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thx pyrat. yeah you can - just don't leave it too long otherwise the component batches i order might be too small, you'd have to wait for another production run - just have to see how it goes.

well by then they should be a lot lower-cost.... or available 2nd-hand :) also by then we should have some netbook housings / hybrid tablet-laptops like the alwaysinnovating touchbook, but i really want to do one of those with a 4:3 aspect ratio in 8.9in form-factor. that's if we can find a...

yeahyeah, no the "spare" amount is what's critical here - that has to pay for plane flights, another round of dev boards, food, and many other things. that amount's at just under $40k so far which is fine. python assess_campaign.py total 117175.0 after costs 99598.75 costs 59972.0 spare...

https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/fsf-ryf-background nearing end of campaign, big update about RYF, FSF and why i've been doing what i'm doing.

because they'd be exactly the same as any other pictures you'd see of the operating system running - you could just download screenshots of any XFCE4 or Trinity Desktop. much more useful is the various videos in the updates, and especially tarrin lupo's interview

yep it's really that simple. there's a table of 8 x 16 values, you just need to go through pressing each key in turn, note the row/value that's outputted from some debug info, then use that afterwards to fill in the values, recompile and you're done. yyyep...

...one run by my friend mike, and his uncle has the BGA and multi-layer PCB factory, so we can split between the two just after christmas. 5V is *REQUIRED* by the Card - don't *EVER* put anything other than *EXACTLY* 5.0v into an EOMA68 compliant device, okay? there's a regulated PMIC (a...

yeah which is really nice. yeah if i had time i would have set up google tracking stuff... oh wait that violates people's privacy :) no there's a graph that crowd supply can do, they keep it private until after, i'll find out what the story is at some point.

the one key defining misunderstanding of the benefits of RYF Certification is that hardware which is RYF Certified *JUST WORKS*. there's no "omg i forgot the firmware", there's no "omg i upgraded and it's now broken", there's no "omg i can't believe it's impossible to ship this device with WIFI...

hmmm... there probably exist tv-to-hdmi adapters out there... in part, yes. but, also, it's two more things: firstly, i'm going to be *really* busy! the extra amount would allow me to train and pay somebody else to handle assembly. but secondly, it's a way for those people who want to back...

...(in contrast to something like arduino 2-layer boards for example). dealing with suppliers, MOQs, multi-layer PCBs and 400mhz+ DDR3 RAM layouts *and* R.F. concerns *and* casework designs, that's pretty damn awesome and a huge achievement to have pulled it off not just once but twice (or...

i have a friend who knew the original designer of the processor that went into the PowerVR engine. he told me the story about it. so... third-hand... i'm sure stuff got lost in translation... and you're right: stuff gets updated... this is very likely.. :) i get a little oversensitive to...

...an STM32F072 is around $1.50! so the other option is, you just plug in a USB keyboard. simple - sorted. except... if it's a laptop, you need to *embed* the USB Keyboard Controller IC, that's $1.50 in components. wait... hang on, that's the same price as an STM32F072, and we got a whole...

...the ethical considerations behind "Freedom" could be separated from the ethical considerations behind "Privacy", on the basis that only through *having* the source code under freedom-respecting software licenses do we stand a chance of verifying that people's privacy is respected. my feeling...

...the stupid, stupid mistake some years ago in creating an intel atom processor with powervr. EVEN INTEL ended up hating it because imgtec were f*****g about demanding $150k fees to recompile the software which they themselves NO LONGER UNDERSTAND. ooooo! ooo! really!! that's so exciting...

yehh if we could actually usefully pursue a court case without there being huge financial costs - bear in mind this would have to be in china - it would have been done already. retribution's not always what it's cracked up to be. plus, we're aware that there is a totally different culture and...

...is using PowerVR, which, if you're familiar with that architecture (as i am) you'll know that it's so overly complex that the engineers *inside imgtec* are barely able to cope with it. added to their continued intransigence of remaining proprietary and we basically just have to let them get...

in other words, it's about transforming something that was previously not ok through *your* positive intentions. if someone does something bad, and you can make it right by supporting someone that also wants to make it right, what would you do?

...the computer card, one on each of the laptop and the micro-desktop housings). basically it's about what one person (me) can design and make on a *reasonable* budget (around $30k over 18 months) that can *reasonably* be claimed to be Eco-Conscious as a result. you can in no way claim that a...

hiya exophase - there's too much here for me to correct first before being able to move forward, which says that you've an approach in mind and have already made up your mind, therefore it really doesn't matter what i say, because if i speak up and correct the assumptions it makes me "look bad"...