Re: [Arm-netbook] Another laptop project: PINEBOOK

2017-01-13 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton 
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crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68


On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 7:37 AM, mike.v...@gmail.com
 wrote:
>
>
> 2017-01-12 14:09 GMT+01:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton :
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:02 PM, David Boddie  wrote:
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>> > It's clearly not comparable to the EOMA68 laptop because it lacks the
>> > modularity, and is obviously not as flexible as a result, and it's
>> > fairly
>> > limited in terms of the interfaces and expansion options it offers.
>>
>>  and uses a processor which cannot be brought up without a proprietary
>> binary-only bootloader, yippeee!
>>
> Is an Allwinner A64 SoC. The linux-sunxi community is almost done with a
> open boot0/1 replacement:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/linux-sunxi/XQGd7O-ZhWo

 oh good!  with - once again - absolutely zero assistance from
allwinner, no doubt.  jaezuss when are allwinner going to get it that
this is destroying their reputation

> The thing that bugs me the most is the 2GiB limit.

 yeahhh, i know that's why i went with the RK3288 as it goes up to
4GB.  it's also a faster SoC than the A64.  EOMA68-RK3288 PCB arrived
yesterday: http://rhombus-tech.net/rock_chips/rk3288/news/

l.

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Re: [Arm-netbook] Another laptop project: PINEBOOK

2017-01-12 Thread Russell Hyer 
Wow, that's cheap, thanks David :)


On 12 January 2017 at 13:09, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton  wrote:
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> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:02 PM, David Boddie  wrote:
>> Since I'm posting links to random things, here's another upcoming laptop
>> product:
>>
>> https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=3707
>
>  well... this list _is_ called arm-netbooks :)
>
>> It's clearly not comparable to the EOMA68 laptop because it lacks the
>> modularity, and is obviously not as flexible as a result, and it's fairly
>> limited in terms of the interfaces and expansion options it offers.
>
>  and uses a processor which cannot be brought up without a proprietary
> binary-only bootloader, yippeee!
>
>> It shows how low prices can get, and that is perhaps more interesting for
>> EOMA68 because it suggests a price point that a mass-market laptop could aim
>> for.
>
>  yeahyeah.  it's not hard... it just needs volume.
>
> l.
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Re: [Arm-netbook] Another laptop project: PINEBOOK

2017-01-12 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton 
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crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68


On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:02 PM, David Boddie  wrote:
> Since I'm posting links to random things, here's another upcoming laptop
> product:
>
> https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=3707

 well... this list _is_ called arm-netbooks :)

> It's clearly not comparable to the EOMA68 laptop because it lacks the
> modularity, and is obviously not as flexible as a result, and it's fairly
> limited in terms of the interfaces and expansion options it offers.

 and uses a processor which cannot be brought up without a proprietary
binary-only bootloader, yippeee!

> It shows how low prices can get, and that is perhaps more interesting for
> EOMA68 because it suggests a price point that a mass-market laptop could aim
> for.

 yeahyeah.  it's not hard... it just needs volume.

l.

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