[Arm-netbook] arm-netbook Digest, Vol 76, Issue 17

[zap]

On 11/27/2016 02:00 PM, arm-netbook-request at lists.phcomp.co.uk wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 14:33:23 -0500
> From: zap <calmstorm at openmailbox.org>
> To: arm-netbook at lists.phcomp.co.uk
> Subject: [Arm-netbook] A few questions,
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> Correct me if i am wrong, but you said in your latest update that 4
> gigabytes of ram may be a possibility in the future yes?
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> Or am I misunderstanding?
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> The other question though I wondered was it says on some of your
> delivery dates march or something like that,
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> I just wondered how long it takes from the time I order for the day it
> would arrive,
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> also, when exactly is the printed for you, instructions/videos coming out of curiosity?
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> for the record I didn´t know you had a mailing list for the longest time.
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> but thanks for telling me.
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> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 19:45:41 +0000
> From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>
> To: Linux on small ARM machines <arm-netbook at lists.phcomp.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] A few questions,
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> hiya zap welcome to the list: thanks for agreeing to post this publicly.
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> On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 7:33 PM, zap <calmstorm at openmailbox.org> wrote:
>> Correct me if i am wrong, but you said in your latest update that 4
>> gigabytes of ram may be a possibility in the future yes?
>  on the RK3288 board only, yes.  most ARM SoCs are hard-limited to a
> maximum of 2GB external DDR addressing: the RK3288 is literally the
> only one i've found so far that can even do 4GB.  reason: it was
> designed as a medium-level chromebook processor.
>
>  to clarify and make absolutely clear: you will NEVER get an A20 SoC with above 2GB of RAM.


If that's the case, I guess I can safely assume that 4gb is in the
future maybe for a different processor but not the near future and not
for the current a20 processor.



>> The other question though I wondered was it says on some of your
>> delivery dates march or something like that,
>>
>> I just wondered how long it takes from the time I order for the day it
>> would arrive,
>  i honestly cannot say.  i did the best i could estimate however
> within even just a couple of weeks of the campaign ending i reached
> out to an associate to confirm the previous arrangement of staying in
> taiwan to help him out (and save costs)... and his arrangements had
> changed.
>
>  so really, best thing: keep an eye on the updates, and just go with it :)

Okay I already have been as you can guess by my interest.




>> also, when exactly is the printed for you, instructions/videos coming out of curiosity?
>  when i'm making up the 12-or-so for the individuals that pledged for
> fully-assembled ones.  in other words i have 12 opportunities to make
> the videos :)
>
>  however as this is a libre project, i already started some basic
> instructions if you want to get stuck in early - just bear in mind i
> need to bring the CAD python source up-to-date relative to the current
> PCB changes.  so you'll be printing stuff out that will *not* fit the
> current PCBs and components okay?  however you will not need to throw
> all of the parts out, just re-print a few of them.
>
>  https://www.youmagine.com/designs/libre-hardware-licensed-parametric-laptop-design




>> for the record I didn´t know you had a mailing list for the longest time.
>  i would say "it's right there on the page" but i actually had to
> search for it myself (and it's a looong page).  yeah this is a
> long-running project.
Okay my bad.



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