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personal fight against the modern laptop
by mike.valk＠gmail.com 27 Jan '17

27 Jan '17

http://hackaday.com/2017/01/26/a-personal-fight-against-the-modern-laptop/ https://youtu.be/Ib7tFvw34DM I Commented on the video that EOMA might be what he'd like. I tried to point him to the EC firmware but "http://hands.com/~lkcl/eoma" is bit of a mess. It contains a lot of (historical) info without structure. Also I find. http://rhombus-tech.net/community_ideas/laptop_15in/ and the e-linux wiki hard to navigate. It's messy. If I'd like to start hacking on the laptop a staring point would be nice.

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EOMA68 In A Intel Card World?
by Alexander Ross 27 Jan '17

27 Jan '17

How to market eoma68 vs intel card in a positive way? Heres a go, please edit,suggest as you feel. hmm sounds like a wiki page is coming :) : EOMA68: *Grass roots developed - made by someone who cares *Any processor make *Made with free software and its developers in mind. to help advance and fund free software. *Hardware that just works for free software and there for any software *Makes it easier for the creation and maintenance of many, yet to be thought of, new devices. *Higher Spec additional standard EOMA200 in the works after current ones products are in the market. *Smaller, extra compact card Spec, EOMACF addition also on the future list. *Only certification fees. No royalty fees *Made by for profit making but good will first company, as opposite to extreme maximising company. The priority is the best computer card standards. *EOMA68 is spec’ed for lower power consuming devices. ideal for battery power devices. See future EOMA200 for high power consumption / more powerful computers(SOCS) *hmm what else?

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First laptop dock for Intel's card announced
by Lauri Kasanen 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Hi, First laptop dock for Intel's copy: http://www.fudzilla.com/news/mobile/42685-nexdock-transforms-intel-compute-… 14", switchable ports. - Lauri

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What's the current status of things?
by Christian Kellermann 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Hi Luke! I would like to ask how things are working out on your side of the world with the EOMA68 project? How's the production planning? I have heard snippets of information spread out over all the threads here, a short summary would be awesome! And I guess it might be of interest to others as well, so this humble request goes to the list. Thanks, Christian -- May you be peaceful, may you live in safety, may you be free from suffering, and may you live with ease.

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Soylentnews article on Intel's Compute Card platform
by Benson Mitchell 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

Go get 'em! https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/01/13/1822251 Benson

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Question about resolution on the micro-desktop
by Julie Marchant 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

Hey, I'm wondering something. So, one of the features of the micro-desktop is a VGA port. I assume that it's probably connected to the RGB/TTL, right? And the page on the EOMA68 standard states: > The maximum RGB/TTL resolution permitted is 1366 x 768. So then, does that mean that the VGA port on the micro-desktop is limited to resolutions no larger than this? -- Julie Marchant https://onpon4.github.io Protect your emails with GnuPG: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org

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The dream of Ara
by David Boddie 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

A bit off-topic, perhaps, but this article illustrates the difficulties that large corporations have with long term visions, especially in cases where sustainability has to compete with profitability: http://venturebeat.com/2017/01/10/inside-project-ara-googles-revolutionary- modular-phone/ Found via OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/29600/The_dream_of_Ara I think the drive to focus on profits and what "consumers" supposedly want in corporate environments tends to undermine projects like these, even when the work is being done in part of an organisation that is supposed to be shielded from commercial concerns. Because conventional wisdom suggests that the public won't buy modular phones, no modular phones are made, even if there might be a demand for them if they were made. Indeed, just the availability of modular phones might drive demand for them. This suggests a lack of imagination on the industry's part which I think is shown by the example of a phone module given in the article: a tiny "aquarium". Very interesting, but not really something that would sell the practical benefits of modularity. Of course, you need examples of what the system can do, but it's often the case that the most interesting ideas come from third parties. Just getting the devices out there with open specs and documentation would be enough to find the interesting use cases. Anyway, this is only sort of relevant here, but I hope it was thought provoking. ;-) David

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Another laptop project: PINEBOOK
by David Boddie 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Since I'm posting links to random things, here's another upcoming laptop product: https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=3707 It's clearly not comparable to the EOMA68 laptop because it lacks the modularity, and is obviously not as flexible as a result, and it's fairly limited in terms of the interfaces and expansion options it offers. However, because it's so cheap, it might be a bit of a worrying development for vendors who are selling laptops based on boards like the Raspberry Pi, because some of the sales of those go to people who just want a cheap laptop rather than people who want to use them in educational settings. It shows how low prices can get, and that is perhaps more interesting for EOMA68 because it suggests a price point that a mass-market laptop could aim for. David

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Price Bump: Was that for Wholesale?
by John Luke Gibson 09 Jan '17

09 Jan '17

Noticed the cards themselves jumped from 40 to 65, and I was wondering if that was due to unforeseen costs per card or to attract wholesalers and retailers with special discounts? I don't really have an opinion either way with wholesale, in terms of economic responsibility/efficiency it has it's drawbacks and advantages.

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Re: [Arm-netbook] Intel at CES
by Julie Marchant 09 Jan '17

09 Jan '17

That could be a problem. If it's successful, people will associate the concept with Intel and assume that eoma is a cheap ripoff. Also, with Intel controlling it, you can bet x86 will dominate it. Our response should be to publicly urge Intel to use an eoma standard, to ensure architecture agnosticism and that there isn't a conflict of interest. -- Julie Marchant https://onpon4.github.io On Jan 5, 2017 12:38 PM, Alain Williams <addw(a)phcomp.co.uk> wrote: > > I wonder where they got the idea from: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38515472 > > http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/compute-card/intel-compute-card.ht… > > -- > Alain Williams > Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. > +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ > Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php > #include <std_disclaimer.h> > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook(a)lists.phcomp.co.uk > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to arm-netbook(a)files.phcomp.co.uk

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