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Sunforge
November 6th, 2007, 10:11 PM
If you haven't read this article you should:
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS5804062141.html
I have nothing to add except perhaps awe.
matthew
November 6th, 2007, 10:21 PM
Wow! That was both cool and humbling.
/me suddenly feels very outclassed. "Um, yeah, so I added some ram to my laptop once, and I've changed the hard drive a couple of times. *cough*"
vambo
November 6th, 2007, 10:27 PM
Gives the phrase "I'm building a new rig" a totally different meaning!
Sunforge
November 6th, 2007, 10:43 PM
It give you pause for thought about the sheer complexity of a modern PC and how on earth any OS runs *most* of the time without collapsing into a heap on your hard drive.
Griffiss
November 6th, 2007, 10:48 PM
In case you're itching to build one of these nifty minicomputers as your next weekend project, you can download complete schematics and BOMs (bills of materials) from the Magic-1 website.
cool - it's like a whole open source computer!:)
Sunforge
November 6th, 2007, 11:02 PM
There's more about Magic-1 to be found here:
http://www.homebrewcpu.com/
Looks like he's running the magic-1 web site from his hand built computer.
Really - that's just showing off!
Dixon Bainbridge
November 6th, 2007, 11:50 PM
Bet it boots faster than my laptop.
soapyfish
November 7th, 2007, 12:03 AM
Well that guy is an elitest for sure stands up there with bulter lampson
:D
svtfmook
November 7th, 2007, 12:11 AM
reminds me of this
http://www.edgelink.com/blog/Future%20Computer.jpg
Biochem
November 7th, 2007, 12:34 AM
A steering wheel :confused::confused::confused:
Must be the gamer model
reminds me of this
http://www.edgelink.com/blog/Future%20Computer.jpg
vambo
November 7th, 2007, 12:40 AM
A steering wheel :confused::confused::confused:
Must be the gamer model
No ... that's the new Windows Vienna "Start" :grin::grin::grin:
K.Mandla
November 7th, 2007, 01:39 AM
If you haven't read this article you should:
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS5804062141.html
I have nothing to add except perhaps awe.
This smilie does not begin to convey my emotion at reading that: :shock:
popch
November 7th, 2007, 09:08 AM
What's next? A full scale model of the Liberty Statue done with matchsticks?
init1
November 7th, 2007, 01:01 PM
reminds me of this
http://www.edgelink.com/blog/Future%20Computer.jpg
A steering wheel :confused::confused::confused:
Must be the gamer model
The image is a spoof, it's actually a computer from a submarine. It was never a prediction of home computers of the future.
Sunforge
November 7th, 2007, 07:32 PM
Dang and I just went and ordered one too.
p_quarles
November 7th, 2007, 07:47 PM
The image is a spoof, it's actually a computer from a submarine. It was never a prediction of home computers of the future.
And it's actually a pretty doctored photo, too. The typewriter/keyboard, the monitor, and the man standing there were all added. The photo itself was originally in color, and it's a control center for a decommissioned sub sitting in some museum somewhere. That doesn't make it any less hilarious.
Lostincyberspace
November 7th, 2007, 07:54 PM
And it's actually a pretty doctored photo, too. The typewriter/keyboard, the monitor, and the man standing there were all added. The photo itself was originally in color, and it's a control center for a decommissioned sub sitting in some museum somewhere. That doesn't make it any less hilarious.
Now that you point it out it is pretty obvious isn't it. from the light angles
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