[Discuss] EOMA68 Libre Hardware Standard and Libre Software project, currently crowd-funding (deadline expires 26th aug 2016)

[Emilio Velis]

Hi,

We made a Makerthon for our Reaccion.net Kit last may, an early warning
system that we've been working on here in El Salvador. We developed a neat
methodology to work with a bunch of people at the same time, mostly fab
labs, and keep the costs low.

https://issuu.com/fablabsv/docs/1a_makerthon [Spanish brief]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jxoegamero/albums/72157669122061826 [Pictures
only in San Salvador]


 We did it with around 50-70 people from three countries simultaneously.
Maybe you'd like to look into something like this for your project if
you're looking for people to develop a lot of ideas quickly.

On 20 August 2016 at 07:38, Matt Maier <blueback09 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, you might organize a "hackathon" type event to have people create
> cases for the desktop version.
>
> It looks small enough that a case could be printed on most 3D printers and
> it's a lot cheaper than the laptop version. So it would fit well into a
> high-volume customization experience.
>
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 3:38 PM, lkcl . <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Matt Maier <blueback09 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I just ran across this computer a little while ago and now you pop up
>> on the
>> > mailing list, neat.
>>
>>  :)
>>
>> > Your explanation of use cases for Marcin is important. It's the biggest
>> part
>> > that's missing from the information I've seen about the project. The
>> "but
>> > what can I do with it" question needs to be front and center, or at
>> least
>> > co-equal with the libre and environmental factors.
>>
>>  ... yeahhh... that would have been good to do right at the start :)
>>
>> > It might be worth comparing it to other examples of computers that
>> people
>> > are familiar with. For example, a table with the EOMA68, a Raspberry
>> Pi, a
>> > Chromebook, a Microsoft Surface, and a Macbook (maybe add some phones
>> and
>> > servers too?), would go a long way towards putting it into context. And
>> it
>> > wouldn't necessarily suffer for performing at the lower end of the
>> scale if
>> > you went on to explain that after a few generations of improvement you
>> could
>> > swap out another card and instantly upgrade to higher performance,
>> > equivalent to somewhere else in the chart.
>>
>>  huh.  hindsight's 20-20, eh?
>>
>>  i'll see if i can work that in somehow.
>>
>> l.
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