[Arm-netbook] libre laptop early kits: planning

[Christopher Havel]

I'd love to have one -- but you'd have to knock a zero off, which I know
ain't gonna happen -- and with good reason!

Grumble grumble mumble I hate having no money grumble mumble grumble.

On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <
lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:

> ok, so in about 2 months i'll be doing a SMALL production run -
> absolute maximum of 20 units - of the latest revision EOMA68-A20 CPU
> Cards as well as putting together some 2nd revision laptop kits.  it
> *might* also be the case - i have to check how many - that we have a
> sponsor (a 3d-printer company) for printing out the casework parts,
> primarily because these are exceptionally challenging parts and the
> sponsor would like to show that the quality of their printers is up to
> the task (which it is).  certainly i am pushing the limits of the
> mendel90 which is in essence a significantly-improved reprap, as it
> is.
>
> at this very early stage i don't want to go above 20 units just in
> case i have to do modifications by hand to the PCBs - which, if it
> becomes necessary won't be hard (with the 2-layer single-sided
> boards): i just don't want to have to spend that much time.
>
> now, i'm *estimating* that the kits will be around the $EUR 400 to
> $500 mark, if we _can_ get to 20 then it may be less than that.  i
> also have another sponsor who is prepared to buy some kits to sell, so
> that the per-unit cost can come down - we just have to see, based on
> who'd be interested.
>
> so... who's interested?
>
> l.
>
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