[rescue] Multia Question

[Scott Newell]

>> Webpal?  (ARM SoC, can run Linux, s-video/vga out, stereo audio out, IR
>> remote, IR keyboard, PS/2 mouse/keyboad, no fan, linear power supply,
>> use the ISA slot for a 10BaseT nic and nfs-mount your root filesystem to
>> avoid a drive.)
>
>Definitely sounds interesting.  Does it use 24-bit color or just 8-bit.

A quick glance through the datasheet for the CL-7500 shows that it can
support 1,2,4,8,16, and 32 bits/pixel, with 8 bit DACs each for RGB.  All
the guys running Linux are doing so in 8bpp mode.  Been too busy with work
lately to actually check that the bare metal is capable of 32bpp.


>(It's not really all that important.)  How much does it cost?  Does it run
>NetBSD?

I gave $13/each for mine (looks like $20 on ebay).  Add another $9-$15 for
64 MB of ram, $5 or so for a NIC, few bucks for a serial port level
converter to get the flash reprogrammed.

NetBSD: not at this time.  If there's a NetBSD port running on the 7500
chip, it probably wouldn't be too hard to mod for the Webpal.


newell