The Telecomputer aka “$500 IT” (phone, videophone, mail, browser)

The Telecomputer aka “$500 IT” (phone, videophone, mail, browser)

Iii --- The Box

(processor, ROM, RAM,

speaker, mic, PCMCIA slot)

Keyboard

Mouse

Phone (optional)

Monitor

or LCD panel

Printer (optional)

Camera (optional)

to IP Network

(POTS, ATM,

ethernet, CATV

modem)

USB

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Notes:

Here’s what a Telecomputer looks like. The Universal Serial Bus, USB is an ideal candidate to interconnect the various optional devices that a telecomputer might have.

Alternatively, the simplest telecomputer would build in a phone and POTs modem that would directly connect to a phone line. The only option would be a printer.