[Arm-netbook] Where did you source the screens from?

2017-04-05 Thread David Niklas
Hello, I was wondering where you bought the laptop displays from? Thanks, David ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk

Re: [Arm-netbook] python coding help needed (sin, cosine, blah blah)

2017-08-14 Thread David Niklas
Luke, Is this the correct location of pyopenscad? http://forum.openscad.org/ANN-pyopenscad-spline-surface-generator-td21838.html Are there any other deps I should be aware of? Sincerely, David ___ arm-netbook mailing list

[Arm-netbook] OT: What is maker geeks filament like

2017-07-08 Thread David Niklas
Luke, You have mentioned the need for better quality PLA and I just noticed this deal: http://www.makergeeks.com/mafigrbag2kg.html Not that I'm about to buy, but do you know anything about this company? Thanks, David ___ arm-netbook mailing list

Re: [Arm-netbook] Init Freedom

2017-07-08 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 06:48:08 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:48 AM, James L > wrote: > >> if they were true to their mission statement they would add the > >> option to include it. > > > > Unfortunately, I have to

[Arm-netbook] DIY laptop part 2: camera

2017-08-01 Thread David Niklas
Hello, I wanted to add a camera onto my laptop. I located two suppliers: blisscomputers.net e-consystems.com My problem is a lack of experience. I know how many MP and where the camera should start focusing at (focal length at 30CM). I don't know how long a reasonable MIPI-CSI cable can be and I

Re: [Arm-netbook] python coding help needed (sin, cosine, blah blah)

2017-08-07 Thread David Niklas
On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 15:49:21 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Benson Mitchell > wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > > >> wrote: > > > >>

Re: [Arm-netbook] why are notebook devices not usb?

2017-06-12 Thread David Niklas
On Sat, 27 May 2017 18:56:18 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 6:16 PM, Christopher Havel > wrote: > > > Money. It's cheaper to do it that way.. > > yyep. this s pretty much.. errr... on the money > > > There's also

Re: [Arm-netbook] Gigabytes for tabs despite power down.

2017-06-26 Thread David Niklas
On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 13:35:19 +0100 Wookey wrote: > On 2017-06-25 07:28 -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 09:50:06PM -0400, Christopher Havel wrote: > > > In my experience, there are few things in life slower than > > > Chrome/Chromium after restoring a

[Arm-netbook] FPGA video decoder

2017-06-26 Thread David Niklas
Hello, Some time ago Luke et al was discussing using an FPGA to decode video but thought it too expensive. Well, not that this changes anything, but I found this little beauty wile looking at something else: https://alphamaxmedia.com/w/index.php?title=NeTV2 Sincerely, David

Re: [Arm-netbook] mali gpu reverse engineering lkcl may ignore

2017-06-23 Thread David Niklas
On Sun Jun 18 07:09:40 BST 2017, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl at lkcl.net wrote: > On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 7:53 PM, zap wrote: > > > IF you can figure out how to reverse engineer the 3d engine, ikcl > > would be very happy I am sure. > > that used to be the case but is no longer true.

Re: [Arm-netbook] rk3399 what full schematics does lkcl want?

2017-05-30 Thread David Niklas
On Tue, 30 May 2017 03:23:32 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 3:41 PM, David Niklas <do...@mail.com> wrote: > > > So, how did the t-firefly group create their SOC if they could not get > > the CAD files? > &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] a designing a low-cost decent 3d printing board

2017-05-30 Thread David Niklas
On Tue, 23 May 2017 02:27:24 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > in particular i would very much like to "stack" the steppers because i > have a design where it is going to use *four* z-axes. in a first > iteration those may be wired up as 2x 2-serial in parallel, however

Re: [Arm-netbook] Existential 3D Printing Moments

2017-05-30 Thread David Niklas
On Tue, 30 May 2017 03:51:01 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 3:44 PM, wrote: > > On Fri, 19 May 2017 01:42:52 +0100 > > Luke Kenneth Casson

