Ah, but you see, NTLDR DOES give you a nice menu. Just modify C:\boot.ini to add in the options to boot a LILO or GRUB boot loader on another partition.
Hell, 97'll even give you file-format compatibility - unless someone uses the IRM or the XML in 2003, the files should open, and 90% should open correctly.
i855PM and i915PM chipsets are Centrino-qualified, and they don't have integrated graphics...
You simply have to have either an i855 or mobile i915 (or for Yonah, a mobile i945 when it comes out), an Intel WiFi card, and a Pentium M to be a Centrino. One can have a Centrino with a GF Go 6800 Ultra - in fact, the Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 is one (not that one should own one...)
Hmm... I always thought NexGen did it first with the Nx586...
(FWIW, the Nx686 improved on the already good int performance, and had a passable FPU (versus either no FPU or a bad one in the Nx586). However, AMD bought NexGen out before the Nx686 was released. The good news is that AMD took the Nx686, put it in a Socket 7 package, and called it the AMD K6.)
Opera 8 has a "Report this site" (or something like that) function in the Help menu. From what I've heard (I've never tried it), it essentially makes the browser ID as regular MSIE 6.0 - not the "MSIE 6.0 but it's really Opera 8.02" that it defaults to. I DO know that it sends the site to Opera for inclusion in a list of sites to auto-apply the MSIE UA to. IIRC, this behavior takes place even if Opera's running in "Identify as Opera" mode.
Simply a handheld device (in the formfactor of the old Sharp Wizard PDAs) with a GPRS connection (remember, the real guide took a little while to DL over the subetha), linked to Wikipedia or that version of the guide on the BBC site (although, Wikipedia makes more sense)...
Of course, even if they made such a thing, they certainly wouldn't get it here to the US.
However, any smartphone'll be able to read Wikipedia, so it's all a moot point...
It ran Palm OS, and it had a GPU (which was what was unique), not a faster processor. Actually, I think the Tungsten T (released around the same time) had a processor at twice the clock speed...
Text messages don't use MINUTES on US plans, BTW - they directly charge the account (on Sprint, it's 10 cents to send, 10 cents to recieve, unless you get an option that has free text messaging - either $5/mo text messaging, or $15/mo unlimited WAP access)
Navigation through tabbed browsing - Opera or CrazyBrowser (IE mod) Inline search right from the toolbar - Opera Shrink-to-fit Web page printing - Similar tech to Opera's Small Screen Rendering and Medium Screen Rendering
ROMs (Read Only Memories) - manufactured at a factory PROMs (Programmable Read Only Memories) - programmable ONCE, then never able to be changed EPROMs (Erasable Read Only Memories) - programmable, must be exposed to UV (sunlight works, but a tanning bed works better, and a EPROM eraser works better yet) - can usually be identified by a label on top - if it's removed, and there's a window, it's definitely an EPROM EEPROMS (Electronically Erasable Read Only Memory) - An EPROM that doesn't need exposure to UV to be erased - it just needs reprogrammed Flash - a subset of EEPROM
Heh... Windows killer in the 3.1 days, and MAYBE the 95 days, but that's it.
If you don't mind buying a $99 copy on floppy disks, http://www.breadbox.com/geocats.asp is NewDeal Office 2000 - the last version created by GeoWorks.
It's still in development by Breadbox Software, but they aren't selling their updated version, Breadbox Ensemble, to individuals. The trial's still available, though...
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1. Disconnect the line into the house from the box
2. Connect the line to the modem to the box, where the house line was
3. ???
4. Profit!
Nitpick: It actually WAS running MS Flight Simulator 1.0.
However, you are right that MS didn't own FS1 (or 2 for that matter) - they only had a source license, and they owned the x86 port.
Ah, but you see, NTLDR DOES give you a nice menu. Just modify C:\boot.ini to add in the options to boot a LILO or GRUB boot loader on another partition.
Upgrade to Office 95 or Office 97.
Hell, 97'll even give you file-format compatibility - unless someone uses the IRM or the XML in 2003, the files should open, and 90% should open correctly.
i855PM and i915PM chipsets are Centrino-qualified, and they don't have integrated graphics...
You simply have to have either an i855 or mobile i915 (or for Yonah, a mobile i945 when it comes out), an Intel WiFi card, and a Pentium M to be a Centrino. One can have a Centrino with a GF Go 6800 Ultra - in fact, the Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 is one (not that one should own one...)
