Squeaken, anyone?

Stephan B. Wessels stephan.wessels at sdrc.com
Tue Aug 25 17:28:43 UTC 1998


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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