Re: [Arm-netbook] Side-Topic: Liberating PocketCHIP

2017-05-30 Thread David Niklas
On Tue, 30 May 2017 03:36:24 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 10:48 PM, David Niklas <do...@mail.com> wrote: > > > I am jus

Re: [Arm-netbook] first prototype microdesktop casework

2017-05-30 Thread David Niklas
On Tue, 30 May 2017 03:41:07 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 10:57 PM, David Niklas <do...@mail.com> wrote: > > > Actually, I was thinking of using a lokibuild sheet (another > > kickstatr? thing (seems I hav

Re: [Arm-netbook] Totally derailed topic

2017-05-29 Thread David Niklas
On Tue, 9 May 2017 20:14:36 -0400 John Luke Gibson wrote: > On 5/9/17, Lyberta wrote: > > do...@mail.com: > >> I think you're caught in the same trap, unable to realize your own > >> potential for lack of a moral standard (it also suffers as a result

Re: [Arm-netbook] Side-Topic: Liberating PocketCHIP

2017-05-29 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 8 May 2017 16:38:22 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:23 PM, wrote: > > > Is it common to do something like this against a person? > > in the unethical business world? of course it is! mostly you don't >

Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

2017-05-29 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 8 May 2017 05:45:36 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 10:10 PM, zap wrote: > > > > > > On 05/07/2017 04:29 PM,

Re: [Arm-netbook] Side-Topic: Liberating PocketCHIP

2017-05-29 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 08 May 2017 09:59:50 +0100 "mike.v...@gmail.com" wrote: > 2017-05-08 3:34 GMT+02:00 : > > > I apologize for DOS'ing the list, I can only get online about once a > > week. > > > > On Thu, 4 May 2017 17:13:23 +0200 > > "mike.v...@gmail.com"

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-05-29 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 8 May 2017 06:24:08 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:00 AM, David Niklas <do...@mail.com> wrote: > >> > important to avoid, because mixed analog and digital is incredibly > >> > hard to get right.

Re: [Arm-netbook] first prototype microdesktop casework

2017-05-29 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 8 May 2017 06:15:10 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 2:07 AM, wrote: > > I apologize for DOS'ing the list, I can only get online about once a > > week. > > > > On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 12:42:29 +0100 > > Luke Kenneth Casson

Re: [Arm-netbook] first prototype microdesktop casework

2017-05-29 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 8 May 2017 18:51:21 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 2:07 AM, wrote: > > > I own a Reach3D printer. It's an all aluminum housing and z axis gear > > printer. I'm still in the construction phase, but if me and my

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre 64-bit risc-v SoC

2017-05-29 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 8 May 2017 09:42:36 +0200 "mike.v...@gmail.com" wrote: > 2017-05-07 22:26 GMT+02:00 : > > > I apologize for DOS'ing the list, I can only get online about once a > > week. > > > > On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:58:57 +0100 > > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton

Re: [Arm-netbook] rk3399 what full schematics does lkcl want?

2017-05-29 Thread David Niklas
On Fri, 19 May 2017 18:17:16 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 4:49 PM, wrote: > > Because a license prohibits it? > > no. > >

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 pre-production prototypes received and working

2017-06-16 Thread David Niklas
On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 15:01:08 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Neil Jansen wrote: > > I'm on mobile at work, I've confirmed with an EE here that does this > > sort of thing all the time. > > > > The good news is that

[Arm-netbook] DIY laptop part 1: screen

2017-06-11 Thread David Niklas
BTW: This little series has little to nothing to do with the eoma68. Don't feel obligated to reply. Hello, For a while now I've been working on making myself a new laptop. I wanted one that was 17 in. wide. It has proven difficult to locate a screen, I have search alibaba, amazon, and a few

Re: [Arm-netbook] Flash Debian and U-Boot to a PocketChip?

