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

[lkcl .]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 5:38 PM, Emilio Velis <contacto at emiliovelis.com> wrote:
> 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.

 appreciated, emilio (and matt).  i'm cross-referencing this
discussion so that the idea and approach is remembered for future
reference.  thank you.

> 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.

 that's probably an extremely good idea, as i am going to be very very busy.

>>
>> 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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