Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!sk2f+ From: sk2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Seth D. Kadesh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Building a NEW computer Message-ID: Date: 28 Nov 90 19:18:39 GMT Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 30 I've been thinking about this for quite some time now. So..... Lots of people have been talking about fixing the GS. Why should we stop there?! Why do we need to build a GS clone?! We know what philosophy this computer should embody - the things we like about the Apple II family, and don't like about the others. I'm talking real big here, but let's build for the future! Let's build the ultimate (I wanted to say next, but I can't :-) personal computer. I had in mind something powerful, with the home environment in mind, but there's no reason why this work can't be applied to other environments. I'm being vague, I know. I don't have enough knowledge (I'm between a sophmore and a junior in CS here at Carnegie Mellon, with some physics also). But I'm not just talking faster processors, better memory access, or stuff like that. I'm thinking about more radical changes..... 1. HDTV. It will be here soon. What are its specifications? (I think it's better than most current computer resolutions, but I'm not sure). But I don't just want to have the resolution of HDTV, I want to interface with it. I'm not quite sure yet what I mean by interface, but let your imagination roam. Take your favorite SF stories..... Other aspects of the computer would follow, but i have a class to get to, and a problem set to do. I'm not quite sure what I'm proposing here, but all interested parties are quite welcome to expound on this.... I'll post more thoughts as I consolidate them..... -seth - tHe mAd ScienTisT, and other carnations ------------------------ sk2f@andrew.cmu.edu | everything seems so easy this way but I'm going under tmSatCMU@DRYCAS.BITNET | fast, I'm slipping away, am I so crazy - Marillion