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Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 24-Jun-2017 21:08:34
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| There is a bounty to develop Opensource PPC laptop. First step gola is €12,600.00.
1.Hardware components research, analysis of the architecture, and design of the electrical schematics [12600 euro, 30 net days]; 2.Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Gerber format delivery of the electrical schematics [11950 euro, 30 net days]; 3.Production and delivery of five working prototypes [ 8800 euro, 40 net days]; 4.Hardware testing using software provided by the producer (ACube) [14400 euro, 30 net days]; 5.Pre-certification CE certification [12.500 euro].
Those who are interested might want to contribute.
https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/campaigns/electrical-schematics-notebook-powerpc-motherboard-donation-campaign/ |
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 24-Jun-2017 21:28:07
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from their web page:
What happens if the campaign fails? As stated above, we will not be able to refund the donors in any case. Because of that, if the money collected is not enough to fund this research we will use it for another goal within the mission of the organization. |
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 24-Jun-2017 21:33:03
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Good work if you can get it!
Sounds like a Borg like Kickstarter of fund the collective and a product may emerge or we may just assimilate your money into the mission of the organisation!
Could just be the way that is phrased but that is not great for their marketing! _________________ "Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art." John Lasseter, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios |
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 25-Jun-2017 0:45:10
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Yes, you aren't being promised a product, or your money back. You heard right. And I'm still donating myself, and participating.
Each stage is relatively modest. Already, in less than one day, almost 10% of the funds needed for the initial schematics has been raised. Personally, I can't donate anymore money for a couple of weeks, but I'll do so again, asap.
Once the schematics have been prepared by Acube, we move the next stage, and hopefully the next, etc.
In a way, this is as speculative as supporting Kalamatee (without the appeal to your emotions or sentiments). You DON'T know if this will bring us anything, BUT if it might....
THAT is why I'm supporting it. It just MIGHT happen.
AND if it does, it will be a portable PPC computing device that is more powerful than any previous product from Acube OR any past, current, or announced future product from Aeon.
Built by the community, for the community.
No guarantees, no promises. I think its kind of exciting, so I'm supporting it. Last edited by iggy on 25-Jun-2017 at 12:59 AM.
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 25-Jun-2017 3:49:29
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Limiting first goal at only 30 net days proves they are newbies in asking money to public...
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 25-Jun-2017 5:22:25
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In a way, this is as speculative as supporting Kalamatee (without the appeal to your emotions or sentiments). |
its not. he already delivered enough of whats been worth to pay for. |
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 25-Jun-2017 8:54:08
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| @Raffaele No Raffaele, we have not set up any deadline for collecting contributions.
You most probably misread the first step "Hardware components research, analysis of the architecture, and design of the electrical schematics [12600 euro, 30 net days]". Those 30 days is the amount of days of a professional engineer we will be able to pay with the the first 12600 euros we will collect.
Please, read carefully how we will proceed: "We will be able to sign the first contract after reaching the amount of 4000 euros. Then, the campaign will continue without a fixed deadline. Once reached the final goal of 13000 for Phase 1, the work will be completed by ACube and they will produce the electrical circuit design as a result."
@BigD Ehm, so my passion for the Borg is so evident? Oh, no, shame on me... Plus I am not a native speaker. Could you please help us rephrasing it so it sounds more appealing for our marketing? We would welcome a native speaker like you that has good communication skills! Wanna join in? Last edited by virgolamobile on 25-Jun-2017 at 08:56 AM.
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 25-Jun-2017 10:08:22
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0. Collect donations to the amount of €12,600.00. [12600 euro, 30 net days];
Perhaps it is like business days, except number of days on the net. |
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 25-Jun-2017 20:29:44
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| Whatever the odds here, I do wish for an Amiga laptop, and have donated. (yes, I do have Amiga Forever on my pc laptop, but still wish for a native one) _________________ All glory to the Hypnotoad! |
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 25-Jun-2017 20:42:42
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virgolamobile wrote: @Raffaele No Raffaele, we have not set up any deadline for collecting contributions.
You most probably misread the first step "Hardware components research, analysis of the architecture, and design of the electrical schematics [12600 euro, 30 net days]". Those 30 days is the amount of days of a professional engineer we will be able to pay with the the first 12600 euros we will collect.
Please, read carefully how we will proceed: "We will be able to sign the first contract after reaching the amount of 4000 euros. Then, the campaign will continue without a fixed deadline. Once reached the final goal of 13000 for Phase 1, the work will be completed by ACube and they will produce the electrical circuit design as a result." |
Ah ok! However I donated a small amount of money!
I am spreading the word on Twitter, Facebook and other social media...
