[Arm-netbook] EOMA Specification / Documentation Issues

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 10:42 PM, Louis Pearson
<desttinghimgame at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 9:27 PM Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>
> wrote:
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>> > What if the next CPU card does not have an SD slot (it's not required by
>> > the spec)?
>>
>>  now you're into "cheap-ass" territory.  people who pay cheap-ass
>> money for cheap-ass goods can expect to "get what they pay for".
>> given that we're talking saving $0.20 for a lack of a micro-sd card
>> slot, you know we're talking *real* cheap-ass money-misers :)
>>
>>  no, if manufacturers are saving $0.20 you know that they're probably
>> trying to produce something for the $12 to $15 retail market.  all
>> bets are off as to "features" at that point.
>>
>>  basically at this level of cheap-ass-ness as long as they're
>> compliant with the "bare minimum" EOMA68 spec i'll tolerate it.
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> I'd like to bring up the point that lacking a micro-sd card slot may not
> have to do with cheapness, but physical limitations. What if there is
> no room for it because other connectors / doohickeys were considered
> more important for the specific card?

 then you can get a top-loading or side-loading set of PCMCIA casework
made up, and (if top-loading) use one of the top-loading MicroSD card
holders that you get for mobile phones.

 very simple solution.  investigated this 4 years ago.

l.