[Watford] Watford Digest, Vol 276, Issue 4

[Alan Secker]

I'm a\way for a couple of weeks but I would like to push for a 
user-friendly venue. The Sportsman ain't it.

Alan


On 15/11/15 20:39, Mat Sutton wrote:
> I'm up for a Watford bssed revival.
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> Mat
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>     1. Re: MIPS in Kings Langley (Freddie)
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> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 21:00:02 +0000
> From: Freddie <freddie_signup at gmx.co.uk>
> To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Watford] MIPS in Kings Langley
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> On Tue, 2015-11-10 11:28, Alain Williams wrote:
>  > We seem to have been somewhat silent of late ...
>  >
>  > I was wondering if anyone is interested in a revival.
>  >
>  > I have just noticed that the world wide headquarters of MIPS is on
> our doorstep:
>  >
>  > http://imgtec.com/about/contact-us/
>  >
>  > http://imgtec.com/mips/
>  >
>  > Linux runs on them: https://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Main_Page
>  >
>  >
>  > It might also be good to have some project that we could all get
> involved in.
>  > Ideas ?
>  >
>
> As a recent ex-employee of Imagination (from the powervr graphics
> division, rather than MIPS) I have a first edition CI20 creator board
> (the one with the non-rectangular PCB and reportedly worse wi-fi
> performance, I don't remember the other details of the differences
> between this and the subsequent edition) which I got at a knock down
> price. This has a 32-bit MIPS processor on it (again, don't remember the
> details although I'm sure they won't be too hard to find online).
> Unfortunately I haven't the time to play with it at the moment. As a
> long-time lurker I'm happy to donate the board to whatever noble aims
> your usergroup forces upon it. However, as a recidivist Yorkshireman,
> I'm no longer in the area. If you think this could be useful, let me
> know where you'd like me to post it.
>
> Note, I couldn't find a case online for the CI20 (the 2nd edition has a
> CAD file of a case freely accessible, but not the first).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Freddie
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 21:58:11 +0000
> From: Alexjan Carraturo <axjslack at gmail.com>
> To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Watford] MIPS in Kings Langley
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> Hi all
>
> I'm new in this list. My name is Alexjan, and I have some experience
> with CI20 and Linux. So if  you are interested I can share something
> about this.
> I have the CI20 too (the second, not the third), if you are interested
> I could do a little demo if a space is available.
>
> Regards
> Alexjan
>
> 2015-11-14 21:00 GMT+00:00 Freddie <freddie_signup at gmx.co.uk>:
>  > On Tue, 2015-11-10 11:28, Alain Williams wrote:
>  >> We seem to have been somewhat silent of late ...
>  >>
>  >> I was wondering if anyone is interested in a revival.
>  >>
>  >> I have just noticed that the world wide headquarters of MIPS is on
> our doorstep:
>  >>
>  >> http://imgtec.com/about/contact-us/
>  >>
>  >> http://imgtec.com/mips/
>  >>
>  >> Linux runs on them: https://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Main_Page
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> It might also be good to have some project that we could all get
> involved in.
>  >> Ideas ?
>  >>
>  >
>  > As a recent ex-employee of Imagination (from the powervr graphics
>  > division, rather than MIPS) I have a first edition CI20 creator board
>  > (the one with the non-rectangular PCB and reportedly worse wi-fi
>  > performance, I don't remember the other details of the differences
>  > between this and the subsequent edition) which I got at a knock down
>  > price. This has a 32-bit MIPS processor on it (again, don't remember the
>  > details although I'm sure they won't be too hard to find online).
>  > Unfortunately I haven't the time to play with it at the moment. As a
>  > long-time lurker I'm happy to donate the board to whatever noble aims
>  > your usergroup forces upon it. However, as a recidivist Yorkshireman,
>  > I'm no longer in the area. If you think this could be useful, let me
>  > know where you'd like me to post it.
>  >
>  > Note, I couldn't find a case online for the CI20 (the 2nd edition has a
>  > CAD file of a case freely accessible, but not the first).
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  >
>  > Freddie
>  >
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