Brings up the question, what is an OLPC? "One Laptop Per Child"....
Nobody else has a OLPC. From where does one buy them?
You buy one and get one free that gets donated to some 3rd world kid. They ran a one month special last year in Nov. Rumor is that they will repeat the offer this november. I was super gung ho. Bought 3 of them. Fantastic HAM radio laptop, has WIFI built in, runs linux, cheap, color display designed for visibility outside in the sun, low power, solar power or hand crank, etc. The ideal ham radio application machine for field/disaster work.
But after I invested $1200 in my three, darned if the greedy USA companies then canceled the offer because they don't want these nearly perfect, ultimately $100 laptops to undercut their high-cost USA sales of comparable consumer laptops. So now only a few of us have them. But again, rumor is they will repeat the sale this november?
From: Mr Jeffrey L Ross radiooperator@comcast.net
Hi folks, I am real close to getting the OLPC To run a tnc and rig. I found A software called PICOCOM/MINICOM Thats similar to hyperterm in windows.
What USB to serial port device do you use?
Bob, WB4APR