On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 08:58, Marcel Prisi wrote: > Steven Critchfield wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 03:25, Marcel Prisi wrote: > > > >>I must say that I would be EXTREMELY interested in distributing such > >>phones here in Switzerland ... We see a lot of demand here ... I am even > >>willing to beta-test if needed. > >> > >>For hardware/software infos, have a look at : > >> > >>http://www.tuxscreen.net/ > >> > >>This is a completely open-source and open-hardware hardware phone based > >>on Linux on an ARM embedded platform ... they already had lots of > >>experience ... but might need some different software ... > > > > > > > > bzzzt. wrong. There is a lot known about the hardware but it is not > > open. The software is only open after it was reloaded with debian. Also > > while the site you list was cheap, if you dig round, the manufacturing > > cost was over $300 each and target retail was over %600. Granted that > > was over 3 years ago, it wouldn't have dropped in price too > > significantly. The site you list was liquidating the last known > > inventory of those units. > > > > So have a look there : > > http://www.lart.tudelft.nl/ > > You will find there the hardware that evolved from what was in the > Tuxscreen. It's license is open. It runs a 220Mhz StrongARM with more > than 200 MIPS and has options for ethernet and sound i/o, all is > linux-compatible ... > > Maybe useful for prototyping ?
The kits would be over $300US and don't have a case or software loaded on, nor a phone interface. Granted it is a decent starting point. -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
