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MIT Team Working On a $12 Apple (II) Desktop

Posted by timothy on from the guide-kids-worldwide-to-oregon dept.

Barence writes "A new project to create a $12 computer is underway at MIT, the same University that spawned the One Laptop Per Child non-profit laptop. The PCs will be loosely based on Apple 2 machines, first unveiled over 30 years ago, and the team are actively recruiting enthusiasts of the retro computer to help develop the new PC." Update: 08/05 14:13 GMT by T : The original story at the Boston Herald has more information, as well as a photo of the team.

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  1. How to solve world hunger: by PunkOfLinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) Give children in third world countries old computers
    2) Get children addicted to Oregon Trail
    3) Watch children forego sex, and therefore reproduction, in favor of Number Munchers
    4) Profit!

    It's bullet-proof!

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    Show this to your friends and family that don't know what a real hacker is
    1. Re:How to solve world hunger: by JCSoRocks · · Score: 5, Funny

      Those messages are a lot less funny when your brother/sister/mom/dad/cousin/bff/whatever really *has* just died of dysentery/starvation/typhoid/whatever.

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      You are using English. Please learn the difference between loose and lose; they're, there, and their; your and you're.
  2. Regression by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we follow the pattern to its natural conclusion, we'll have $6.00 Altair 8800's, then $3.00 PDP-8's, then $1.50 UNIVAC's, then 75 cent ENIACS, then 3 Babbage Difference Engines for a nickel, and finally a Jacquard loom that you couldn't give away.