Famiclone to Teach Third-World Students

[NayusDante]

or....

Famiclone Does Something Useful

Link (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9111759)

Recent news has spoken of an Apple II clone being costing about $12. It is now believed to be an actual Famiclone, even having a cart slot! The device is being marketed as a "TV Computer" and is being compared to other third-world-computer solutions. As a general purpose word processor, this is bare minimum, but I highly doubt it will be a contender for OLPC.

Pictures:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/dereklomas/R9P54JARiPI/AAAAAAAAASw/rqd6lbL9d9I/P3081423.JPG?imgmax=640
Caption: "Yeah, you're getting a real top-of-the-line machine there..." - I'm concerned, this is marketed as an educational product, yet it contains a bootleg X-in-1 cart, what looks to be a bootleg Mario 2j, and a GUN! We all know it's a Chinese Zapper, but still, it's a toy gun!

http://lh5.ggpht.com/dereklomas/R9P6NJARiVI/AAAAAAAAAT4/wpqS__nZPBs/P3091436.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh4.ggpht.com/dereklomas/R9aEPJARi0I/AAAAAAAAAdM/2MxzOvAepmA/P3111414.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh4.ggpht.com/dereklomas/R9aEuJARjFI/AAAAAAAAAgs/4w3WuEZjztc/P3111444.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh4.ggpht.com/dereklomas/R9aEZJARi6I/AAAAAAAAAeU/uBHf2_aa1fc/P3111423.JPG?imgmax=640

I'm amazed this thing has a mouse. I wasn't aware if any official mouse were ever developed, and if so, if it were analog. As seen below, it connects on a good old gamepad interface, common to lots of things. I wonder, would this mouse work well with stuff like Shadowgate?

http://lh4.ggpht.com/dereklomas/R9aExJARjII/AAAAAAAAAhQ/MZ-91NQ3rso/P3111447.JPG?imgmax=640

[Tupin]

Looks interesting, if primitive.

[Blitzwing256]

pretty common stuff, I have a simmilar famiclone called the gold leapoard king, although it doesn't have a mouse like this one, but the included cartridge had lots of word processor/calculator/windows style programs with it. and strangly gradng (gradius)

[Sabz5150]

Three words: cheap development platform.

[NayusDante]

Three words: cheap development platform.

I'm hoping that a "third-world development kit" becomes available. A $20ish flash cart with a PC interface would definitely be great. Heck, if that happens, I can guarantee that we'll see an "NES Programming Renaissance."

[Ed Oscuro]

The problem is that this is supposed to be the "PC Interface."

And lolz @ the text entered onto the word processing screen above :D

[Haoie]

Slashdot called it the $12 laptop.

A bit misleading, no?

[Chuplayer]

Where do I buy one?

[NayusDante]

Where do I buy one?

That's what I'd like to know. Even for a Famiclone, this is pretty cheap. Quick searches on eBay show nothing.

[Tupin]

The best place to buy it would either be the country it originated in or at a pawn shop/import store.

[Ed Oscuro]

Slashdot called it the $12 laptop.

A bit misleading, no?
Nobody told me my expensive MSX2+ would end up being a laptop whenever I used it, either.

And these people aren't paying nearly as much ;)

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

456+3=152?

[InsaneDavid]

456+3=152?

456/3=152.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

456/3=152.

LOL, they should have used the / designation for divided by ... that division symbol looks like a + in that photo!