I got an APC Paper myself a few days ago that I've already upgraded to the latest APC master. One of my goals is to make sure our developer tools work with these devices, so I'll post my findings once I've had a chance to play with it some more.
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Joshua Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Bob, > > I am using/helping to develop the APC + Firefox OS system. I don't think > that there is a forum for users, but I will suggest that to one of the > people in the actual company. > > To install a customized build of Firefox OS, you would stick the image on > a micro-sd card, and insert that into the APC while running. You can then > restart the system and it should install. Note that you may want to stick > with the https://github.com/apc-io/apc-firefox-os/ code as that is > optimized for the system. > > The mac address issue is known, and is in the release roadmap. > > Cheers, and thank you for the post! > > - Josh > > > > On 1/20/14, 2:01 PM, Bob Thulfram wrote: > >> Is anyone else working with the APC Rock? >> >> http://apc.io/products/rock/ This is a small single-board computer with a >> VIA Arm chip and all the usual I/O. But it runs Firefox OS natively. >> >> I've written a post about it: >> >> http://firefoxosgaming.blogspot.com/2014/01/apc-rock- >> hardware-review.html. >> >> I can: >> >> >> 1. Download apps from the store. >> 2. That's about it. >> >> I can't: >> >> 1. Install my own apps. The Simulator says it is connected but I can't >> Push and I can't see the APC Rock memory in File Manager. I'm running >> 64-bit Windows 7. >> 2. Use the VGA out. >> >> The OS version is 1.1.0.0 - prerelease. The Platform version is 18.1. >> >> I can't get any MAC address so I can only connect to WiFi to systems that >> don't need a MAC address. >> >> Is there any forum for APC Rock / Firefox OS users? >> >> What I'm really looking for is some way to download binaries to a SD card >> that I can boot and upgrade to a newer version. >> >> This is potentially cool but I've not seen much about it. I bought it >> direct from VIA APC for $59 and it arrived very quickly from Taiwan. It >> works, it boots, it works. I think this could be an amazing device for >> third-world countries, a great companion to the phone and tablet. >> >> Any help appreciated. >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-b2g mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