2017-09-22 Thread David Niklas
On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 03:16:46 -0400 Gpast_panama via arm-netbook wrote: > Perhaps this is better suited to a reply than a new topic, but I'm not > aware of how to do that with messages in digest mode so... > Simple! (BTW: I'm using claws-mail) 1. Hi-lite the

Re: [Arm-netbook] physics analysis needed of belt-driven pulley system

2017-08-29 Thread David Niklas
On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:47:26 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Hrvoje Lasic wrote: > > They increase the size of the motor in length. so you will be > > still able to alter torque to some extent no matter speed. Keep in

Re: [Arm-netbook] gnu/linux distro of interest?

2017-11-09 Thread David Niklas
On Sat, 26 Aug 2017 19:35:06 -0400 zap wrote: > On 08/26/2017 01:58 PM, mdn wrote: > > Sharing this if anyone is interested > > https://sourcemage.org/ > I am... I would like to know if it works in qemu first though... Isn't sourcemage linux dead? I downloaded it after

Re: [Arm-netbook] Mali / Lima

2017-12-10 Thread David Niklas
On Fri, 8 Dec 2017 19:22:03 -0500 zap wrote: > On 12/08/2017 04:47 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 06:37:28AM -0500, Jean Flamelle wrote: > >> On 9/18/17, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > >> > >>> good for them. all that fuss by

[Arm-netbook] EPROM programmer

2017-12-10 Thread David Niklas
Hello Luke & list, I was blindly typing search phrases into my computer today (no, not really), when I stumbled onto a site advertising UV EPROM programmers for less than I had read about them being (was it $10,000 or $100,000?) I immediately searched ebay and found several William models for

Re: [Arm-netbook] slashdot submission help needed on IIT Madras RV64 SoC

2018-07-30 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:51:16 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > https://slashdot.org/submission/8436790/iit-madras-shakti-group-produce-indias-first-64-bit-soc-risc-v > > hi can people help hit "+" on this, to help get it onto the front > page, many many thanks. I upvoted it, but

Re: [Arm-netbook] riscv-basics.com

2018-07-29 Thread David Niklas
Not to be an annoyance, but you seem to have been so busy that you missed my reply and I do think it was important. Thanks. On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:18:46 -0400 David Niklas wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 01:26:35 +0100 > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2018

Re: [Arm-netbook] Project status / 3D printing of resin cases?

2018-08-15 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:56:36 +0200 Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Hi David Niklas, > > > As for my status, (since you did ask why the ML was silent), I'm hand > > soldering an eDP connector. It is going poorly as the pins are so > > small that I had to buy a set of 20x mag

Re: [Arm-netbook] Project status / 3D printing of resin cases?

2018-08-13 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 23:20:19 +0200 Vincent wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm a little bit worried since there has been no status update for > quite a while and little to no activity on this mailing list for over 2 > weeks. > any news would be highly appreciated. Luke has been sooo busy he has been

Re: [Arm-netbook] Project status / 3D printing of resin cases?

2018-08-18 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:56:36 +0200 Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Hi David Niklas, > > > As for my status, (since you did ask why the ML was silent), I'm hand > > soldering an eDP connector. It is going poorly as the pins are so > > small that I had to buy a set of 20x mag

[Arm-netbook] Oscilloscope or bust?

2018-09-09 Thread David Niklas
Hi, I need help here. I was designing the power supply of my laptop and I noticed that some power bucks and step up/down converters (Which both seem to do the same thing. Please tell me otherwise.), produced a more stable power supply than others. In order to find out if they are truly suitable

Re: [Arm-netbook] riscv-basics.com

2018-07-13 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 01:26:35 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 10:11 PM, Richard Wilbur > wrote: > > >> On Jul 10, 2018, at 13:37, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > >> wrote: interestingly the bullet-points 3 and 5 are > >> *actuallly legitimate concerns*. the

Re: [Arm-netbook] Nokia Documentary

2018-07-12 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:56:26 + zap wrote: > > Nokia main problems seam to be: > > > > Swapped with many manipulative managers that came in as it grew. > > > > The west (aka yet again America) using monopoly to crush/control > > competition. Nokia stopped being a open, idea sharing company

[Arm-netbook] Should we support libre.computer's efforts at promoting lima?

