[livesupport-dev] Neuros hardware
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    Hi,


    When we first started discussing LiveSupport about two years ago, one of
    the things we were dreaming about was a portable media player that could
    handle LS. At the time we were looking at some of Archos' projects, and I
    even wrote Archos asking them for a test box we could try out.

    Today I read on Slashdot that Neuros is working on a new portable media
    player/recorder, and is soliciting input from the open source community:

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/10/19/012249.shtml?tid=100&tid=137

    http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS7231044963.html

    What's interesting about this box is that in addition to its size/form
    factor, it also includes some pretty high-end audio hardware, and that
    made me think this one may be interesting for LS.

    doug


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    Douglas Arellanes
    Head of Research and Development
    Center for Advanced Media--Prague (CAMP)
    Na vinicnich horach 24a/1834, 160 00 Prague 6
    Czech Republic
    Tel: + 420 2 3333 5356, Fax: +420 2 2431 5419
    Mobile: +420 724 073 364
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down importimport
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    Douglas.Arellanes@mdlf.org wrote:
    > What's interesting about this box is that in addition to its size/form
    > factor, it also includes some pretty high-end audio hardware, and that
    > made me think this one may be interesting for LS.

    unfortunately, it seems to be quite underpowered CPU-wise:


    The new Neuros design is based on a Texas Instruments DM320 (TI)
    dual-core RISC/DSP chip with an ARM926 application processor clocked at
    200MHz and a C54x DSP core clocked at "up to 120MHz," the company says.
    The design supports up to 128MB of RAM, and 8MB of Flash.
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    True, but I can report that LS Studio runs fine on my 300mhz Compaq
    notebook with 96mb of RAM and 4GB HD. We have yet to hear if anyone else
    has broken a lower limit. Although one of Michal's friends wanted to
    install LS on his Beowulf cluster of old 386s Wink))

    doug






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    Sounds very interesting. Anybody want to send them some ideas?

    Sava




    Douglas.Arellanes@mdlf.org
    19/10/2005 06:51 AM
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    Hi,


    When we first started discussing LiveSupport about two years ago, one of
    the things we were dreaming about was a portable media player that could
    handle LS. At the time we were looking at some of Archos' projects, and I
    even wrote Archos asking them for a test box we could try out.

    Today I read on Slashdot that Neuros is working on a new portable media
    player/recorder, and is soliciting input from the open source community:

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/10/19/012249.shtml?tid=100&tid=137

    http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS7231044963.html

    What's interesting about this box is that in addition to its size/form
    factor, it also includes some pretty high-end audio hardware, and that
    made me think this one may be interesting for LS.

    doug


    =============================================
    Media Development Loan Fund
    =============================================
    Douglas Arellanes
    Head of Research and Development
    Center for Advanced Media--Prague (CAMP)
    Na vinicnich horach 24a/1834, 160 00 Prague 6
    Czech Republic
    Tel: + 420 2 3333 5356, Fax: +420 2 2431 5419
    Mobile: +420 724 073 364
    http://www.mdlf-camp.net
    http://www.campware.org
    =============================================
    http://www.mdlf.org
    =============================================
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    Maybee we can get it to run on my older machine? I could offer some special
    funding to adapt the software, but the rule is: no hardware modifications
    allowed! But I am pretty sure the CPU have enough power.

    http://www.putzfrau-buchen.de/vs9-de/awogalerie/streamimage.php?path=L0FXTzE
    4LkpQRw==

    True, but I can report that LS Studio runs fine on my 300mhz Compaq
    notebook with 96mb of RAM and 4GB HD. We have yet to hear if anyone else has
    broken a lower limit. Although one of Michal's friends wanted to install LS
    on his Beowulf cluster of old 386s Wink))

    doug
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