[fedora-arm] EOMA68-A20 CPU Card and Improv Engineering Board available for sale

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 09:18:16AM +0000, luke.leighton wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 09:23:30PM +0000, luke.leighton wrote:
> >> hoooray, hooray, finally we're on to a non-CE/non-FCC beta run.  $75
> >> plus tax & shipping via our 3rd party partners.  specs at the link
> >> below.  anyone on debian-arm or fedora-arm who would like to order one
> >> and would like a preorder code so as to be able to jump the first-come
> >> first-served queue (i have a few available) please contact me directly
> >> for instructions ok?
> >>
> >> http://eoma68-a20.qimod.com/improv.html
> >
> > I have to admit this website and the ones linked from it leave me
> > more confused than when I started.
> 
>  awesome!  there's a lot of history behind this project - it's been in
> development for over 2 years.
> 
> > Is this a PCMCIA card?
> 
>  no.
> 
> > That sounds like an interesting form factor,
> > but in that case how does the serial console work?
> 
>  http://elinux.org/Embedded_Open_Modular_Architecture/EOMA-68

So it's a PCMCIA form factor that fits into some sort of backplane?

I think this project could do with some sort of "what on earth is
this?" introduction for people who know absolutely nothing about what
you're trying to do.

Rich.

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