2018-10-16 Thread David Niklas
Are they even talking about lima? Or are they giving us the wool-over-eyes treatment? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/librecomputer/la-frite-open-source-fries Searching Nope, I can't find anything for or against lima. Can anyone else find out? I'm going to try and ask them directly,

Re: [Arm-netbook] Should we support libre.computer's efforts at promoting lima?

2018-10-18 Thread David Niklas
On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 06:30:13 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 12:44 AM David Niklas wrote: > > > > On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:30:17 +0100 > > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > > --- > > > crowd-fun

Re: [Arm-netbook] Should we support libre.computer's efforts at promoting lima?

2018-10-18 Thread David Niklas
On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 06:52:20 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 6:46 AM Bill Kontos > wrote: > > > There are dozens of arm sbs right now that are crippled mainly due to > > Mali graphics. A lot of them would be very useful for stuff that e.g. > > the rpi

Re: [Arm-netbook] Should we support libre.computer's efforts at promoting lima?

2018-10-17 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:44:05 -0400 David Niklas wrote: > On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:30:17 +0100 > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > --- > It's not like an OSH project can purchase a license for closed source > HW something-or-another libraries, which I've read as being the m

Re: [Arm-netbook] Should we support libre.computer's efforts at promoting lima?

2018-10-17 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:30:17 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:58 PM David Niklas wrote: > > > > On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 08:43:29 +0100 > > Luke

Re: [Arm-netbook] Should we support libre.computer's efforts at promoting lima?

2018-10-17 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 08:43:29 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > USD $1m would fund the Libre RISC-V 3D GPU effort through to 100% > completion including quite likely actual test silicon in a smaller > geometry like 65 / 55nm (700mhz or so, which for a GPU would be damn > good). > > l.

Re: [Arm-netbook] Should we support libre.computer's efforts at promoting lima?

2018-10-17 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:04:54 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 8:49 AM Adam Van Ymeren wrote: > > > On October 17, 2018 4:43:29 PM GMT+09:00, Luke Kenneth Casson > > Leighton wrote: > > >USD $1m would fund the Libre RISC-V 3D GPU effort through to 100% > >

Re: [Arm-netbook] tricky conundrum for the upcoming libre-riscv soc crowdsupply page: image needed

2018-11-06 Thread David Niklas
Addendum: I wanted the picture of your face for the ironic reaction you'd get to seeing a proprietary CPU now relabeled as an ethereal on open hardware CPU! - David ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk

Re: [Arm-netbook] tricky conundrum for the upcoming libre-riscv soc crowdsupply page: image needed

2018-11-06 Thread David Niklas
Luke, I live in EST and until Friday I will be away from my keyboard most days during working hours and then dinner time comes (and no, I really can't skip dinner due to health reasons). On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 05:32:58 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 5:18 AM Da

Re: [Arm-netbook] tricky conundrum for the upcoming libre-riscv soc crowdsupply page: image needed

2018-11-06 Thread David Niklas
PS: Just to be extra clear. Luke I had NO idea you were unaware of the Ryzen launch complete with blender benchmark. I thought you would recognize that is where I got the original blend from. Maybe you did and you know what the license is, but maybe you did not. PPS: AFAIK, various forums and

Re: [Arm-netbook] tricky conundrum for the upcoming libre-riscv soc crowdsupply page: image needed

2018-11-11 Thread David Niklas
On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 15:38:50 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > ha! suddenly realised, i can do a 3D thingy in openscad. I wasted my life again No worries, I'm glad you could make something so cool looking. :) Sincerely, David ___

Re: [Arm-netbook] tricky conundrum for the upcoming libre-riscv soc crowdsupply page: image needed

2018-11-06 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 05:25:11 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 1:29 AM David Niklas wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 05:32:58 + > > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 5:18 AM David Niklas wrote: > &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] Wikipedia policy change, list might care about

2018-09-29 Thread David Niklas
On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 02:23:27 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 11:57 PM, Jean Flamelle > wrote: > > > Welp, I got censored: > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)=861636670#Wikipedia,_a_quatertiary_source. > > >

Re: [Arm-netbook] Oscilloscope or bust?

