[Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 + SATA dock becomes accidental PC that boots in 20 seconds

[luke.leighton]

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Christopher Thomas
<christopher at firemothindustries.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 4:43 PM, luke.leighton <luke.leighton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Christopher
>> <christopher at firemothindustries.com> wrote:
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>> > Sent from my iPhone
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>> > On Sep 20, 2013, at 4:07 PM, "luke.leighton" <luke.leighton at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
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>> >> allrightallright!!  the issue is that we have to pay for batches of
>> >> 1k+ units, we can't arse about buying 100 here or 100 there.  and we
>> >> also need to coordinate with the MEB design and testing.
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>> >> right now the MEB is what's holding things up.
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>> > In my defense, it's been Amphenol holding things up the last 2 weeks for
>> > the PCMCIA connector.
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>>  ok i spoke to diarmuid, the delay was... ok, i'll email you off-list,
>> they're used to dealing with 10k+ runs, basically, and are puzzled by
>> the small quantity (for the initial experimental first run of MEBs+CPU
>> Cards).  also as it's such a small quantity, they have to send them to
>> a distributor, who then has to send them to the people you want to
>> order from, and *eventually* you'll get them.
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>>  ... we need to talk about this :)  but, off-list ok?
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> No need, I already spoke to Diarmuid on the phone. I know what the delay
> was, and I'm in contact with the local distributor.  :)

 ahh - ok.  ok, well these messages just crossed over: could you
please write a follow-up (to my associates as well) so that they're
kept informed?

 our businesses are critically inter-dependent at this phase: the CPU
Card's ready and tested, and even though they're incredibly busy with
pre-christmas orders, the factory that did the PCB can roll out a 2.5k
run in 3 weeks (because they already did all the preparation work).

 we're ready to go!

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>> > The MEB schematics are done, only waiting on the connector finalization.
>> > I have all the parts on my desk for 3 MEBv2s, minus PCBs.
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>>  you've got at least one sample though, right?  joe didn't you order a
>> few a while back?  if you're *really* stuck, chris i have one here
>> (only one, mind!)
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> I have 3 samples,

 ok great.

> but I don't want to do a run of 1000s if the component is
> more expensive than one I've already chosen, not to mention to have the PCB
> be drawn for one component, and then redrawn for another because the first
> was too expensive.

 *sigh* yeah been there...

ok well read what i wrote, i think you'll find it's relevant.

l.