09-19-2003, 12:00 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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Antelope MCC Nearing Production?
Looks like one OQO-like device is slowly coming out of the vapor. The Antelope MCC (Modular Computing Core) is supposedly being shown at DEMOmobile in California, and they claim that production has begun.
The device is 3" x 5" x 1", and can run XP Pro on a Crusoe chip. It's not as small as a PDA, weighing in at about 9 oz, but it's still pretty impressive -- it can support a 6.3" 1024x768 display as part of the "Rugged Handheld" version. 8O
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09-19-2003, 12:16 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Cool. I've been waiting for this for quite a while. Laptop replacement? Quite possibly. No Bluetooth though. I'd have to see it.
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09-19-2003, 12:17 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
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How can it have a 6.3 inch display if the unit is only 3x5?
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09-19-2003, 12:22 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Remember the 133MHz Jornada 546 was 9oz?
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09-19-2003, 12:24 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Of course you would measure the display at an angle from one top corner to the opposite lower corner, although this would only give you a 5.83 max display??? . :roll: Pretty cool though.
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09-19-2003, 12:27 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Or is the display a seperate part from this unit?
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09-19-2003, 12:33 AM
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09-19-2003, 01:00 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Paul
The MCC and the Rugged Handheld ( 6.3� 1024x768 TFT) are two different products.
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Ahhh. Looks like the Rugged Handheld is built on top of the MCC. I'll edit. (Geez, two mistakes in one day!  ops 
--janak
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09-19-2003, 01:36 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Wow, this might be a nice device to have. Hmm, XP!
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09-19-2003, 02:36 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: May 2006
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Woo-hoo! This is my next computer--if at all financially possible.
And, as has been noted, MCC stands for "modular computing core"--the base unit that is shown in the picture. You plug the MCC base unit into various shells, one of which is a touch-screen display, etc. which enables the unit to function as a handheld. There is also a desktop docking station, so it can function as your main computer, plus (I think) a laptop body--as well as one or two other potential configurations (including a wearable one). Don't know whether this has actually been deployed yet, but it sounds (from their website) like it is already in distribution in vertical markets. I've been waiting for it to come out to the retail market--I hope it does soon! This (except for the "instant-on") would ultimately replace my beloved iPAQ 3650--and my desktop!
BTW--that's the handheld version of the Antelope MCC in my avatar.
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