I'd like to see (own) a wearable computer http://techref.massmind.org/wearable with a HUD like the Private Eye http://wearables.www.media.mit.edu/projects/wearables/display.html and a nice, small keyboard http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsI-Q/levypg.html with an "IO" board like Dan's Pocket Test Bench http://www.sni.net/~oricom/ (come on Dan, make the WCT!) http://www.sni.net/~oricom/projects.htm sewn into a glove http://www.media.mit.edu/~rehmi/cloth/ with the signals analyzed by a remembrance agent http://rhodes.www.media.mit.edu/people/rhodes/RA/ and a packet radio http://www.tapr.org/ interface to the internet and especially an updateable knowledge base http://techref.massmind.org/idea/websites and a group of like minded people http://www.piclist.com --- James Newton mailto:jamesnewton@geocities.com 1-619-652-0593 http://techref.massmind.org All the engineering secrets worth knowing -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of JP.BROWN Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 03:18 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [OT] Ah yes those were the days (but this is now)... More ramblings ....... While we are on the subject of nostalgia, PDP11s, etc. etc. are all very well but they are not too practical now. What I would like to see is a small MSDOS (or LINUX) computer with a non volatile HD and perhaps a built in basic or C. Such a thing would be a super tool/toy for us technical types. All we see now are super flashy personal organizers with data base and to do lists etc. etc.. What ever happened to the pocket BASIC computers that were around a few years ago?, these could be brought up to date now and made much more powerful for not a lot of money. Have I found a hole in the market?. ----- John P. Brown J.P.Brown@bradford.ac.uk ---- \ --- Witty remark goes here --- / --------------------------------------------------