Re: [colorforth] Hello - and where to begin?

[vaded@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

You may want to spend more time at ultratechnology.com.  I think you may 
be severely underestimating how much cheaper a forth based solution 
could be, and the issue of application is software is trivial and a 
non-issue from my perspective (one person competent enough in forth 
methodology could write most the apps needed).

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:15:24 -0800, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky"
<znmeb@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Albert van der Horst wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 12:20:41AM -0700, vaded@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> I realize the OLPC OX exists, but are we not doing a disservice by not
> >> pushing for a forth processor based equivalent?  Mr. Fox has spoken
> >> about
> >> producing a computer that could cost much, much less than an OLPC OX.
> > 
> > We do Forth a disservice by not pushing for OLPC right now.
> > I would very much like to buy one, but I have found no way to do
> > so from the Netherlands.
> > Who on this group has one? (Ray St. Marie, apparently).
> 
> 1. So far, I'm the only one on the list who has publicly admitted XO
> ownership. ;)
> 
> 2. I think the Give One Get One program is going to start in Europe some
> time this year. And I believe you can get them on eBay, although I don't
> recommend it.
> 
> 3. I don't see how you can possibly make a *computer* that costs less
> than an XO using Forth chips. The economics just aren't there. First of
> all, the Geode in the XO, while only running at 433 MHz, is a full x86
> chip -- it has all the Pentium instructions plus MMX and 3Dnow!
> capabilities. It will run Linux -- just about any flavor of Linux as
> long as you have the kernel and drivers right. And it will run any Linux
> application that will fit in 256 MB of RAM.
> 
> Second, there just isn't application software written for Forth chips.
> You can't sell a "computer" that doesn't have a word processor, browser,
> email, wireless, ebook reader, etc.
> 
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