Hello! It is indeed quite reasonable. And I indeed am interested. So what do I do to obtain it? -- Gregg C Levine [email protected] "The Force will be with you always." Obi-Wan Kenobi
> -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 12:19 AM > To: Gregg C Levine > Cc: Coreboot > Subject: Re: [coreboot] Set Top Boxes and composite (!) video out > > > > > On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:53:33 -0400, "Gregg C Levine" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello! > > Joseph I've been following your progress regarding these examples, both > on > > your site, and here. > > > > I have some to ask question: First; have you gotten to the point of being > > able to present any composite video out on that connector? > > > Yes we recently made some real break through's with intelfb in Linux, we > figured we should get it running in Linux first and then it will be > coreboot time, and it should be relatively simple to turn it into coreboot > code. > > > > Second; where did you obtain these units? Every time I check Amazon for > > them > > I get shocked by the prices they are quoting, it's as if they are trying > > to > > sell me a brand new never been opened first edition of something. > > > > And yes I'll accept an answer off list if you feel that's best. > > Funny. I remember when we first started hacking the RM4100, you could buy > them on eBay for less than 5 dollars, too a lot of people they were just > paper weights if they didn't want to pay the outrageous monthly > subscription fee, then word got out that you could run Linux on them and > then prices shot way up. Well, I would say the best places are eBay, > Amazon, and Overstock.com, If you keep your eye out you could probably find > one for under 50 dollars. I won't mention some of the other names they sell > under but if you look on my site you will find them mentioned. > > If your interested there is a guy on my site that is selling a box he > started hacking (he just added a vga connector) for 10 dollars plus > shipping: > http://www.settoplinux.org/index.php?title=Special:AWCforum&action=st%2Fid58 %2Fmy > _RM4100_for_sale. > > -- > Thanks, > Joseph Smith > Set-Top-Linux > www.settoplinux.org -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
