Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:45:44 +0100 From: Miernik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] CPU Motherboard
Hi all. I'm very interested in the projest of one person here to create a new mainboard for an old Toshiba Libretto. The reason I'm interested, is that I need to create a laptop with a build in GPS and GSM devices. I want to have them integrated internally, best somewhere on the mainboard, and have a custom BIOS program to control the GPS and GSM cooperation, so that would be independent of the operating system installed. Here is a projest of a free, open source BIOS replacement, that could be used in this design: http://www.linuxbios.org/ Questions to "PhotoEngineering John": Could we start a public project on this mailing list to design the schematics of the mainboard, that interested participants (who want to order on of the 200 mainboards), can propose design changes, patches, etc? What chipset do you plan to use on the mainboard? How many layers would have the board? The reason I ask, is that we could together design the schematics and PCB, and then people could manufacture mainboards in their own countries. It would also make possible to have different versions of the board, like some might want to have CF sockets, others additional USB. So they could modify the design by themselves, and produce the board they need in a PCB printing shop. A similar project of a 486, mono-LCD-CGA based palmtop, was the Morphy-One: http://ms-n.org/DataSheets/MorphyOne/ http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/plaza/aj93/waggy/hp/features/morphyone.htm http://www.page.sannet.ne.jp/t_nakagawa/mo1.htm http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.page.sannet.ne.jp%2Ft_nakagawa%2Fmo1.htm&lp=ja_en&tt=url I have also thought of using these motherboards in laptops, but they are very high (2*USB+RJ45), so it would not fit in a laptop case. http://www.mini-itx.com/news/computex2003-1/ Or the Via EPIA MII http://www.mini-itx.com/news/images/story0277.jpg regards, Jan Macek -- Miernik ________________________ jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________/__ tel: +48608233394 __/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Truth about Bush's military operations: http://www.TruthAboutWar.org/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
