http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/Apple%20II used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/mit_tries_build_12_computer <!--paging_filter--><p>If the $100 laptop wasn’t enough a team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working on building a computer for $12, targeting families in Third World countries. They are basing their design on the old Nintendo Entertainment System. The NES used a MOS 6502 processor similar to the Apple IIe and Atari 2600 although it was a customized version for the NES. </p> <p>The 6502 was designed in 1975. It is an 8-bit processor with a 16-bit address bus and clock speeds around 1 or 2 MHz. It is sure to smoke my digital watch. </p> <p>Just how far the project will go is uncertain. Nintendo still holds the copyrights to the NES. </p> <p>It sounds like a truly worthy project! You can check it out <a href="http://design4dev.wetpaint.com/page/TV+Computer?t=anon" target="_blank">here</a>. </p> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="/files/u3606/NES.jpg" alt="NES" width="360" height="261" /></div> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/mit_tries_build_12_computer#comments News Apple II build a pc Cheap Computer MIT NES Nintentdo Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:09:10 -0500 Chris Moody 3087 at http://www.maximumpc.com