> >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...
I mean the first generation Dragonball, also the one used
for the first Palm Pilot. Not the one used currently. There
may be a few thousand of them at very low prices. And IIRC
it can still handle 4 shades of grey and more than 512x256
resolution (the current generation is faster and can also
handle colours, so there is an obvious upgrade path).
> >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 :-)
You mean that they have the tooling to manufacture LCD screens
at any resolution???
> 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 ;-)
No it would be very much bigger. But usable not only by children, I agree.
Arnould
