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   Message 5,124 of 5,684   
   Mark McDougall to Glen Watson   
   Re: New retro computers?   
   02 Aug 09 09:57:20   
   
   From: msmcdoug@no.spam.iinet   
      
   Glen Watson wrote:   
      
   > Why not stick with emulation? A netbook should have more than enough   
   > power to emulate any 8-bit system ever made. A few cost less than $200!   
      
   * You're not using a real TRS-80 keyboard/case/screen.   
   * You can't use real TRS-80 peripherals.   
   * You can't (generally) use console controllers.   
   * You _could_ make the h/w this small:   
      
   * Software emulation is nowhere near as cool!   
      
   FWIW I'll be running TRS-80 emulators on my Pandora!   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   --   
   |              Mark McDougall                | "Electrical Engineers do it   
   |     |   with less resistance!"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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