Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers
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Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers
#2I was expecting something as large as the PDP-11.
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#3Looks like the site could do with some proof-reading.
But 40 CHF (approximately the same in dollars or euro) is pretty good for a tiny computer with a screen and a pile of sensors and an easy programming environment.
Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers
#4I was expecting something as large as the PDP-11.
Minicomputers aren't what they used to be.
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#5This reminds me in a way of Java Cards / JCOP. It would be cool to see more people hack around on embedded systems, I'm all for stuff like this lowering the bar for entry. Cool!
Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers
#6Look, you can’t call a tiny microcomputer a minicomputer. You just can’t!
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#7So this is the Teenage Engineering (specifically, the Pocket Operators) of mini ... errr ... microcomputers? They look really cool. I'm not sure there is much room for extension, but that isn't really the target for these things.
Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers
#8Looks like the site could do with some proof-reading. But 40 CHF (approximately the same in dollars or euro) is pretty good for a tiny computer with a screen and a pile of sensors and an easy programming environment.
Maybe I am mis-reading the e-shop, but I see the book as CHF40 and the 12-sensor card as CHF89. Am I wrong?
Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers
#9Horrible misuse of the term Minicomputer. So triggering!
Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers
#10Look, you can’t call a tiny microcomputer a minicomputer. You just can’t!
I noticed the cards have four holes punched into them, one at each corner.
We should call them punch cards!