Subj : looking at getting Nomad
To   : Sean Dennis
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Mar 03 2021 22:57:00

Hello Sean!

** On Thursday 25.02.21 - 16:01, you wrote to me:

 SD>> Nomad's hardwere is relatively cheap.  I haven't looked at
 SD>> it lately but the home router was something around USD$120
 SD>> and the travel router was USD$40-50 less.

 AA>> Basically it's just a stripped down cell phone.

 SD> A cell phone is a two-way radio at its heart.  Nomad's
 SD> routers are routers with a two-way radio in them so no,
 SD> they are not "stripped-down" cell phone.

I meant stripped-down in the sense that you can't use the box as  
a cellphone outright (no keypad).  But in another sense, it *is*  
a cell radio device with home-routing capability built in.

 SD> A stripped-down cell phone is a walkie-talkie. :D

Yes.. noted. Not unlike ham radio too - the grand world-wide  
party line.

 SD> I like ArcaOS.  It's a nice melding of OS/2 and Linux as
 SD> the OS is more of a hybrid.

I wish them well, but they're demographic seems to be the geek.

Also...come 2038, all the 16 bit and even 32 bit programs they  
boast supporting so easily (which seems to be its key  
versatility) with OS/2 will be moot.

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