And, they're now claiming that they're 90% of the speed of a P-M. Not bad for the little Centaur that could if it's true....
Put some AS5 between the HS and CPU. That should help...
Granted, it is on a 350-nano process, so it shouldn't run INCREDIBLY hot...
Also, IIRC, chips before the P3 don't thermally trip. I COULD be wrong on that, though...
I wish AMD would actually stay in the chipset business for more than just the first few months of a processor's production...
Hmm... I always thought NexGen did it first with the Nx586...
(FWIW, the Nx686 improved on the already good int performance, and had a passable FPU (versus either no FPU or a bad one in the Nx586). However, AMD bought NexGen out before the Nx686 was released. The good news is that AMD took the Nx686, put it in a Socket 7 package, and called it the AMD K6.)
Both ATI and nVidia are fabless, IIRC.
I think they both use TSMC and UMC... (I KNOW at least ATI uses TSMC...)
They're on IBM for the C7 (their new CPU) due to (from what I've heard) a superior 90nm process.
National Semiconductor used to own Cyrix, after all... IDT used to own Centaur, the group that designed the WinChip, VIA C3, and VIA C7.
What about a CF slot? That wouldn't add much to the price, and it may actually drop it in price from an SD slot. (Granted, CF IS bigger...)
Then, you could put a MicroDrive in if you wanted one.
Opera 8 has a "Report this site" (or something like that) function in the Help menu. From what I've heard (I've never tried it), it essentially makes the browser ID as regular MSIE 6.0 - not the "MSIE 6.0 but it's really Opera 8.02" that it defaults to. I DO know that it sends the site to Opera for inclusion in a list of sites to auto-apply the MSIE UA to. IIRC, this behavior takes place even if Opera's running in "Identify as Opera" mode.
Broken stats apps will see the "MSIE 6.0" before the "Opera 8.02", and assume that it's IE6, rather than Opera 8.02.
That's what I was thinking...
Simply a handheld device (in the formfactor of the old Sharp Wizard PDAs) with a GPRS connection (remember, the real guide took a little while to DL over the subetha), linked to Wikipedia or that version of the guide on the BBC site (although, Wikipedia makes more sense)...
Of course, even if they made such a thing, they certainly wouldn't get it here to the US.
However, any smartphone'll be able to read Wikipedia, so it's all a moot point...
Umm...
It ran Palm OS, and it had a GPU (which was what was unique), not a faster processor. Actually, I think the Tungsten T (released around the same time) had a processor at twice the clock speed...
Your parent is obviously not in the US.
Text messages don't use MINUTES on US plans, BTW - they directly charge the account (on Sprint, it's 10 cents to send, 10 cents to recieve, unless you get an option that has free text messaging - either $5/mo text messaging, or $15/mo unlimited WAP access)
Navigation through tabbed browsing - Opera or CrazyBrowser (IE mod)
Inline search right from the toolbar - Opera
Shrink-to-fit Web page printing - Similar tech to Opera's Small Screen Rendering and Medium Screen Rendering
I've only done that ONCE :-(
I'm not that good at chess, though...
NO! Daisywheels are identifiable, much like typewriters. Granted, you COULD change the type wheel, but...
ROMs (Read Only Memories) - manufactured at a factory
PROMs (Programmable Read Only Memories) - programmable ONCE, then never able to be changed
EPROMs (Erasable Read Only Memories) - programmable, must be exposed to UV (sunlight works, but a tanning bed works better, and a EPROM eraser works better yet) - can usually be identified by a label on top - if it's removed, and there's a window, it's definitely an EPROM
EEPROMS (Electronically Erasable Read Only Memory) - An EPROM that doesn't need exposure to UV to be erased - it just needs reprogrammed
Flash - a subset of EEPROM
Okidata or Brother?
It's now Konica Minolta, and I've got TWO of their printers - one B&W from the Minolta-QMS era, and a Konica Minolta color.
Heh... Windows killer in the 3.1 days, and MAYBE the 95 days, but that's it.
If you don't mind buying a $99 copy on floppy disks, http://www.breadbox.com/geocats.asp is NewDeal Office 2000 - the last version created by GeoWorks.
It's still in development by Breadbox Software, but they aren't selling their updated version, Breadbox Ensemble, to individuals. The trial's still available, though...
I've also heard of 2.5" - it's what some early Mavicas used...