I've just noticed there are some LimeBook PPC laptops in the classifieds! To my knowledge these were never officially released in the UK and are probably a dying breed (although correct me if I'm wrong)! However, an AOS4.x laptop is a dream for many of us! Is it possible for Hyperion to port AOS to the Limebook?

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Here are the specs:


LimeBook Website

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That would be great! I would buy it for sure!!

@DrZarkov

Yeah, it would definitely be nice to have a netbook option! The MorphZone guys have already discussed this netbook at length when it was shown at the CES 2009;

MorphZone LimeBook Discussion

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Where can they be bought? I haven't been able to find any retailer in my country and the Lime-website also doesn't list any.

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Where can they be bought? I haven't been able to find any retailer in my country and the Lime-website also doesn't list any.

There is 1 seller on Ebay from the USA! Price £218

Try Here:

mrqwiksale eBay Shop: LimeBook

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IMHO: supporting LimeBook would be total waste of time, unless Lime people do the drivers & HAL.
Better build AOS4box to be run on OSX/MOS on old Powerbooks.

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There is 1 seller on Ebay from the USA! Price £218

Are there no other retailers, e.g. in Europe? Shipping costs from the US are much too high.

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Well, the good thing about SOCs are the inherent simplicity of porting to several boards using the same chip.

I ported Linux AND UBoot to my 5121e board in less than a week, and I'm certainly no expert.

Freescale provides an easy to use spreadsheet with DDR/DDR2 configuration data, so not even that part was difficult.

It's a very good thing when you've done the whole schematic, layout AND porting yourself and the board boots up from DDR2 on first attempt

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@BigD

IMR the SoC used in the Limebook has a cache coherency problem, that doesn't means an OS could not be ported, it just means another issue for an port together with reduced performance.

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Beside the question if an OS could be ported, you should ask Hyperion if they want to do the port. I have my doubts Hyperion want to port AOS4 (unless they are paid for) and I have my doubts the manufacturer of the Limebook will pay the port.

But just ask Hyperion ... maybe you can set up a Bounty to pay the port.

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BigD wrote: @polka. Quote: Where can they be bought? I haven't been able to find any retailer in my country and the Lime-website also doesn't list any. There is 1 seller on Ebay from the USA! Price £218 Try Here: mrqwiksale eBay Shop: LimeBook

Just an FYI that is the same gentleman as who is advertising in the classifieds here.

When he first put them up for sale last year he made a number of news sites. Here is an example:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/freescale-powered-limebook-hits-ebay-for-astronomical-price/

It looks like he has dropped his price on them considerably, which is good IMHO.

meet.mrnrg (the seller) was an very early and enthusiastic adopter of SAM, before AOS 4.x was officially announced for it. I got the impression he got into this business in hopes that if enough people took interest he could help see LimeBook be supported also. I'm guessing his original price point was due to buying in small volume, but thats just a guess.

I would suggest PMing him to ask where he is at with Hyperion on any porting. I know he planned to inquire at some point.

Here is his user id:

http://amigaworld.net/userinfo.php?uid=6071

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polka. wrote: @BigD Quote: There is 1 seller on Ebay from the USA! Price £218 Are there no other retailers, e.g. in Europe? Shipping costs from the US are much too high.

Unless something has changed since last year I think he is the only retailer outside of Asia.

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@BigD

I'm not too sure that the LimeBook is still in production. Have you confirmed it with the OEM?

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Unless something has changed since last year I think he is the only retailer outside of Asia.

Then it's not worth porting to it.

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@BigD

Someone tried pushing this a while back, but seemed to want to not talk to Hyperion himself abotu what he needed to do for this on "his" hardware product. (his product in that he seems to be the only one selling them)

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=28546&forum=2#489246

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Good lord, I remember that. I wonder if these are the same two netbooks?

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Hi, best thing here, is to have or prepare a list of questions.

1. Have you contacted Hyperion to discuss what their business model is for a port of OS4?

2. Have you learned what they require you to do as part of that effort?

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However, an AOS4.x laptop is a dream for many of us! Is it possible for Hyperion to port AOS to the Limebook?

Looks as though they have been listening!

NOTE: This thread is from last April!

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@BigD

Looks like it already has been!

Think of the amount of ex-Amigans who may be tempted by an affordable Netbook running OS4.1!

If they get WiFi working on this think it could be even sweeter...

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