Hello from Vienna, I would be interested to buy an A31 device with 2 GB Ram, but I would like a more server like cubic case.
I do not like the case which is shown here: http://www.cnx-software.com/2013/04/12/mele-a1000g-quad-set-top-box-features-allwinner-a31-soc/ I want a case like the A2000 has: http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/04/04/mele-a2000-android-2-3-media-player-powered-by-allwinner-a10/ Can you please ask if the offer different cases ? How can I contact the Mele company, could you please post there email address and web page ? Regards, Peter Bauer http://bitkistl.blogspot.com On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 20:55 +0100, luke.leighton wrote: > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/2013-April/007073.html > > i've been contacted by mele of shenzen out-of-the-blue because it > turns out they really appreciated the fact that we used and > recommended their hardware with the allwinner a10 processor as a > low-cost developer system, it resulted in really quite good sales for > them. here's instructions on how people got Debian (armhf) root > filesystems onto it, for example: > > http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/hacking_the_mele_a1000/Building_Debian_From_Source_Code_for_Mele/ > > they're just about to bring out a couple of other systems, one is with > the A20 (a drop-in replacement for the A10) which is a dual-core ARM > Cortex A7, and the other is a more powerful Quad-Core ARM Cortex A7 > with 2gb of RAM. > > if there's anybody who would be interested in a group buy of these > boxes as low-cost debian servers, desktops, freedom box development > systems etc. then now's a good time to speak up. > > i still have yet to find out if the A20 box has SATA, but the A31 one > definitely does (how is not clear: the A31 doesn't have SATA as far as > i can make out). > > the only caveat about the A31 system is that it uses the PowerVR > proprietary GPU, for which starting the reverse-engineering is still > outstanding (the engine's instruction set op codes are known though). > but, as a server or if using straight framebuffer, it'll do fine. > > GPL Source code has already been quotes leaked quotes for both systems > so is available publicly; Mele are committed to GPL Compliance so > that's ok; i have copies of the stock android kernel and u-boot as > well as the buildroot environment if people get _really_ stuck, but > you shouldn't. > > pricing i've yet to find out - they _really_ should not be a great > deal. A31 retail products really should not be more than $20 more > than A10 retail products. > > l. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1365850560.2534.16.camel@peter-laptop
