Evolution of the Species

James and Jacob, Directron.com Open Client Experts

There are many hard working people at Directron.com, but if you want to experience The Latest and Greatest, you need to find James and Jacob. They are working on a variety of Open Client configurations. They have them at home. They have them at work. And, that reminds us...

Yes, Directron, please keep selling the Open Client! You can sell it to the Bank. You can use it with a crank. You can sell them to a store, and for a plane, and for a car, and don't worry we will make more! They are so good, so good, you see! And, you can use them in-de-pen-dent-ly! You can use them with any host. You can use them where they count most. So, please, sell them here and sell them there. Yes, Friends, sell them...

ED (1996)

Raquel, Eric, Don, David, Carl (left to right)

SmartBoy (2000)

ComCam, SMC and CashBoy (2001)

Pegasos I April 2 Launch (2002)

Best of Show, FTF 2005

...and EFIKA introduced

Pieter, Thomas, Raquel, Gerald, Sven, Bill (left to right)

Buy an EFIKA, Freescale (2006)

At $99, has the time for "one killer Amiga" and EFIKA finally come?!

The Community is the Computer - a Super Computer.

EFIKA Open Client embedded at work

No, this is not a behind the scenes look at the Mos Eisley Cantina. This is a quick snapshot of the Open Client at work. Said another way, it could be LabVIEW to you!

LabVIEW is a graphical programming language developed by National Instruments that was introduced in 1986. Since then, it has become the standard for large test system development and instrument control, and it has become National Instruments flagship software product.

Adam Forster is a dedicated and motivated Software/System Developer for the School of Computing and Information Technology at University of Wolverhampton. Adam has been the principal developer of the Biolive Project.

Biolive - download the Project Summary

The purpose of the Biolive project is to research and develop a prototype system that will enable people who require full-time monitoring - in their homes, sheltered accommodation or in care homes for example - to lead more independent lives.

Dear Nicholas, we spoke on interactive television panels together back in the early 90's. You wrote a book called Being Digital (it did not quite happen like that). You worked at MIT. You are smart. You have good intentions and a long term view.

We think you need to do more homework again.

#1 It has to be a business!

Ray C. Anderson, Chairman, Interface Inc.

You could also say we are freescaling a bit. Mobility is the key and we are headed in that direction. The EFIKA was born at FTF 2005. Today, Freescale announced the first of the MPC512X series (PR). Each time The EFIKA Comes to Life again with a new SoC, we move closer to the sort of pervasiveness and opportunity equality we seek. We will make sure the firmware and software driver support evolves with the platform.

EFIKA motherboard at $99

Freedom - Value - Choice

It has been a tough climb.

For years a transparency feature was thought to be impossible to implement in an AmigaOS-compatible environment. Tricks such as copying the screen content before opening windows to fake transparency were used. This is no longer required for MorphOS 2.0. The MorphOS Team has managed to bring this exciting feature to the small, lightening fast operating system - real, hardware accelerated transparency. MorphOS 2.0 on the EFIKA is looking good and feeling good.

A lower cost SoC (System-on-a-Chip) based platform helps attract a solution to many problems. When more problems can be solved by the same solution the forces of change grow. Using a platform that is more power efficient is one step, doing computers to work more efficiently is another, especially when lower cost allows more people to participate by doing.

It is a perfect fit!

We are building volume with the EFIKA Open Client. It is the network that serves the device.