[Arm-netbook] First impressions

[Alejandro Mery]

On 16/02/10 20:15, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Jon Ervine<jon.ervine at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> http://uk.sisoe.com/~jonnye/linux/IMG_3140.jpg
>>
>> My camera ran out of power and the images are a little blurred at full zoom - I'll reshoot tomorrow with tripod for sharp pictures if that's of interest.
>> http://uk.sisoe.com/~jonnye/linux/IMG_3141_marked.jpg
>
>   wooow - _two_ PCI-e slots!  one for the 802.11 WIFI and one for the
> 3G modem.  i'm impressed.
>
>> It seems the ARM processor, RAM, and NAND is contained on the removable 'DIMM type' card in the centre of the mainboard.
>
>
>   ahhh, that's how they can do "upgrades".  that is faantastic.  why?
> because it means that with a little bit of knowledge it will be
> possible to do a samsung ARM Cortex A8 833mhz S5PC100 "upgrade".

 From the picture Jon took of the SoM the manufacturer of it is 
called "seatron". interestingly enough they do sell a very similar 
netbook 
<http://www.seatronhk.cn/athena/offerdetail/sale/seatronhk-10256-604560414.html>.

may it be another name for the same factory?

Alejandro

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