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It did, but it was removed after it was not very useful. The device used an AMD Geode processor at 1 watt, so a handcrank needed to produce a lot of power. A ha
by initramfs 4y ago
It did, but it was removed after it was not very useful. The device used an AMD Geode processor at 1 watt, so a handcrank needed to produce a lot of power. A handcrank wouldn't be needed for a 2 milliwatt processor. At 15:52 it mentions why it was removed because it wasn't rugged enough for the demo: https://youtu.be/G2cAeIls3Vg?t=942 https://youtu.be/G2cAeIls3Vg?t=942
There is a long story on this: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17233946/olpcs-100-laptop-education-where-is-it-now https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17233946/olpcs-100-laptop...
The third version had solar on the back but was never released:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO-3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO-3