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[isthisthingon]

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/open-source-8-bit-computer-save-world

I'm not holding my breath for an 8-bit computer to "save the world."  But at $20 (US), to hold roughly the entire wikipedia or about 5,000 full length books, this little open project could definitely help educate in areas where cost has previously prohibited entry to educational resources 

[nutballs]

Power is the problem really. But yea, old tech shoiuld not go away when it becomes basically free to make. 8 bit is good enough for an ebook reader.

[perkiset]

8bit is highly underrated. That rocks.

[Phaëton]

So basically now we are at a point where an 8 bit computer is like a throwaway digital
watch you can get for a buck.....  Soon a quad core and display will be embedded in
a single page of a magazine advertisement that plays a video once or twice.. lol