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Neat Concept Pathetic keybd |
April 7, 2009 |
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Anonymous person
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Dead and sticking keys. I don't see how this could be used for more than a few minutes then tossed in the closet.
At least it booted and the system runs. That was cool. Tried to do some basic, but with half a keyboard, it wasn't happening.
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Challenging |
April 3, 2009 |
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John Lemme
from Cranston, RI United States
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* There is NO documentation.
* It's VERY cheaply-made, but that adds to its charm. I understand it's aimed at the developing world, and for that reason it's neat to see how they made the tech affordable.
* The image doesn't fit on my (NTSC 4:3) TV. The bottom of the image is cut off.
I bought it because my sons are into old video games and I thought that they could learn to program old-school style. But with no docs (not even websites devoted to getting started with it) they're in over their heads. OTOH, watching them trying to figure it out makes me think it'll be educational regardless.
It's probably not worth $50 as a computer, as a game system, or as a dev platform. But it's a great curiosity, an effective way to expose kids to elements of the technology world they wouldn't otherwise see, and if we actually figure out how to program it the education will be invaluable.
In short, I think if you put a *lot* into it, you can get a lot (of education) out of it.
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good: price, controllers; bad: keyboard, docs |
April 2, 2009 |
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Meadhbh Hamrick
from Boulder Creek, CA United States
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i wrote a more complete review (with pictures!) at http://bitfetish.blogspot.com/2009/04/hands-on-with-tv-computer.html .
so my review boils down to:
* there's NO documentation
* the keyboard is complete garbage, but it might just be my unit that has the problem.
* the controllers and mouse are surprisingly good
* the software that comes with it is weird (but then again i'm not the target market.)
* the price is right
if you're buying this unit to relive the glory days of 8-bit computing, you would be better off buying an old c-64 from ebay.
but, if, like me, you're hip to 8-bit programming and you have an interest in developing educational games, this is a GREAT platform. it's cheap, so it's gaining adoption in the developing world, and you get to relive the glory days when you felt that software would change the world instead of enrich your local dot-com empresario. and who knows, the educational software you right might actually teach something to someone!
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