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 25-Jun-2017 20:50:18
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I am spreading the word on Twitter, Facebook and other social media.. |
Wow, great! That would be simply wonderful! Cheers! |
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 25-Jun-2017 21:21:17
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I think you're all nitpicking here. I'm not supporting Kalamatee for what he has done, rather for what I hope he does in the future. And that was just drawing a parallel.
As to being newbies in fundraising, of course they are! They just want something for themselves that no one has bothered to build yet, so decided to take the initiative.
If it all works out, anyone who is interested benefits. BUT, if they don't reach their goals...
Look, it should be plain to you all that I want one, and will do what I can to see this through. More than a few others here have expressed interest in a similar platform.
And since Timothy De Groot has said Hyperion is open to discussing porting OS4 to this platform , you OS4 fanatics (which I, for one am not) might also want to take notice.
ALTHOUGH, the one OS I'm sure will be ported to it is Linux (as a good number of the people involved are primarily interested in those OS').
Anyway, its started, I'm excited that we are doing this. If it gets accomplished, the end product will be too cool. |
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 25-Jun-2017 21:51:16
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Assuming he's still around, you could ask feanor what he thinks about this. He might be a valuable source of input.
feanor=Konstantinos Margaritis
It's obvious he was thinking mobile at the end
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 26-Jun-2017 14:13:57
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Yes, my proposals in the past were for desktop boards. But the arguments from the other in the group won me over on this one.
Portable devices are where everything is going.
I use laptops and my phone these days far more than I do the several desktop system I have around. I'm typing on a laptop right now.
So, does anyone know how to contact feanor?
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 26-Jun-2017 15:26:47
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So, does anyone know how to contact feanor? |
I'm sure many AmigaOS4 devs know how. He ended up working on ffmpeg, iirc and posted on amigans.net.
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 26-Jun-2017 17:19:27
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I sent a message to Amigahellas webmaster in order to advice Feanor his opinion is requested here on AmigaWorld.
I hope Amigahellas fellows have contacts with him. Last edited by Raffaele on 26-Jun-2017 at 05:26 PM.
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 26-Jun-2017 18:28:03
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Sounds good, Raffaele. You know, the epicenter of this project is is your corner of the globe.
And should OS4.1 ever advance to OS4.2, eight simultaneous threads instead of one (or two or four if the latest AmigaOnes are considered)... |
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 27-Jun-2017 1:45:51
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iggy wrote: @Raffaele
Sounds good, Raffaele. You know, the epicenter of this project is is your corner of the globe.
And should OS4.1 ever advance to OS4.2, eight simultaneous threads instead of one (or two or four if the latest AmigaOnes are considered)... |
May the Power earthquake from Italy should shake the world of information technology! Last edited by Raffaele on 27-Jun-2017 at 01:50 AM.
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 27-Jun-2017 3:29:34
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And since Timothy De Groot has said Hyperion is open to discussing porting OS4 to this platform , you OS4 fanatics (which I, for one am not) might also want to take notice. |
And so he should. The one killer machine OS4 people have wanted for ages is a laptop. But not some tiny netbook costing a fortune. A real sized laptop to make the financial investment at least worth while.
Of course the same problem remains. You can get a reasonable laptop these days for a cheap price. Unless it's an Apple. So it needs to compete on power if it will be more expensive. And like a PowerBook G5 reboot.
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ALTHOUGH, the one OS I'm sure will be ported to it is Linux (as a good number of the people involved are primarily interested in those OS'). |
Yes, likely in ppc64intel mode. Seems to diminish the point of using a PowerPC as opposed to x86 if acts like a PC. But supporting Linux from the onset would be good because the AmigaOne machines have been terrible at supporting it since the X1000. Or booting it rather. As long as they make multi OS support easy in the firmware.Last edited by Hypex on 27-Jun-2017 at 03:31 AM.
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Re: Open source PPC laptop bounty Posted on 27-Jun-2017 7:29:41
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ALTHOUGH, the one OS I'm sure will be ported to it is Linux (as a good number of the people involved are primarily interested in those OS'). |
Yes, likely in ppc64intel mode. Seems to diminish the point of using a PowerPC as opposed to x86 if acts like a PC. But supporting Linux from the onset would be good because the AmigaOne machines have been terrible at supporting it since the X1000. Or booting it rather. As long as they make multi OS support easy in the firmware. |
And Linux will provide us with necessary drivers ready to be ported into AmigaOS... Ho! Ho! Ho!_________________ "When the Amiga came out, everyone [at Apple] was scared as hell." (J.L. Gassée, former CEO of Apple France and chief of devs of Mac II-fx, interviewed by Amazing Computing, Nov 1996). |
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