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$12 MIT Computer Based On NES, Not Apple II
ericatcw writes "The $12 computer that a bunch of designers and grad students are talking up at an MIT conference this month as a potential, cheaper alternative to the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) for Third World students is actually a knockoff of the original Nintendo Entertainment System gaming console released in the mid-1980s, reports Computerworld, and confirmed in a comment by the project's spokesman, Derek Lomas. According to Lomas' account and pictures, the Victor-70 is an 8-bit NES clone that accepts its cartridges and is wholly contained in the keyboard. It is also likely to be an unlicensed clone made in China, according to Lomas, though he notes that may not matter patent-wise in the US, due to the length of time that has passed."
In addition, the console in a keyboard comes with a fully illustrated manual explaining the proper method of blowing into the cartridges in order to make them function properly...
Just another ignorant American.
Now we can teach children in developing countries the importance of gold coins, magic mushrooms and floating stars.
It costs less than my abacus!
BIOS error, keypad not detected.
Press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, A, B, Start to continue.
... stamping on turtles and jumping into drainpipes.
FAIL! You never play Tetris - Tetris plays YOU! Ask anybody who has spent hours on it and then have trouble adjusting to normal life without falling blocks.
Well, duh. That's why in Soviet Russia, you play Tetris.
"16MB (fuck off, MiB fascists)" - The Mighty Buzzard
I'm sorry to hear that the Nintendo cartridge damaged the car you drove over it... Next time you may want to use something other than a lowrider for that purpose.
My truck is like a series of tubes.
Speaking of things damaged by nintendo cartridges, I can safely say I'm one of the only people on the planet who chipped a front tooth in half thanks to a NES cartridge. :D
It happened to be tucked away in a fold of a beanbag that I jumped on in sheer joy that school was out for the week. I think you all can tell what happened after that! And yes, I remember which cartridge it was. Dragon Warrior.