I've always found it quite annoying when I want to look something up in an Encyclopedia but there isn't a set of them handy, and my laptop can't get an internet signal. So I propose programming encyclopedia volumes into cartriges that are compatible with Gameboys. This allows you to carry an entire set in a backpack or briefcase, and instead of buying an expensive PDA and scanning it to upload the information, simply insert the appropriate cartrige into a Gameboy. Original Gameboys can be obtained for about 5-10 bucks apiece.
-- 21 Quest, Mar 26 2006

Sweet. I am now three seperate classes of nerd with my old-school encyclopaedia Gameboy.
-- notmarkflynn, Mar 26 2006


Well, a CD set for the laptop would be better, but a <quick calculation for Britannica> 300 cartridge text-only Gameboy version is far more amusing.
-- Shz, Mar 26 2006


I think I'd only carry around vloumes Aab-Aak, and Aal-Aat.
-- notmarkflynn, Mar 26 2006


How fun!
-- PollyNo9, Mar 27 2006


sp: cartridges
-- po, Mar 27 2006


I wonder how many b&w gameboys are lurking in cupboards around the world?
-- wagster, Mar 27 2006


I was thinking this was maybe some novel weapon for role-playing games, launching heavy, hide-bound bio-degradable projectiles.
-- coprocephalous, Mar 27 2006


I lent mine and never got my tetris back...
-- po, Mar 27 2006


Wasn't Tetris the only reason to own a Gameboy?
-- wagster, Mar 27 2006


for me, wag, yes!
-- po, Mar 27 2006


Please explain more about this magic internet signal.
-- ConsulFlaminicus, Mar 27 2006



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