Comments on: Playpower kicks off the day at ETech 09 http://playpower.org/blog/2009/03/playpower-kicks-off-the-day-at-etech-09/ Learning Games for Radically Affordable Computers Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:17:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Bruce McFarling http://playpower.org/blog/2009/03/playpower-kicks-off-the-day-at-etech-09/comment-page-1/#comment-25104 Bruce McFarling Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:46:38 +0000 http://playpower.org/blog/?p=161#comment-25104 For the target, flash makes a lot more sense than CD's ... less than $1 in hardware to read SD flash, and copies of files can be shared from one system to another. For the target, flash makes a lot more sense than CD's … less than $1 in hardware to read SD flash, and copies of files can be shared from one system to another.

]]> By: carbon13 http://playpower.org/blog/2009/03/playpower-kicks-off-the-day-at-etech-09/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 carbon13 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:10:39 +0000 http://playpower.org/blog/?p=161#comment-1292 The idea of CAL (=computer assisted learning) on cheap hardware sounds great, but running high quality software on 8-bit hardware is ridiculous. There are a lot of affordable 32-bit systems based on VIA, Rise m6 or MIPS/Dragon. Just check-out alibaba.com. Complete desktop pcs for 20 to 50 usd! Spreading software on rom or flash modules is also everything but a good idea. Consider dvd or cd-r as cheap medium. Cheers, carbon13 The idea of CAL (=computer assisted learning) on cheap hardware sounds great, but running high quality software on 8-bit hardware is ridiculous.

There are a lot of affordable 32-bit systems based on VIA, Rise m6 or MIPS/Dragon. Just check-out alibaba.com. Complete desktop pcs for 20 to 50 usd!

Spreading software on rom or flash modules is also everything but a good idea. Consider dvd or cd-r as cheap medium.

Cheers,
carbon13

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