2018-09-23 Thread David Niklas
On Sun, 9 Sep 2018 23:25:42 -0400 David Niklas wrote: > Hi, > I need help here. I was designing the power supply of my laptop and I > noticed that some power bucks and step up/down converters (Which both > seem to do the same thing. Please tell me otherwise.), produced a more &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] Questioning The Holy War

2018-12-07 Thread David Niklas
On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 13:25:31 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Fri, 07 Dec 2018 08:19:50 -0500 > Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > Yet, almost every message on this list seems to carry with it the > > > implication -- if not express statement -- that if a given > > > application can't be

Re: [Arm-netbook] Huge RAM requirements (was: What do 1, 000 EOMA68-A20 PCBs look like?)

2018-12-07 Thread David Niklas
On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 08:49:57 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 2:39 AM Julie Marchant wrote: > > > And as for 32-bit MIPS... just outta luck, I guess, at least until an > > FSF-approved distro starts supporting it. > > all 32-bit OSes are on the ropes, but

Re: [Arm-netbook] What do 1,000 EOMA68-A20 PCBs look like?

2018-12-07 Thread David Niklas
On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 15:36:33 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > regarding cross-compiling: if you've seen how openembedded uses > bitbake to do cross-compiling (which includes setting an automatic > qemu redirect of autoconf script running and even qemu-emulated gcc > running), you

Re: [Arm-netbook] libre-riscv, first update

2018-12-04 Thread David Niklas
On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:34:12 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > https://www.crowdsupply.com/libre-risc-v/m-class/updates/why-make-a-quad-core-64-bit-soc-surely-there-are-enough-already > > in case anyone's interested, do subscribe to updates. i'll post links > here anyway. > luke,

Re: [Arm-netbook] EOMA68 Computing Devices Update: 500 Micro Desktop PCB Assemblies

2019-03-26 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 16:56:25 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > not a snowball in hell's chance. resin is too brittle, 3D printing > is far too inaccurate, and the plastic is extremely thin. 5 years ago > the ones we had stamped out

[Arm-netbook] Heads up, RISC-V doing a world tour

2019-02-20 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Or at least it looks like that: https://sifivetechsymposium.com/ Might be interesting to attend (I can't). Especially to ask what to do about the companies that are already breaking the license of RISC-V. Note, however, that in the schedule for

Re: [Arm-netbook] NLnet PET Grant 1st round selection approved, 2nd round to begin soon

2019-02-20 Thread David Niklas
On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:04:57 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 10:41 PM Mike Henry > wrote: > > > Congratulations! Please feel free to reach out if you need any help > > with the application process :) > > Appreciated. What I'll likely do is put the questions up

Re: [Arm-netbook] Heads up, RISC-V doing a world tour

2019-02-20 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 23:59:36 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > --- > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 7:54 PM David Niklas wrote: > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA25

[Arm-netbook] Microarchitecture by Osmosis

2019-02-09 Thread David Niklas
Is the CDC 6600 and it's successors an open source CPU? The way luke talks about the CDC 6600, it is totally available for inspection, unless you're looking for the more obscure parts where you just have to know someone. If so, I'd be interested in finding out more. Experimenting with your own

[Arm-netbook] Another processor with RISC-V and it's not looking OSHW

2019-02-13 Thread David Niklas
http://linuxgizmos.com/linux-driven-96boards-sbc-features-ai-and-risc-v-companion-chips/ At first I was excited. Now that I find out it's not really OSHW I'm not so excited. What the future of RISC-V is I can only guess at. And my guesses are involving vendor lock-in and the usurpation of OSHW...

