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Re: MISC personal computers


----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Alexander <galexand@acm.org>
To: dirnfir <dirnfir@usa.net>
Cc: MISC list <MISC@pisa.rockefeller.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 1999 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: MISC personal computers

>I don't think it would become popular unless it was essentially the iTV.
>But I'd sure as hell buy a more generic one, or iTV if there's a way to
hack
>it to become generic. :)

Why not?  I mean, a MISC-based PC would be cheaper, require less memory and
hard disk space.  Due to lack of bloatware, it would be faster and crash
less too.  Of course there is that whole "doesn't-use-C" business, but that
could be solved by the use of Open Source.