From pablo at parobalth.org Tue Jan 18 20:56:31 2022 From: pablo at parobalth.org (Pablo Rath) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 21:56:31 +0100 Subject: [Arm-netbook] links at rhombus-tech recent changes -> 404 not found Message-ID: <20220118205156.GA2635@cherry> Hello, It seems to me that the recent changes listed here: http://rhombus-tech.net/recentchanges/ do no longer work correctly (broken links). kind regards Pablo From paul at boddie.org.uk Tue Jan 18 21:35:59 2022 From: paul at boddie.org.uk (Paul Boddie) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:35:59 +0100 Subject: [Arm-netbook] links at rhombus-tech recent changes -> 404 not found In-Reply-To: <20220118205156.GA2635@cherry> References: <20220118205156.GA2635@cherry> Message-ID: <1808998.5T0qNBEbNx@jason> On Tuesday, 18 January 2022 21:56:31 CET Pablo Rath wrote: > Hello, > It seems to me that the recent changes listed here: > http://rhombus-tech.net/recentchanges/ do no longer work correctly (broken > links). Yes, it has been like this for a while, I think. You can still get to see the content if you go in via the front page, and the site map provides a way to navigate to any modified pages, although yours were the last modifications some time ago. I wonder what the future is for this initiative. We passed the fifth anniversary of the crowdfunding campaign last year, and it seems that despite our enthusiasm and support, most of us were never able to become full participants in anything that could have had a greater impact. So, in the event that we end up with nothing to show for our interest, it is hard to see what, if anything, we are left to continue with as its legacy. I feel that it is a sad but all too familiar situation, really. Paul From paul at boddie.org.uk Sun Jan 30 17:45:36 2022 From: paul at boddie.org.uk (Paul Boddie) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 18:45:36 +0100 Subject: [Arm-netbook] Site updates (was Re: Schematic and PCB layout CAD files) In-Reply-To: <5053023.LQY91DdYzL@jeremy> References: <5053023.LQY91DdYzL@jeremy> Message-ID: <1746765.TIiQrHQIOH@jason> On Monday, 17 June 2019 13:15:18 CET Paul Boddie wrote: > On Monday 17. June 2019 08.40.22 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > > > repo that i started 6 years ago: > > http://git.rhombus-tech.net/?p=eoma.git;a=summary > > I'll send you that, trying to remember the preferred form of the exported > key this time. ;-) Currently, the above repository is only available securely via the following address: https://git.hands.com/?p=eoma.git;a=summary Meanwhile, I updated the wiki page describing PCMCIA/CardBus component details: https://rhombus-tech.net/pcmcia_sources/ (Thanks for Phil for fixing the wiki!) One interesting thing that came up, given the conversation that was had over two years ago, was this product and corresponding brochure about PC Card casings and tooling: https://www.ittcannon.com/products/starcard-snappy/ https://www.ittcannon.com/Core/medialibrary/ITTCannon/website/Literature/ Catalogs-Brochures/PC_Card_Final.pdf?ext=.pdf On page 37 of the brochure, there are some pictures of the tools that would be used to facilitate assembly and disassembly. I seem to remember complaints about assembly, and I found some remarks on this list from back in 2017... "the litkconn P/N 68F casework basically is a "total disassmbly" job. it's a pain in the ass and takes several minutes." http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/2017-May/013788.html In the crowdfunding updates, the awkwardness of assembly is also mentioned here: "Additionally, I am considering sending out the PCB and casework unassembled, with full and precise assembly instructions for backers to follow. It’s not hard: it just needs to be done very carefully. This will save a considerable amount of time and money, as the cards casework will need hand-assembly (quantity 1,000)." https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/pcbs-and-components-have-been-ordered So, I guess that with the above product family, one would want to invest in that tooling as well as the actual products, just to do things as the manufacturer intended. It is an interesting insight into part of the process that goes into making the product. I also had a bit more luck searching for product documentation today and also found this: https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/Hirose%20PDFs/NX1.pdf The product itself is about to be discontinued, but there's an interesting pictorial assembly guide including a picture of an assembly jig. Paul From phil at hands.com Sun Jan 30 22:11:09 2022 From: phil at hands.com (Philip Hands) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 23:11:09 +0100 Subject: [Arm-netbook] Site updates (was Re: Schematic and PCB layout CAD files) In-Reply-To: <1746765.TIiQrHQIOH@jason> References: <5053023.LQY91DdYzL@jeremy> <1746765.TIiQrHQIOH@jason> Message-ID: <87o83s6fia.fsf@hands.com> Paul Boddie writes: > On Monday, 17 June 2019 13:15:18 CET Paul Boddie wrote: >> On Monday 17. June 2019 08.40.22 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> > >> > repo that i started 6 years ago: >> > http://git.rhombus-tech.net/?p=eoma.git;a=summary That wasn't working because I'd neglected to add the rhombus name to the git.hands.com certificate, and I'm now serving that with nginx, which I've configured to redirect http to https, so that repository is now served via https which was then breaking with the name mismatch. BTW the most straightforward URL is: https://git.rhombus-tech.net/eoma (which is the same thing as https://git.hands.com/eoma ) > Currently, the above repository is only available securely via the following > address: > > https://git.hands.com/?p=eoma.git;a=summary Yeah, that was down to the certificate, and is now fixed. > Meanwhile, I updated the wiki page describing PCMCIA/CardBus component > details: > > https://rhombus-tech.net/pcmcia_sources/ > > (Thanks for Phil for fixing the wiki!) Glad to see that the new nginx setup seems to be working for people (it's also considerably less load-inducing than the old hybrid nginx/apache setup that left most CGI stuff to apache) If you notice any oddities, please mention them, as I may have missed something in the move. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/ http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg, GERMANY From lkcl at lkcl.net Sun Jan 30 22:38:04 2022 From: lkcl at lkcl.net (Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 22:38:04 +0000 Subject: [Arm-netbook] Site updates (was Re: Schematic and PCB layout CAD files) In-Reply-To: <87o83s6fia.fsf@hands.com> References: <5053023.LQY91DdYzL@jeremy> <1746765.TIiQrHQIOH@jason> <87o83s6fia.fsf@hands.com> Message-ID: On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 10:29 PM Philip Hands wrote: > If you notice any oddities, please mention them, as I may have missed > something in the move. brilliant, thanks for sorting this Phil, really appreciated you're keeping things running. l.