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« on: August 05, 2008, 01:12:26 PM »
Check this out.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/216681/mit-working-on-6-apple-desktop.html
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« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2008, 01:32:11 PM »
Pretty cool Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2008, 01:44:16 PM »
Awesome, thanks for the heads-up.  I'm on it. Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2008, 02:42:01 PM »
Free computer, based on Apple II emulator:

http://virtualapple.org/
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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2008, 04:18:36 PM »
Quote from: orsty3001 on August 05, 2008, 01:12:26 PM
Check this out.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/216681/mit-working-on-6-apple-desktop.html




I was wrong, it's based on the NES not the Apple II

http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/08/06/1925225.shtml
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« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2008, 05:53:33 PM »
Ah-ha! so this is Classic Gaming not Vintage Computing! Tongue

Still an interesting story!
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« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2008, 10:13:59 PM »
I've checked the site and gallery out. It's basically this thing:
http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/goldleopard/goldleopard.htm


Where the fuck they get off calling this a challenger to the OLPC is beyond me.
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« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2008, 11:27:27 AM »
Quote from: orsty3001 on August 06, 2008, 04:18:36 PM
I was wrong, it's based on the NES not the Apple II

Yeah, I noticed that fact once I saw the thing.  Luckily, the guy behind it knows that as well.  It seems that it was the original Boston Herald reporter's mistake, since Derek talked about Apple II labs and also the cheap computer.  The reporter made a logical leap that turned out to be wrong.

Expect to see an interview with Derek Lomas on VC&G soon.
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