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[Till Westermayer]

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>> single digit gigabyte range (of course that requires the cheap
>> availability of electric power, which makes it a non-starter for
>> the poorest countries). With some crack Linux hackers we should
>> be able to whip up something that runs on a 486 (using a
>> miniature Linux distro for embedded devices and a very lean
>> webbrowser like Dillo).
>>
>I recall seeing a TV item where the South African Government had
>developed an English inventor's idea of a $5 hand (crank) powered
>radio and put it into production, and that they were looking at
>the possiblilty of doing something similar with a computer.

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