MS-DOS, Centrino, what's next?

[carlsson]

Remember the MSX home computers from the 80'ties? They were built around the same specs (video/sound/memory/Basic/cartridge etc) but almost every brand included a speciality of their own; e.g. Yamaha had a downsized DX-7 synthesizer on board while Sony thought a calendar was enough goodies.

Pioneer's MSX computer was prepared to connect a laser disk peripheral (the Karaoke Entertainment system?) which could be controlled by the computer. I don't know if it also had some genlocking ability to mix laser disk video with what the computer generated, but it'd been cool if it did.

 

[CP/M User]

"Erik" wrote in message:

>> One of the common things shown, is that it all
>> looks to be an idea from Asia.

> I'm not sure about this idea in particular but I'd
> be willing to bet that the initial idea is not asian
> at all.

Well yeah, if you take a look at the website, you'll
see that it's based on an idea done in the 1920s!

> Very few new ideas come out of Asia. Most
> come out of labs in the deep dark recesses of
> huge American companies that can't seem to
> figure out how to perfect or market them. . .

True, however they might of had the idea of
re-introducing the technology. Like I said the
original idea came in the 1920s from a bloke
named John Baird (scottish). He could have been
in the US at the time (but who knows?!)

> The Asians then take those ideas and turn
> them into products.

Ahhh yeeessss & they could have read &
researched this idea & came up with a modern
day version of it too!

You'd be amazed at how many ideas us Aussies
have come up with, only to see this idea sold to
other countries which are making millions by
using our idea just because the Govt is too
stupid or is putting their money into the other
countries to perhaps go & live in some day!

> That's how it usually seems to happen,
> anyway.

Incidently, I wasn't referning to the Asians
comming up with this idea, after all I do know it
was created from somebody else from way
back, I was trying to say that perhaps they
brought the idea back & had more luck with it
than back in Bairds time!

Cheers.