On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 00:17:51 +0100, Lourens Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 08 February 2005 23:13, Rene Herman wrote: > > Lourens Veen wrote: > > >>But yes, Solaria is a good name as well :-) > > > > > > It's also a good followup to Aurora I think. After the dawn the sun is > > > shining brightly... > > > > Agreed but there are some unfortunate connotations. The Solarians were > > extreme isolationists surrounding themselves with technology and I can > > just picture that punkass journalist now, drawing a parallel to socially > > inept geeks. > > Actually, I doubt that that journalist would know what Aurora or Solaria refer > to, and if he did, he would be one of us anyway :-). > > > > I suppose if the card is called Aurora then the chip could be named Eos? > > > From the wikipedia article: "The largest 'city' on the planet was Eos, > > > the administrative and robotic centre of Aurora where Han Fastolfe and > > > Gladia Solaria lived." > > > > That's certainly an amusing pattern. The tv-out add-on could be called > > "Tithonus". All for! > > Actually, I don't think there were going to be an add-on card, since the > connector for the add-on card would be just as expensive as just putting the > tv-out on there in the first place. But a nice idea nonetheless.
The idea is to have an add-on KIT. The kit will provide a number of pieces that would be useful to people, such as the TV-out add-on (not a board but a carefully designed cable and face plate), half-height face plates, etc. Since the kit is sold separately, the cost addition to the card is not so important. It could cost $20 or more. And what's more, since instructions for making your own will be available anyhow, you don't HAVE to buy it. > Anyway, it's Timothy's baby, he'll decide the name :-). Well, I do feel a strong sense of attachment to the project, yes. :) But I'm not doing any better job of coming up with names than anyone else. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
