Hmmm...

I _like_ this idea. I've worked w/ the hw side just enough to  have a clue
about what's happening. Still, if I could help...

Just as a though experiment ...
Imagine a cross between the old TRS and a Newton. I would like to see a have
both a pen and keyboard interface as well as a usb/firewire/whatever
connection that I can hook VR gadgets to. Ultimately what _I'd_ like to see
squeak become is the "Sandbender" of Gibson's "Idoru".  I don't give a rat's
ass what the CPU is or even what _any_ of the details are; all I'd care about
is that I have a system that is as easy to use as the old Xerox machines - ST
or Interlisp. All that matters, really, is that it can talk to the net and be
sorta easily hacked.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd drop a grand that way quickly...


W.

David Girle wrote:

> At 01:08 AM 4/21/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >I would like to thank all those who have given me
> >feedback on my hardware idea. Though I haven't made
> >a decision about it yet, this has really helped.
> >
>
> To the same extent that Squeak software is an 'open' development, have you
> considered doing a Squeak hardware platform in a similar style, publishing
> the schematics, pcb list, etc on a Squeak linked site?  Give the software
> folks a glimpse of direction (before there was a PCB on their desk) and
> possibly some feedback from hardware lurkers.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
> ----------------------------------------
> David Girle