http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/ Engadget Comments for Move over, OLPC -- the $12 Apple II-based PC is coming http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/
The Apple II Plus was my first PC. I used to play around with BASIC on it for the most part. Fun for a while till my dad brought home an IBM. Wow, I thought the Apple was good... that IBM was freakin' awesome. Ahh, those were the days.]]>Aug 5th 2008 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/
It would be better if this machine were based on Amiga tech.]]>Aug 6th 2008 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 6th 2008 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 6th 2008 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/
An electronic device for detecting sarcasm on the internet which will cause its double-digit IQ user to jolt in an electronic-induced current of pain upon the detection that the user 'just doesn't get it'.]]>Aug 5th 2008 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/U.S. Patent # 21,553,112:

An electronic device for tracking down and selectively neutering or spaying would-be comedians who blurt an insensitive or demeaning remark, only to come back later and call it "sarcasm".

U.S. Patent # 21,553,113:

An electronic device for tracking down and de-handing any flamers that, in his quest to sound both intelligent and insulting, constructs sentences so grammatically horrid that JeffK rolls over in his watery grave.]]>Aug 5th 2008 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/
Since it should have been will it blend instead of does it blend]]>Aug 6th 2008 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 6th 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 7th 2008 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/20/olpc-unveils-first-prototype-of-xo-2-0/)]]>Aug 5th 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/
I do love how Apple II computers are being re-vamped with newer technologies..

somehow I just see an Eee motherboard sitting in a PSOne casing that can be connected to the TV as well.. sounds like a fun hobby project for me to try..

Cheers,
Nick

P.S. : Its been awhile since old devices have been revitalized with new uses.]]>Aug 5th 2008 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.brielcomputers.com/wik/index.php?title=Replica_1

I think it will be great if 11 and 12 year old kids can get their hands on a super-cheap computer that allows them to quickly learn enough code to put some coloured shapes on the TV screen and move them about.

Modern alternatives (e.g. a secondhand PC with Linux or Windows) just put too much overly complex crap in the way of creating simple programs]]>Aug 6th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/
No, it won't run Youtube.]]>Aug 5th 2008 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 6th 2008 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.fuckingspammer.com/]]>Aug 5th 2008 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/]]>Aug 5th 2008 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/
It wont run flash player but im sure Mozilla would be happy to cater a special version of FF for this machine if there was interest.

Kudos to team sex offender.]]>Aug 5th 2008 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcjlhFVTY50]]>Aug 5th 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/05/move-over-olpc-the-12-apple-ii-based-pc-is-coming/Aug 5th 2008 7:27PM