On 12-Aug-2003 Michel Belleau wrote: > Selon Niki Waibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Where could I find a DIP2PLCC adapter ? >> http://www.epboard.com/ > > That's what I did yesterday ;-) > >> i also ordered a MD-2802-D08-V3 and a MD-2202-D128-V3. >> both come originally from www.m-sys.com (m-systems). >> on their website you can find a local reseller: >> http://www.m-sys.com/Content/Contact/MsysWorldwide.asp >> i am waiting for that as well. > > I ordered the 5V versions because my EPIA 800mhz board uses the "SST 39SF020A" > flash chip which is rated at 4.5/5V. What board do you have?
bios savior rd1-pl is working. shitt! this is the 5V version ... it seems that i ordered the wrong devices... >> currently (afaik) noone has tried to get linuxbios >> working like this. (if i am wrong then pls tell me!) >> the plan is to have linuxbios, the kernel and a small >> rootfs in this m-systems chip (MD-2802-D08-V3 = 8MByte -- can boot >> linuxbios on DIP motherboards, MD-2202-D128-V3 = 128MB -- >> but i've heard on this list that it is not possible to >> boot linuxbios with this chip... we'll see ;-) ). >> the chip will sit on the DIP2PLCC converter. > > I ordered the 8Mbyte chip from tri-m and the DIP2PLCC adapter from epboard. I'm > looking to integrate everything to the 8mb chip. I think it's really possible > because I already made a linux boot disk (uclibc+busybox+mpg321) which > connected itself to my home server and played mp3's as soon as it could. sounds cool. >> what type of chassis do you use? > > I made a custom chassis for prototyping use only ;-) The final stage of > developpement will be to make something nice for the casing. ok. a car mp3 player needs a custom chassis :) >> and a bios savior to make programming easy. >> and a flash chip (there is one integrated in >> the bios savior, but that chip is only 256kbyte). > > I'm very curious and I want to learn everything ;-) My current project consists > of: > > VIA EPIA 800mhz all-on-board fanless mb > DC-to-DC power supply (input: car voltage.. 14.4v) > VWCDPIC adapter (to connect to the cd-changer input of my car (VW)) > DIP2PLCC adapter (for the millenium chip) > DoC Millenium (8mb, all right for the linuxbios + kernel + small fs) > > My first goal is to make it boot in 3 seconds (i think linuxbios can help me > achieve it) and start to play mp3's from whatever will be connected to it (for > instance, an old hard drive and/or a dvd-rom drive). The mb will feed the audio > to the VWCDPIC and the VWCDPIC will feed the commands from my oem head-unit to > the computer (rs-232). > > Right now, it's kinda slow to boot and only starts playing several seconds > after i power-up the board. > > I know there's already products that have the same functionnality on the > market, but I want to learn for fun how everything is made and create my own > product. > > My next goal will be to make it play DVDs (once I get a cheap LCD), or rip > audio CDs right on the hard drive connected to it, or diagnose what's wrong > with my car (vag-com) or whatever I can think of. good luck! niki _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
