On 03/08/11 10:42, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
If it comes with Linux, one of the Linux QL emulators (uQLx, QLay for
Linux) with it... bingo, a £20 QL.
They demo it running Ubuntu Linux. I presume it may come with something
like that when shipped.
If it is at the heart of it a PC, it might not be too long before
somebody finds a way to put Windows on it, even though that would mean
Windows would be on an unsupported platform and Windows would cost more
than the "PC" it ran on!
Doubt it. It's got an ARM processor - I've not (yet) heard of Windows
for ARM chips.
Alternatively, if the Linux on it was capable of supporting WINE or some
such "Windows" environment, and the processor is up to it, it might open
up possibilities for QemuLator, QPC2 and QL2K for example.
Assuming it runs a standard ARM based Linux. WINE will be fine.
In this case, just think, a £20 system could emulate all our favourite
1980s home computers!
Yes, you get to plug it in to the telly again - via an HDMI cable
though, none of that UHFstuff here! ;-)
Cheers,
Norm.
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