On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Tim Rowledge wrote:

> Another problem is that anything less than a 2100 has pitiful memory and
> not very much grunt.

That's very true, but 2100s can be had relatively cheap now a days.

> IF (big, big, IF) there is a way to get right down to the hardware and
> actually use it sensibly there might be some value in the idea - after
> all a newt 2100 is essentially a grownup Active Book machine and we
> _know_ that they kicked ass with Smalltalk. I'd want a bit more thne
> $250 to do the work though.... even back in 89 I got (mumble, flick
> through old invoice files, translate to bucks, ignore inflation...) er,
> about $40k for doing my part of it.

I know, $250 is nothing.  The only way anyone would do it at this price is
if they wanted Squeak on Newton OS themselves, or if they were hackers
looking for a project with a bit of a return.  I'm a student.  A
particularily poor student.  Being an undergrad ecology research assistant
with lots of loans doesn't exactly leave me with a lot of surplus cash to
fund softare projets, especially after I pay the rent, tutition and
general living expenses. :)

For me, $250 is a lot of money to blow on something like this.  I know
that this won't make someone want to do the work for me at this
drop-in-the-bucket, but I feel like I should explain myself.  Laughable
yes, but it's all I have to work with.

Regards,
Aaron

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