Re: Returned to the Jornada world

Add +1 to that number -- I'm not actively working with jlime, but I'm
certainly interested in a new shiny flash board for my j720. =o)

On 11/7/06, Kristoffer Ericson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I dont think you will need to worry about not finding enough buyers. Not
> many subscribe to this list, but there is plenty of 7xx users out there
> wanting to put a more permanent linux on their machine.
> I could do a quick check on jlime.com shortly to see how many would be
> interested.
>
> Best wishes
> Kristoffer
>
>
> >From: "Mark Gollahon" <[email protected]>
> >To: "Tim Underwood" <[email protected]>
> >CC: [email protected]
> >Subject: RE: [jornada] Returned to the Jornada world
> >Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:38:21 -0500 (EST)
> >
> >Tim:
> >
> >I wouldn't mind outsourcing the board fab and soldering, but I would
> >definitely need a good number of commitments to even consider that
> >course....  From my unofficial/unscientific poll awhile back, I think I
> >only had about 12 takers -- not exactly a resounding success (and not
> >enough to get much of a volume discount).  However, if we can get takers on
> >the HPCFactor.com list <nod to 'Nick L'>, we might have enough takers to
> >make it professional.
> >
> >Anyway, I'll know more about the pricing once I get the research done and a
> >preliminary design.  I'm still hoping to modernize the board and pack a few
> >"surprises" on it as well, but it really comes down to what chips are
> >available and at what price.
> >
> >Regards,
> >-Mark Gollahon
> >
> >
> >Tim Underwood wrote ..
> > > If you're going to modernize the flash board - any thought to having the
> > > boards, etc., outsourced?  Maybe get a hundred or two pre-confirmed
> > > orders for them?
> > >
> > > If so, and the price isn't too bad - count me in.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [email protected]
> > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Gollahon
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 2:16 PM
> > > > To: Gregory Nutt
> > > > Cc: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: Re: [jornada] Returned to the Jornada world
> > > >
> > > > Howdy, Gregory!  Glad you're back!
> > > >
> > > > About the Jornada Flashboard - I've made a little progress on
> > > > it, but nothing much to report to the list just yet.  For
> > > > those inquiring minds, here is where I am:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Research more modern RAM and Flash chips to see if any
> > > > would be a better match than those that were originally used.
> > > >  If so, finish the schematic capture in Kicad and route a board.
> > > >
> > > > 2) Find out if UBoot/RedBoot/whatever bootloader can boot
> > > > Linux from CF (basically, does the bootloader have support
> > > > for a PCMCIA bridge?).  The advantage here would be using CF
> > > > to hold the OS, making the flash process much easier (pop the
> > > > CF out of the Jornada, pop it into a card reader on a desktop
> > > > machine, copy a filesys and/or kernel, pop the CF out of the
> > > > reader and back into the Jornada, ready to go).  If so, go to
> > > > #1 and finish the schematic capture with smaller Flash chips.
> > > >
> > > > Thoughts??  Answers??
> > > >
> > > > -MarkG
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Gregory Nutt wrote ..
> > > > > I had unsubscribed for a while so I may have missed out on news.
> > > > >
> > > > > A couple questions.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any status on the new flashboard for the J720?
> > > > >
> > > > > Has anyone successfully crammed a CF microdrive into the CF
> > > > slot?  If
> > > > > so, how'd you make it fit in the slot?
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, I'd finally like to welcome myself to the Linux world
> > > > on Jornada.
> > > > > Although I have been following this forum for some time, I only got
> > > > > GPE running last night.  My main troubles were getting a decent CF
> > > > > reader to write to my CF without causing errors (and I
> > > > wasn't really
> > > > > in a hurry to do this all this time).
> > > > >
> > > > > Greg
> > > > >
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