On 12/17/2000 at 5:28 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>I can't ever see a QL being reduced to such a simple
>> design as this to be made for 50 pounds or so.
>
>I think that is possible to do a very cheap QL. Indeed
>the 68328 Dragonball has everything needed, except
>RAM/ROM of course and I heard that it would costs around
>one $ in series production.
>
That I'd like to see as it's nearly $15 for >1000...
>
>The most expensive components would be a 512x256
>with 4 shades of grey LCD screen (I never found one,
>I think that it should be developped, anyone else give it
>a try?) and the housing.
>
Seiko/Epson, Optrex, Sharp and a number of other manufacturers of LCD
screens offer custom sizes. The LCD itself has no shades of gray, the
hardware inside the 68328 handles that using a method called frame rate
modulation (FRM). Remember, I did design a LCD controler for the QL :-)
>
>But it could do a lot more than everything else comparable
>in the stores today.
>
Certainly, if a moderate amount of RAM was added, say 512k, and a 8 or 16M
flash ROM. But then, you practically have a Palm Piot ;-)
Nasta
