Squeaken, anyone?

Kevin Fisher kfisher at rim.net
Tue Aug 25 17:36:29 UTC 1998


Or, even better...turn the whole mass of computers into a big Beowulf cluster, 
and create a nice supercomputer-esque Squeak environment! :)



> Perhaps the incentive is to give that person the computers you will no longer
> need?  :-)
> 
>   - Steve
> 
> Tim Rowledge wrote:
> 
> > I've been thinking about reducing the number of computers in my life
> > (eleven is _way_ too many) and so far it looks like it might be sensible to
> > dump all the pda's I don't use, forget the powerbook, replace the older RPC
> > with the new RPC2 that is on order and replace the newer RPC with a  Corel
> > NetWinder. Let's be honest, all I do with computers is mail, web & squeak,
> > so why keep any of the others?
> >
> > Except for using Quicken - which is why I keep the aging Mac 8100 going. I
> > don't think I could manage without Quicken & CheckFree. So, who out there
> > feels like writing Squeaken. Forget all the flashy reports and graphs, just
> > handle many accounts both asset and liability and interface to Checkfree
> > for paying the bills. Surely someone on the list has written this before?
> >
> > Then I could get down to just three computers:- an RPC2, a NetWinder and a
> > Psion5. All ARM powered, all running Squeak (well nearly, the psion work
> > is still in slow motion mode) and no M$ anywhere.
> >
> > Dreaming on a hot summer's eve,
> > tim
> > PS Corel netwinder is _way_ cool. Look at http://www.corelcomputer.com -
> > 275MHz ARM Linux, 64Mb ram and 4Gb for $1k. Wow.
> >
> > --
> > Useful random insult:- He's so dense, the Titanic wouldn't sink in his head.
> > Tim Rowledge:  rowledge at interval.com (w)  +1 (650) 842-6110 (w)
> >  tim at sumeru.stanford.edu (h)  <http://sumeru.stanford.edu/tim>
> 





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