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   Hallo Benny!   
      
    BP> without java there would not be any android devices   
      
   Amen!  I could *EASILY* live with there being zero android devices in this   
   world.  Anyhow I get the impression that Google would prefer that it didn't   
   and that Google Go will replace java ... and python while it's at it.  :::evil   
   grin:::  We'll see.   
      
    BP> good or bad ?   
      
   So far neither.  The risc-v processor was supposed to go mainstream last June   
   but for whatever reason it there still isn't a production release of it/them   
   ... yet.  I don't know what the holdup on them and the evaluation boards I see   
   are all way to expensive at this point in time.  However if they do manage to   
   pull off a release then it *should* be as opensource hardware which is a good   
   thing methinks.  I can wait ... as if I have a choice.   
      
    BP> will explode ?   
      
   Not yet but they haven't been out that long to see what issues there are with   
   LiFePO4 battereis at this point in time.  Theoretically there should be no   
   issues with explosions and/or fires since adding iron to the mix supposedly   
   makes them more stable than the lithium ion ones, or so the story goes.    
   However they are VERY expensive compared to the more traditional batteries   
   used in ups's and the such.  If they are as half as good as they claim then   
   one has to look at this as a long term situation.  Right now I cannot afford   
   this but am making a future plan given that nothing major happens in the   
   meantime, such as an explosion and/or fire.   
      
    BP> i got a sysquest drive, looked like it was a new 8" floppy disk in   
    BP> cartridge design   
      
   I've never seen one of those yet.  Most of the ones I've seen in the real   
   world are/were HP DAT drives with the cartridges being a tad larger than the   
   tapes they used in answering machines from way back when.  Beats me what they   
   sell for these days but I am betting sata drives are cheaper per byte and much   
   faster.   
      
   Het leven is goed,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.   
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