These things remind why I always admired IBM (even when I despised them) - they're one of the few companies that will build stuff like this just to see if they can. RIP: private sector R&D.
Michael dep pontificated eloquently: [snip] > hey -- you see *this*? > > http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO68107,00.html > > IBM deals up a card-size computer > > By BRIAN SULLIVAN > (February 07, 2002) > IBM Research has come out with a computer the size of a stack of index > cards, according to a company statement. > The computer, which has an 800-MHz processor and 128MB synchronous > dynamic RAM, is 3 in. wide by 5 in. long and three-quarters of an > inch thick. It also comes with a 10GB hard disk drive and a 3-D > graphics chip with 8MB of RAM. IBM said it has no plans to market the > device and is referring to it as a "radical experiment." The company > said it built the device, known as the Meta Pad, "to research and > develop technologies that will go into and help manage future > computing devices." IBM may license the Meta Pad technologies to > other companies, however. -- Michael R. Hipp Hipp & Associates Registered Linux User #6,000,000,000 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