Re: [Arm-netbook] Microarchitecture by Osmosis

2019-02-11 Thread David Niklas
Dear luke, I was thinking of your problem with needing to drive 128 gates from 1. There comes a time in life where people, or rather I, must demonstrate to the world just how stupid I really am. And there comes a time in life where people like you rebuke my idea in the foolish expectation that

[Arm-netbook] Intel's at it again

2019-06-03 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Intel's at it again: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14467/intel-launches-the-nuc-compute-element-for-modular-computing-systems Yes, I already commented. Oddly, for the first time in my life on AT, I had to

Re: [Arm-netbook] Intel's at it again

2019-06-09 Thread David Niklas
On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 22:57:57 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 10:52 PM Adam Van Ymeren wrote: > > > > mike's manager's quit, and the production knowledge which we learned > > >and accumulated through the samples has gone with him. > > > > > > mike and i need to

Re: [Arm-netbook] eoma68 a20 card production

2019-06-21 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 16:13:28 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Friday, June 21, 2019, Alexander Ross > wrote: > > > Thanks for the update. your detailed updates are far better than most > > companies! Golden standard :) > > > > Shame

[Arm-netbook] OT: Trademark abuse of FLOSS project.

2019-05-23 Thread David Niklas
They say it only happens to closed source SW (5min read): https://retropie.org.uk/2018/07/retropie-usa-trademark-resolved/ David ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send

Re: [Arm-netbook] OT: Trademark abuse of FLOSS project.

2019-05-24 Thread David Niklas
On Fri, 24 May 2019 07:33:09 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 2:46 AM David Niklas wrote: > > > They say it only happens to closed source SW (5min read): > > https://retropie.org.uk/2018/07/retropie-usa-trademark-resolved/ > >

[Arm-netbook] OT: Food for thought

2019-07-05 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Dear luke, list, As both luke and I are interested in chip fabrication I'm dropping this email with a link to a story on a SW tool that is designed to help improve designs based on how exactly a foundries process works. Luke, the wording in this

Re: [Arm-netbook] Fwd: [eoma68 update] report back from factory on HDMI

2019-07-03 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 09:03:44 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > -- Forwarded message - > From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > Date: Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 8:16 AM > Subject: [eoma68 update] report back from factory on HDMI >

[Arm-netbook] Arduino, ARM microcontrollers, and analog

2019-08-24 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hello list, Recently I and luke exchanged a set of emails on the above topic and luke suggested to bring the discussion on list. I originally sent it off list to avoid adding more off topic discussion, but luke advised that: "It's very diverse, and

[Arm-netbook] PINE64 foundation beat us both to making a laptop

2019-07-31 Thread David Niklas
No intent to discourage, but rather to encourage, as it's opensource AFAIK and have researched. https://www.pine64.org/2019/07/05/july-update-all-about-the-pinebook-pro/ Powered by an RK3399. I think the ROCK64 board: https://www.pine64.org/devices/single-board-computers/rock64/ I'm unsure how

Re: [Arm-netbook] PINE64 foundation beat us both to making a laptop

2019-08-01 Thread David Niklas
2019 at 10:49:49PM -0400, David Niklas wrote: > > [...] > > > I'm unsure how much RAM the laptop has as the article is very sparse > > on details. I did try and search for the information. Likewise for the > > information on camera, screen, and anything other then the

[Arm-netbook] Fixing the fex file once and for all

2019-07-17 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Dear luke, Although I can't find the post, I do remember you writing about the fex file and how hard it is to modify it. I've encountered some similar problems when programming and I've always thought of doing things like Donald Ervin Knuth

Re: [Arm-netbook] Fixing the fex file once and for all

2019-07-18 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 06:35:53 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 4:28 AM David Niklas wrote: > >

[Arm-netbook] co can see IP without paying through the roof, how nice of ARM.

