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Old 10-25-2011, 09:02 PM   #1
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I wonder what that computer would compare to in today's market.
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An article at Newscientist (http://www.newscientist.com/article/...nventions.html) which is no longer easily available discussed how much it would take to build the functional equivalent of an iphone using 1980s technology.

The answer is roughly that you'd be pushing around a well-loaded wheelbarrow, with the battery pack on a wagon behind.
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Old 10-26-2011, 09:03 AM   #2
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A wagon has a behind? Junk in the trunk?
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