Dave Fleishman wrote not long ago (7/9/02 11:12 AM):
> Having found myself with a broken screen on my 2100, I'm wondering
> what to do with the brains of my newt. Has anyone explored the
> possibility of mutating the brains of a 2100 into the form of an
> eMate? I would like to have the functionality of the 2100 in the
> form factor of the eMate. What say the powers that be?
>
> Is this like putting a Ferrari engine in a Volkswagen? (sorry to you
> eMate users who may take offense at the VW crack, but I happen to
> like VWs better than Ferraris. It's just an expression).
It'd be cool, wouldn't it? It comes up a lot too.
Unfortunately, Newtonians far more technically savvy than I have declared it
impossible. If I recall correctly, connectors for the screen and keyboard
are different enough to intimidate even hardcore hardware hackers.
And as for the analogy... It'd probably be more like cramming one of VW's
new W8 engines into a New Beetle. You'd have to cut and squeeze and tuck and
prod, plus modify a bunch of parts, and in the end you might end up with
something very fast or you might end up with just a mess.
--Jesse
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