Famiclone to Teach Third-World Students

[NayusDante]

or....

Famiclone Does Something Useful

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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.

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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!









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?

[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

[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.

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