Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Rutherford Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: PDA newsgroup...? Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 16:38:50 +0100 Organization: The Hex Heroes Lines: 33 Message-ID: <356D850A.4438@writeme.com> References: <6khfsu$5do1@emeka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: atl4-043.publab.ed.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03 (Win95; I) Thanks Paul, I don't know a lot about the PDA, but from what I gather it's a memory card with a screen that's capable of running datablocks as programs. As a complete wild stab in the dark - I'd guess that you'd use an 8K slot to define your program (as a list of values representing commands and parameters). Then when you remove the PDA from the machine, the programs start executing? Sounds like a really neat idea. Any idea of UK release date? Is there likely to be any difference between Jap/UK versions, or might it be worth my while getting an import? Could raise a thorny ethical issue... (imagine) an unscrupulous game developer builds in a freebie tamagotchi program for PDAs. Two weeks later it becomes apparent that two hours daily play of 'Rise of the Robots 3' is needed to keep the little critter fed and alive. Faced with the dilemma (sanity vs. sanity), the little kid goes screwball and ends up wreaking untold damage leaving a legal minefield in his wake. - It'll never happen... J. > Hi James, > > The group was added by accident - and was then removed. > > Watch this space though, once the thing is actually released we'll > re-add the group them. > > (Incidentally, even in Japan it won't be available until December). > > Paul