2019-07-16 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 It seems that RISC-V is really making some waves and encouraging some intelligence sanity in the industry. https://www.anandtech.com/show/14644/arm-flexible-access-design-the-soc-before-spending-money David -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [Arm-netbook] Ubuntu as a moral ideology applied to "Guilds"

2019-07-17 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:30:06 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:48 PM J.L. wrote: > > > prediction's to be true. Ubuntu roughly translates to "a state caused > > by social justice called personhood" > >

Re: [Arm-netbook] STM32MP1

2019-09-21 Thread David Niklas
On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:18:45 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 2:07 PM Paul Boddie wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32mp1-series.html > > ooo niiice, ARM Cortex A7, Dual Core, with a Cortex M4 on board as

Re: [Arm-netbook] crowdsupply update 27sep2019 power regulators

2019-09-28 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 13:22:04 +0800 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/faulty-power-regulators > I know just how you feel, luke. I've had the same fortune with Li-Ion batteries,

Re: [Arm-netbook] OT: Food for thought

2019-07-05 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 19:42:46 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Saturday, July 6, 2019, David Niklas wrote: > > > Dear luke, list, > > > > As both luke and I are interested in chip fabrication I'm dropping &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] OT: Food for thought

2019-07-09 Thread David Niklas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 According to claws-mail, this email was lost. If this is a resend then it is also a re-write with a little additional material at the end. So, reply to this one. On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 00:00:06 -0400 zap wrote: > > Ah, here the story is: > >

Re: [Arm-netbook] OT: Most of China's (water) pipe made from PVC with lead mixed in!

2019-11-03 Thread David Niklas
On Sun, 3 Nov 2019 01:57:50 + Alexander Ross wrote: > On 29/10/2019 12:32 am, David Niklas wrote: > > Second, what's a stabilizer? It seems to me that plastic and metal > > don't mix, but I don't have more then a rudimentary understanding > > of polymers. > > ht

[Arm-netbook] Dear luke, what do you think of North American PCB fabs?

2019-12-12 Thread David Niklas
Hi luke, Today I got an email from allaboutcircuits and it was not an article (what I subscribed for), but an advertisement for a "deal" that Advanced Circuits (www.4pcb.com) was running. I don't have a thing to make, but thought of you and wondered if such companies really do give good deals

Re: [Arm-netbook] OT: Most of China's (water) pipe made from PVC with lead mixed in!

2019-10-28 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 28 Oct 2019 06:37:09 + Alexander Ross wrote: > Off Topic > > https://web.archive.org/web/20130911233635/http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20130906/NEWS/130909958/chinas-pvc-pipe-makers-under-pressure-to-give-up-lead-stabilizers > > oh no, most of lukes water is from pvc pipes that

Re: [Arm-netbook] NLNet Funding Proposals for the Libre RISC-V SoC: call for participation

2019-09-25 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 17:16:17 +0800 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > https://libre-riscv.org/nlnet_2019_wishbone_streaming/ > > Hagen we do not have much time left before Oct 1st so I just very > quickly filled in some paragraphs. It is more important to get > something in that is brief and

[Arm-netbook] Could you explain the details of the 3D mesa driver you need?

2020-03-04 Thread David Niklas
Dear luke, I've been very curious about this, but I've waited until you were stuck in some place before asking so as not to busy you. I'm not arrogant enough to say I'll create the 3D mesa driver or even go beyond theorizing, but I'm very eager to learn. 1. How do we know when it works? Is there

Re: [Arm-netbook] Is everything okay?

2020-03-02 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 11:31:18 -0500 zap wrote: > On 03/02/2020 11:21 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > just done one. getting sent out today. > Cool glad to hear it! You mean you're in mass production now?! Are you using the 3D printer you were designing? Congratulations, David

Re: [Arm-netbook] Is everything okay?

