on 04/12/02 02:18, Paul Guyot at pguyot_at_kallisys.net wrote:
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> I might reasonably invest some time on such a project next scholar
> year (maybe starting next summer). But I will definitely not do that
> entirely on my own. I've been working alone for 30 months on a huge
> Newton project and while I'm proud of the result, it was sometimes
> difficult.
> This is also where the Newton Fund could be used (also I'm not that
> enthusiast about the idea). For such a project, once we got the
> Newton Emulator working on desktop computers, there will be hardware
> costs to buy new PDA hardware and start porting the thing. We'll
> surely burn some PocketPCs at first (I heard that at some point
> Compaq said they'll freely repair them if the flashable ROM was
> killed by software means). And most people will like to have it
> running on their particular PocketPC.
>
> Paul
That's the best idea I've seen so far. I don't have much time myself, but if
Paul is part of it and if I can contribute a little bit, I would try to do
my part.
-Laurent.
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