[HN Gopher] Familia Toledo: The most inexpensive computer USD $9...
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Familia Toledo: The most inexpensive computer USD $99.00
 
Author : graderjs
Score  : 36 points
Date   : 2021-08-28 10:45 UTC (12 hours ago)
 
web link (www.biyubi.com)
w3m dump (www.biyubi.com)
 
| ytetsuro wrote:
| The Raspberry Pi looks cheaper in my country, but does it come
| with a monitor and keyboard?
 
| maxmalkav wrote:
| It's fun to see the Familia Toledo on HN, I discovered them
| through the Spanish online communities quite some years ago.
| 
| There is some charm in their naivety mixed with their display of
| self-importance. IIRC their "own" operating systems used to be
| derived from MenuetOS and similar open source projects.
| 
| As a side note, one of the family member (Oscar Toledo) seems to
| have been performing well in the International Obfuscated C Code
| Contest (IOCCC).
 
| bserge wrote:
| What year was this published?
 
| sysadm1n wrote:
| What strange wording in the page:
| 
| > Please make active Javascript on your navigator
| 
| And in the footer:
| 
| > For some people the content of this site can create doubts or
| debate for their authenticity, we invite them to check that our
| scientific and technological research don't rest in words.
| 
| And then there's an expired SSL cert that I had to whitelist to
| continue viewing the page. How old is this webpage?
 
  | JohnJamesRambo wrote:
  | You aren't using the right browser.
  | 
  | >This site looks better with Biyubi Navigator
  | 
  | Let me give you ten advantages of Fenix Windows compared to
  | Win98 and Linux.
  | 
  | http://www.biyubi.com/eng_ventajas.html
  | 
  | I love this website.
 
    | punnerud wrote:
    | Selling points for Fenix Windows:
    | 
    | -Phone connection to Internet is easy to prepare.
    | 
    | -Operating system totally graphic, it includes television
    | 
    | Easy to make fun of old design, but we use Word and Excel
    | that is almost the same as in 95. And the best business
    | programs is the ones without any need for GUI.
 
  | elif wrote:
  | webpage also $99
 
| marcodiego wrote:
| That is from 2002 right?
 
| madengr wrote:
| I'll buy it if it runs Temple OS.
 
| Animats wrote:
| _" Familia Toledo do not manufactures G11 computers for direct
| sale to the public, they sell their prototypes to governments or
| original equipment manufactures."_ That's the One Laptop Per
| Child business model. Dead end.
| 
| You can get laptops on Alibaba starting at $80. If they just
| loaded their software onto them, something they could probably
| get the OEM to do for them, they'd be there. Instead of trying to
| cable stuff together with ribbon cables.
| 
| For $100, you can get a Windows 10 capable (but not including
| Windows 10) machine, with reasonable memory, disk, and WiFi.
 
  | morganvachon wrote:
  | You can get a Raspberry Pi 4 for $35, add a $5 Micro SD card, a
  | $5 cellphone charger, and a $10 keyboard/mouse combo, and you
  | have a full fledged modern computer running a modern OS (Linux
  | kernel 5.10) for $55. That is more in line with the DIY spirit
  | of the subject, and certainly more capable, without requiring
  | commercial software.
 
    | loloquwowndueo wrote:
    | With no display.
 
      | lucb1e wrote:
      | A blind acquaintance of mine seems to do just fine with
      | just earphones!
      | 
      | (I'm joking obviously but this fact does amaze me. Him
      | working on his computer consists of a keyboard, earphones,
      | and the computer unit.)
 
  | bruxis wrote:
  | It's not entirely obvious from OP's link, but it appears this
  | offering is from 2005 or earlier (see this page listed in the
  | "News" section: http://www.biyubi.com/computadora.html)
 
    | OJFord wrote:
    | I think it _is_ entirely obvious that they 're not trying to
    | sell anything for $99 in 2021.
    | 
    | Amusingly though the footer copyright is to 2020. (i.e. it's
    | not automatic, and is as recent as that.)
 
| okwubodu wrote:
| I love this website so much and truly have no idea what year any
| of this was made.
 
  | nixpulvis wrote:
  | Probably before 2022 right?
 
  | WrtCdEvrydy wrote:
  | the computer page was copyrighted 2005.
 
| mdp2021 wrote:
| << _Created by Familia Toledo, Biyubi 5.4 is the first Latin-
| American browser for Internet navigation,
| 
| hacker-proof_>>
| 
| Hacker proof.
| 
| Edit: well, their article about the browser is from 2002.
 
  | OJFord wrote:
  | Alternative call-out: 'internet navigation'.
 
    | gomox wrote:
    | In Spanish web browsers are called "navegadores" (navigators,
    | no doubt inspired by Netscape's product). This coming from
    | Latin America it's an understandable translation quirk.
 
      | OJFord wrote:
      | Oh it calls it a 'browser' right before that, I wasn't
      | making fun of the translation. 'Internet navigation' is
      | fine if dated English usage.
 
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