On 31/03/2009, Timothy Normand Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > [Critiques, please?] looks good. I have a couple o comments but it is fine unchanged.
> > The Linux Fund has just started a fund-raiser to raise money to buy 10 > Open Graphics Development boards to give away to developers.snip > Meanwhile, the OGP has developed a fair amount of IP. I wonder if we should use another term for this considering our audience..This board will help Linux, like no other graphics card around and we don't want to unnecessarily provoke a poor reaction by those who fail to read past the first line. If we droped the phrase IP, it still seems to make sense... Meanwhile, the OGP has developed a fair amount of FPGA logic blocks available under GPL including controllers for PCI, memory and, video, as well as a MIPS-like microcontroller called HQ. FPGA logic > blocks available under GPL include controllers for PCI, memory and, > video, as well as a MIPS-like microcontroller called HQ. Putting > those together, they have a partially working implementation of legacy > VGA hardware and BIOS that allow OGD1 to boot in a PC as the console. maybe.. Putting those together, OGD1 can already boot in a PC as the console with a partial implementation of legacy VGA hardware and BIOS. > That and a simple driver would allow you to drive two 2048x1536 > digital monitors, albeit without hardware graphics acceleration (yet). When I read this I wondered how much of this driver is done? also perhaps instead of: albeit without hardware graphics acceleration (yet). 'with hardware graphics acceleration soon to be started upon.' (? or something<g>) > > The Linux Fund has recently come along to kick-start this to the next > level. First, they found a PCB production house that should be able > to build OGD1 boards in smaller quantities. Second, they decided to > ask for donations in a quantity that, together with existing > pre-orders, would bring the quantity up to the minimum number. Third, > with the Linux Fund on their side, OGD1 is no longer seen as the only > chance for the OGP to fund itself, maybe.. OGD1 is no longer seen as the sole source of fund raising for OGP allowing them to further reduce the price, making it much more competitive and affordable. Anyway, looks good JHB _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
