I've been thinking about reducing the number of computers in my life (eleven is _way_ too many) and so far it looks like it might be sensible to dump all the pda's I don't use, forget the powerbook, replace the older RPC with the new RPC2 that is on order and replace the newer RPC with a Corel NetWinder. Let's be honest, all I do with computers is mail, web & squeak, so why keep any of the others?
Except for using Quicken - which is why I keep the aging Mac 8100 going. I don't think I could manage without Quicken & CheckFree. So, who out there feels like writing Squeaken. Forget all the flashy reports and graphs, just handle many accounts both asset and liability and interface to Checkfree for paying the bills. Surely someone on the list has written this before?
Then I could get down to just three computers:- an RPC2, a NetWinder and a Psion5. All ARM powered, all running Squeak (well nearly, the psion work is still in slow motion mode) and no M$ anywhere.
Dreaming on a hot summer's eve, tim PS Corel netwinder is _way_ cool. Look at http://www.corelcomputer.com - 275MHz ARM Linux, 64Mb ram and 4Gb for $1k. Wow.
Perhaps the incentive is to give that person the computers you will no longer need? :-)
- Steve
Tim Rowledge wrote:
I've been thinking about reducing the number of computers in my life (eleven is _way_ too many) and so far it looks like it might be sensible to dump all the pda's I don't use, forget the powerbook, replace the older RPC with the new RPC2 that is on order and replace the newer RPC with a Corel NetWinder. Let's be honest, all I do with computers is mail, web & squeak, so why keep any of the others?
Except for using Quicken - which is why I keep the aging Mac 8100 going. I don't think I could manage without Quicken & CheckFree. So, who out there feels like writing Squeaken. Forget all the flashy reports and graphs, just handle many accounts both asset and liability and interface to Checkfree for paying the bills. Surely someone on the list has written this before?
Then I could get down to just three computers:- an RPC2, a NetWinder and a Psion5. All ARM powered, all running Squeak (well nearly, the psion work is still in slow motion mode) and no M$ anywhere.
Dreaming on a hot summer's eve, tim PS Corel netwinder is _way_ cool. Look at http://www.corelcomputer.com - 275MHz ARM Linux, 64Mb ram and 4Gb for $1k. Wow.
-- Useful random insult:- He's so dense, the Titanic wouldn't sink in his head. Tim Rowledge: rowledge@interval.com (w) +1 (650) 842-6110 (w) tim@sumeru.stanford.edu (h) http://sumeru.stanford.edu/tim
Or, even better...turn the whole mass of computers into a big Beowulf cluster, and create a nice supercomputer-esque Squeak environment! :)
Perhaps the incentive is to give that person the computers you will no longer need? :-)
- Steve
Tim Rowledge wrote:
I've been thinking about reducing the number of computers in my life (eleven is _way_ too many) and so far it looks like it might be sensible to dump all the pda's I don't use, forget the powerbook, replace the older RPC with the new RPC2 that is on order and replace the newer RPC with a Corel NetWinder. Let's be honest, all I do with computers is mail, web & squeak, so why keep any of the others?
Except for using Quicken - which is why I keep the aging Mac 8100 going. I don't think I could manage without Quicken & CheckFree. So, who out there feels like writing Squeaken. Forget all the flashy reports and graphs, just handle many accounts both asset and liability and interface to Checkfree for paying the bills. Surely someone on the list has written this before?
Then I could get down to just three computers:- an RPC2, a NetWinder and a Psion5. All ARM powered, all running Squeak (well nearly, the psion work is still in slow motion mode) and no M$ anywhere.
Dreaming on a hot summer's eve, tim PS Corel netwinder is _way_ cool. Look at http://www.corelcomputer.com - 275MHz ARM Linux, 64Mb ram and 4Gb for $1k. Wow.
-- Useful random insult:- He's so dense, the Titanic wouldn't sink in his head. Tim Rowledge: rowledge@interval.com (w) +1 (650) 842-6110 (w) tim@sumeru.stanford.edu (h) http://sumeru.stanford.edu/tim
On Tue 25 Aug, Stephan B. Wessels wrote:
Perhaps the incentive is to give that person the computers you will no longer need? :-)
Hmm, not such a bad idea, assuming anyone actually wants an old Acorn RPC or old powerbook or old 8100PMac.....
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