Hi Brian, Check out their home page http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ It says the unit is not yet in production and won't be available for purchase by individuals. I wonder if they would settle for a Ham Radio Club? At this point, I'd settle for something that looked sorta like a schematic, a parts list, and a list of suppliers. OK .... everyone ... all a t once, now ... 1... 2... 3... WISH! Harv, AI9NL On 10/3/05, Brian Wall <kc0iog at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 9/29/05, Harv Nelson <harv.nelson at gmail.com> wrote: > > Not just for kids! I need one of these in the shack. So do you > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050929/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop > > The hand crank adds a nice touch. In theory, infinite power for > remote computing. I'm skeptical of the price tag. Even if produced > by the millions, I don't see how you can find all the parts and still > make a profit at $100 each. > > If this thing goes to market, I think every geek will want (and > probably get!) one for Christmas. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20051003/f3caa5ba/attachment.htm