On Dec 6, 2003, at 11:30 AM, Bob Hartley wrote:
Switch on and you get the desktop in 3-4 seconds.
You mean it's possible to turn a computer off? ;-)
:-) However, since the OS is not on the hard disk, you don't need to load it on startup. If you don't have a hard drive in it you get a switch-on almost as fast as a pda. Also you dont need a fan for the chip so it is silent in running and it can be used for many embedded markets (where revolution could be used as the RAD.
There are many situations eg diagnostics. Rev app on a portable machine (with instant startup) fopr data acquisition and the final analysis done on a RISC OS desktop,PC or Mac.
Mine is on or asleep all except for the wee hours of the morning when it's set to automatically shut down and restart after a short nap.
That is the best way. The worlds first webcam was on a RISC OS machine (the famous Cambridge university coffee machine) and was only replaced this year after 13 years.
Bob
John
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