspot.com -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ------------- Mau ki ana, he aha te mea nui? You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku ki ana, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people." ------------- notcatweazle.wordpress.com - Some unmagical musings
