[Arm-netbook] HummingBoard becomes partially what eoma would've been

[Stéphane Goujet]

On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Lauri Kasanen <cand at gmx.com> wrote:
>> They announced the HummingBoard recently. Its specialty is that the
>> outer interface is rpi-compatible, but the cpu and ram can be replaced.
> they're not, lauri - thanks for the heads up though.  the system i
> designed is for mass-volume purposes, for where end-users may place
> the CPU Card in their pockets (without anti-static bags or other
> physical precautions).  the hummingbird design is for engineers who
> have experience with physical protection of devices, take care of
> anti-static precautions and so on.
> so it is very different.

   Er... what ? A specially trained engineer was never required to change a 
RAM module, a CPU or CPU module, or plug an ISA/PCI/AGP/PCIe card on a 
motherboard.


Bye,
   Stéphane.