[Arm-netbook] arm-netbook Digest, Vol 76, Issue 17

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1. A few questions, (zap)
2. Re: A few questions, (Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton)
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Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 14:33:23 -0500
Subject: [Arm-netbook] A few questions,
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Correct me if i am wrong, but you said in your latest update that 4
gigabytes of ram may be a possibility in the future yes?
Or am I misunderstanding?
The other question though I wondered was it says on some of your
delivery dates march or something like that,
I just wondered how long it takes from the time I order for the day it
would arrive,
also, when exactly is the printed for you, instructions/videos coming out of curiosity?
for the record I didn´t know you had a mailing list for the longest time.
but thanks for telling me.
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Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 19:45:41 +0000
Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] A few questions,
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hiya zap welcome to the list: thanks for agreeing to post this publicly.

Correct me if i am wrong, but you said in your latest update that 4
gigabytes of ram may be a possibility in the future yes?

on the RK3288 board only, yes. most ARM SoCs are hard-limited to a
maximum of 2GB external DDR addressing: the RK3288 is literally the
only one i've found so far that can even do 4GB. reason: it was
designed as a medium-level chromebook processor.
to clarify and make absolutely clear: you will NEVER get an A20 SoC with above 2GB of RAM.

If that's the case, I guess I can safely assume that 4gb is in the
future maybe for a different processor but not the near future and not
for the current a20 processor.

The other question though I wondered was it says on some of your
delivery dates march or something like that,
I just wondered how long it takes from the time I order for the day it
would arrive,

i honestly cannot say. i did the best i could estimate however
within even just a couple of weeks of the campaign ending i reached
out to an associate to confirm the previous arrangement of staying in
taiwan to help him out (and save costs)... and his arrangements had
changed.
so really, best thing: keep an eye on the updates, and just go with it :)

Okay I already have been as you can guess by my interest.

also, when exactly is the printed for you, instructions/videos coming out of curiosity?

when i'm making up the 12-or-so for the individuals that pledged for
fully-assembled ones. in other words i have 12 opportunities to make
the videos :)
however as this is a libre project, i already started some basic
instructions if you want to get stuck in early - just bear in mind i
need to bring the CAD python source up-to-date relative to the current
PCB changes. so you'll be printing stuff out that will *not* fit the
current PCBs and components okay? however you will not need to throw
all of the parts out, just re-print a few of them.
https://www.youmagine.com/designs/libre-hardware-licensed-parametric-laptop-design

for the record I didn´t know you had a mailing list for the longest time.

i would say "it's right there on the page" but i actually had to
search for it myself (and it's a looong page). yeah this is a
long-running project.

Okay my bad.

l.
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[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

ah, just some rules (which are common practice and have been well
established for over two decades) when subscribing in digest mode: cut
the context, otherwise you force everbody (over 600 people in this
instance) to trawl through extraneous stuff that they've already read,
looking for the few percentage points on a line-by-line basis for what
you've written.

an example of doing that is demonstrated below. which i was forced to
do, myself, as you didn't do it.

Post by zap

to clarify and make absolutely clear: you will NEVER get an A20 SoC with above 2GB of RAM.

If that's the case, I guess I can safely assume that 4gb is in the
future maybe for a different processor but not the near future and not
for the current a20 processor.

yes. that's why the update said specifically "4GB is planned for the
RK3288" and no other processor. if there existed any other processor
capable of doing 4GB of RAM i would specifically have mentioned it.

even the latest intel tablet-targetted SoCs (the ones that have now
been terminated because nobody buys them because they're shit) have
two variants: one which maxes out at 2GB RAM and one which maxes out
at 8GB.

Post by zap

for the record I didn´t know you had a mailing list for the longest time.

i would say "it's right there on the page" but i actually had to
search for it myself (and it's a looong page). yeah this is a
long-running project.

Okay my bad.

nono - there's been so much going on it's easy to miss things.

l.

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