[HN Gopher] Familia Toledo: The most inexpensive computer USD $9...
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Familia Toledo: The most inexpensive computer USD $99.00
Author : graderjs
Score : 36 points
Date : 2021-08-28 10:45 UTC (12 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.biyubi.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.biyubi.com)
| ytetsuro wrote:
| The Raspberry Pi looks cheaper in my country, but does it come
| with a monitor and keyboard?
| maxmalkav wrote:
| It's fun to see the Familia Toledo on HN, I discovered them
| through the Spanish online communities quite some years ago.
|
| There is some charm in their naivety mixed with their display of
| self-importance. IIRC their "own" operating systems used to be
| derived from MenuetOS and similar open source projects.
|
| As a side note, one of the family member (Oscar Toledo) seems to
| have been performing well in the International Obfuscated C Code
| Contest (IOCCC).
| bserge wrote:
| What year was this published?
| sysadm1n wrote:
| What strange wording in the page:
|
| > Please make active Javascript on your navigator
|
| And in the footer:
|
| > For some people the content of this site can create doubts or
| debate for their authenticity, we invite them to check that our
| scientific and technological research don't rest in words.
|
| And then there's an expired SSL cert that I had to whitelist to
| continue viewing the page. How old is this webpage?
| JohnJamesRambo wrote:
| You aren't using the right browser.
|
| >This site looks better with Biyubi Navigator
|
| Let me give you ten advantages of Fenix Windows compared to
| Win98 and Linux.
|
| http://www.biyubi.com/eng_ventajas.html
|
| I love this website.
| punnerud wrote:
| Selling points for Fenix Windows:
|
| -Phone connection to Internet is easy to prepare.
|
| -Operating system totally graphic, it includes television
|
| Easy to make fun of old design, but we use Word and Excel
| that is almost the same as in 95. And the best business
| programs is the ones without any need for GUI.
| elif wrote:
| webpage also $99
| marcodiego wrote:
| That is from 2002 right?
| madengr wrote:
| I'll buy it if it runs Temple OS.
| Animats wrote:
| _" Familia Toledo do not manufactures G11 computers for direct
| sale to the public, they sell their prototypes to governments or
| original equipment manufactures."_ That's the One Laptop Per
| Child business model. Dead end.
|
| You can get laptops on Alibaba starting at $80. If they just
| loaded their software onto them, something they could probably
| get the OEM to do for them, they'd be there. Instead of trying to
| cable stuff together with ribbon cables.
|
| For $100, you can get a Windows 10 capable (but not including
| Windows 10) machine, with reasonable memory, disk, and WiFi.
| morganvachon wrote:
| You can get a Raspberry Pi 4 for $35, add a $5 Micro SD card, a
| $5 cellphone charger, and a $10 keyboard/mouse combo, and you
| have a full fledged modern computer running a modern OS (Linux
| kernel 5.10) for $55. That is more in line with the DIY spirit
| of the subject, and certainly more capable, without requiring
| commercial software.
| loloquwowndueo wrote:
| With no display.
| lucb1e wrote:
| A blind acquaintance of mine seems to do just fine with
| just earphones!
|
| (I'm joking obviously but this fact does amaze me. Him
| working on his computer consists of a keyboard, earphones,
| and the computer unit.)
| bruxis wrote:
| It's not entirely obvious from OP's link, but it appears this
| offering is from 2005 or earlier (see this page listed in the
| "News" section: http://www.biyubi.com/computadora.html)
| OJFord wrote:
| I think it _is_ entirely obvious that they 're not trying to
| sell anything for $99 in 2021.
|
| Amusingly though the footer copyright is to 2020. (i.e. it's
| not automatic, and is as recent as that.)
| okwubodu wrote:
| I love this website so much and truly have no idea what year any
| of this was made.
| nixpulvis wrote:
| Probably before 2022 right?
| WrtCdEvrydy wrote:
| the computer page was copyrighted 2005.
| mdp2021 wrote:
| << _Created by Familia Toledo, Biyubi 5.4 is the first Latin-
| American browser for Internet navigation,
|
| hacker-proof_>>
|
| Hacker proof.
|
| Edit: well, their article about the browser is from 2002.
| OJFord wrote:
| Alternative call-out: 'internet navigation'.
| gomox wrote:
| In Spanish web browsers are called "navegadores" (navigators,
| no doubt inspired by Netscape's product). This coming from
| Latin America it's an understandable translation quirk.
| OJFord wrote:
| Oh it calls it a 'browser' right before that, I wasn't
| making fun of the translation. 'Internet navigation' is
| fine if dated English usage.
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