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- From: fasten@zeus.informatik.uni-bonn.de (Bernhard Fastenrath)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: More Walker ideas...
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 21:29:14 GMT
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- karl suhr (ksuhr@unlinfo.unl.edu) wrote:
- : How about 'chia walker' har har har
-
- : (in case the chia phenomenon has not swept the world like wildfire, a
- : 'chia pet' is a little clay animal that comes with a seed packet: you
- : spread the seeds on top of the animal, water it, and it grows bean
- : sprout 'hair')
-
- : Reg Martin (mart4372@mach1.wlu.ca) wrote:
- : : Bert Dorhout (dorhout@swi.psy.uva.nl) wrote:
- : : : Ah, more Walker ideas (serious and less serious ;-):
- : : :
- : : : - It should be possible to put it on wheels (and add grips to move).
- : : : - It should be possible to add half width Audio rack units (!!)
- : : : - A wig must be available to give it hair (hahaha... poor joke)
- : : : - We'd need cover parts to cover the upper and lower sides of
- : : : slices when we transport the thing in parts.
- : : : - A big cheap slice (just a slot thru) that can hold keyboard,
- : : : mouse, joysticks, some books, floppies, etc. ;-) (locker slice)
- : : : - Extra drive bays slice
- : : : - Big power supply slice
-
- : : What about the coffee maker slice? :)
-
- AT should make empty slices with different heights so everybody (end users
- and small companies) can make their own slices. And they should start
- selling these do-it-yourself slices RSN, so developers can get their slice
- of the market when the walker is released :-)
-
- They could also ask companies like Bang & Olufson if they are interested
- to sell hifi/whatever slices for the Walker. If there's a large market
- of slices it might sell better than anybody expects (provided that it comes
- in different colors, how about transparent with some extra LEDs on the
- mainboard?)
-
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