Thanks to rockrr for the ping!!
Posted on 05/25/2016 7:47:22 AM PDT by zeugma
Courtesy ping of possible interest...
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This is the standard ‘686 architecture, right. Getting the chip alone, let alone the board, even though by modern standards it is slow (1.2 GHz) is quite a feat.
Very nice!!!
Congratulations!
So what sector of tech do you work in, or are you a hobbyist?
Not sure, but I think its AARCH-64 (ARM technology)
Not to say the M-word or the W-word, but would a certain Redmond O/S (in some version) also crank on this puppy?
OK, different CPU family. That’s why no winderz
It’s not an x86. I believe it’s based on the Atom processor.
HA! Long time nerd here. Started on mainframes and minicomputers, and have worked my way down. I'm primarily focused on middleware stuff these days. Webservers, app servers, dns and that kind of stuff.
If it is an Atom, it can run 686’ish things then. The Atom is used in a lot of netbooks.
Maybe it could do Winderz, the only reason it is not advertised that way is to keep out of trouble with Microsoft.
Yup. No Winders. Could probably load whatever M$ is doing for embedded devices these days, but it wouldn’t be free to distribute, like the ones provided on the pine64 site are.
My Winderz (and Kubuntu capable) Acer netbook of a few years back has Atom in it, though it is the 32 bit version.
Winderz might need special memory management or other things that the Pine board does not have, though. Trying Windows 7, 64 bit might work — or it might end up in a grand choke.
Ya, it might work. Why would I want to though?
Just to be weird
Actually for the same reason a lot of people go with Gates-soft. Because there is stuff that will run only on it. Thanks to Linux the set of exclusive applications is getting smaller daily. But if something needs Windows, then you’d have the possibility of Windows, and though the Windows couldn’t be redistributed, a set of configuration directions could.
I think my brother might have also gotten one of these but he didn’t go into as much detail as you so I’m not sure if it’s the same kick starter project or one similar to yours.
I’m going to email this link to him to see if it’s the same as yours.
What you’ve done is beyond my level of abilities, but I’m currently working on getting Chromium OS working on this laptop so I can once again cast to my chromecast device that Google quit supporting in the chrome browser on Linux.
Thanks to rockrr for the ping!!
debian@pine64pro:~$ hostnamectl
Static hostname: pine64pro
Icon name: computer
Chassis: n/a
Machine ID: 9832079c73834a07b210c12d3a06c370
Boot ID: fdd0d5e48f334fe1b54628b01411d77c
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)
Kernel: Linux 3.10.101-0-pine64-longsleep
Architecture: arm64
debian@pine64pro:/usr/bin$ inxi -b
System: Host: pine64pro Kernel: 3.10.101-0-pine64-longsleep aarch64 (32 bit) Console: tty 2
Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 8
Machine: No /sys/class/dmi, using dmidecode: you must be root to run dmidecode
CPU: Quad core AArch64 Processor rev 4 (aarch64) (-MCP-) clocked at 720 MHz
Graphics: Card: Failed to Detect Video Card!
Display Server: X.org 1.16.4 driver: N/A tty size: 190x50 Advanced Data: N/A out of X
Network: Card: Failed to Detect Network Card!
Drives: HDD Total Size: 128.1GB (63.6% used)
Info: Processes: 166 Uptime: 14:40 Memory: 358.0/1989.2MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.28
I was looking for a compact SBC to run linuxCNC on. Currently, I’m running it on some mini/micro ITX boards with a PCI/x breakout card. This looks like a good option.
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