Hi Arne, Am 03.03.2012 um 22:44 schrieb arne anka:
> what's stopping me from subscribing for the GTA04 is simply the question, > what to do with the innards of my disembowled GTA02. > although the GTA02 as well as a new GTA04 would be litle more than a toy > anyway, i shrink back from the idea to produce electronic waste just for fun. > > money isn't really an issue here, but i don't want to spend 750 euros for a > complete new GTA04 i don't really have a practical use for. > (but i would be willing to donate/add a couple of euros if it will help > someone to buy a GTA04 who can't afford the full or even the rebated price) > > so, what do you group tour subscribers plan to do with the replaced parts? > just sink them in the waste basket? hang on the wall? or do you have a > meaningful solution? I think there are several options. If you keep the display, you have a nice GUI device for experimentation with WLAN, Bluetooth, USB. And, the SPI/I2C interfaces are accessible on test points near the debug connector. So a dismantled GTA02 is still a nice SoC-Evaluation kit. Could be donated to educational institutions, used in home control, make some funny digital photo frame, make it a wireless NAS server (well, a disk drive on USB1.0 is a little slow). Or you keep the GTA02 as it is and wait until we have the CaseKit finished (which is not very far away). > >> Therefore it is important to spread of the platform. >> Having 1 month left over for subscribing to the >> (extended) group tour is a good point to draw an >> intermediate view. >> >> This morning we now have 34% which is one third of the >> required number of units (for the given price). This is a >> good increment from the 23% or so we did have right >> before FOSDEM when we decided to extend the subscription >> time frame. >> >> So the next goal is to crack the 40%! >> >> One more thing: >> >> some 5% rebate seats are still available since >> some generous subscribers did choose no early >> bird rebate. >> >> BR, >> Nikolaus >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > -- > -- _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community