> they used lunix (I think that was the name), a Lao variant of linux, > based on (mandrake, redhat - details escape me)
Considering they're Americans, how many guesses? Not sure the article said. Nationalisation was done by a Laotian engineer now living in USA by way of making a translation for KDE. > them. They were using 486 computers I think. The entire computer was built up right from scratch, because only that way they could meet the low-power requirement (and presumably some other constraints). The main chip was a low-power version of a computer-on-a-chip, equivalent to a 486 in computing power. No movable parts in the whole thing (i.e. no hard disk). > > The river's flow volume and speed would easily drive a turbine. > Not really - what happens in monsoon time? Context switch :) That was talking about the Otehake river, i.e. the one with the hot pool in its bed. When you cross that river you can feel there's enough power there for a small generator. During "monsoon" time, the construction is dismantled - at your choice, by the river, or by yourself ;) Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