2020-03-02 Thread David Niklas
On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 19:08:24 + Alexander Ross wrote: > On 02/03/2020 6:38 pm, David Niklas wrote: > > You mean you're in mass production now? > > campaign update, i thought he means. Oh! Yes, my mistake. ( laughs at self ). David

Re: [Arm-netbook] Libre RISC-V -- I mean OpenPower M-Class GPU update

2020-01-03 Thread David Niklas
On Fri, 3 Jan 2020 00:13:16 +0800 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Thursday, January 2, 2020, Hendrik Boom > wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 12:28:03AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > > wrote: > > > > > > IBM takes its responsibility as a world-leader extremely seriously, > >

[Arm-netbook] Libre RISC-V -- I mean OpenPower M-Class GPU update

2019-12-31 Thread David Niklas
Not that I haven't complained about RISC-V's seeming, now proven, lack of openness from the beginning, but did you ever find out why they restricted access to people with UC Berkeley associations? It can't be: the license, newbie complains, IP theft concerns, etc., I give up. I would have asked

Re: [Arm-netbook] Libre RISC-V -- I mean OpenPower M-Class GPU update

2019-12-31 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 03:10:58 +0800 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Wednesday, January 1, 2020, David Niklas wrote: > > > Not that I haven't complained about RISC-V's seeming, now proven, > > lack of openness from the beginning, but did you ever find out why > >

Re: [Arm-netbook] Libre RISC-V -- I mean OpenPower M-Class GPU update

2020-01-01 Thread David Niklas
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 23:02:51 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On 12/31/19, David Niklas wrote: > > > Maybe I have not been clear, how does signing an agreement or joining > > UC "vet" people? > > I always thought that my code/schematics vetted me as

Re: [Arm-netbook] Once upon a time you suggested building an opensource router

2019-12-28 Thread David Niklas
On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 11:06:55 +0800 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Sunday, December 29, 2019, David Niklas wrote: > > > Hi luke, > > I don't think that you created one because it would have not been > > capable of 1000Mb ethernet, though most people in the U

[Arm-netbook] How about an opensource nuclear reactor?

2020-03-09 Thread David Niklas
Dear luke, Such a project might not be ligament (I'm not a physicist), but people seem to be taking it seriously. As of this writing 2 of the files are still missing "PRIMARY LOOP" and "STEAM TURBINE". https://www.open-100.com/ David ___ arm-netbook

Re: [Arm-netbook] How about an opensource nuclear reactor?

2020-03-10 Thread David Niklas
On Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:02:56 +0100 Paul Boddie wrote: > On Monday 9. March 2020 23.02.30 David Niklas wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:07:44 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > wrote: > > > > > > 100 megawatt. err.. where do you source the uranium

Re: [Arm-netbook] How about an opensource nuclear reactor?

2020-03-09 Thread David Niklas
On Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:07:44 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Monday, March 9, 2020, David Niklas wrote: > > > Dear luke, > > > > Such a project might not be ligament (I'm not a physicist), but people > > seem to be taking it seriously. > &g

Re: [Arm-netbook] EU directive on "right to repair"

2020-03-11 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 22:57:21 + Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, Boris BARBOUR > wrote: > > > > > Subscribers of this list may find this of interest: > > > > https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/eu-brings- > >

[Arm-netbook] Deja vu

2020-03-26 Thread David Niklas
Hi luke, Linus (not Torvalds), mentions every project but yours when discussing this "lap dock", a laptop without internals to which you dock a device, such as a phone, or raspberry PI. It's known as the Nextdock2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJAEcOL6sI It never ceases to amaze me how many

Re: [Arm-netbook] MNT Reform Campaign

2020-05-13 Thread David Niklas
On Wed, 13 May 2020 21:52:34 +0200 Paul Boddie wrote: > On Tuesday 12. May 2020 19.20.37 Christopher Havel wrote: > > (1) Why are there none of these OSHW devices using existing > > x86-compatible CPUs/SoCs? > > (2a) Are there any meaningful barriers to creating an OSHW-compatible > > x86

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