Re: Jim Gettys on writing software for the new "one laptop per child" system

Alan Anderson wrote: 
davidhbigelow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Now if we could just get internet connections and printers with cranks
also. :)
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2) Way back in grade school, I remember this funky thing in the "graphic arts" room. It had a crank, and it turned out printed copies. I doubt anyone makes a mimeograph machine with a USB interface, though.

Actually, I do believe you can get the current generation of mimeograph with USB -- it uses it to cut the master via an LED.
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