Fwd: NorhTec Price Quote

[ron minnich]

Michael Barnes has been very supportive in our discussions. So here is
a possibilty.

Thanks

ron

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael C. Barnes 
Date: Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: NorhTec Price Quote
To: Quotes NorhTec , mailto, [e-mail]

I am familar with the LinuxBios project and I looked at Coreboot
before. The problem is there are very few motherboards supported. It
isn't about how open is but rather on whether or not someone takes the
time to support a motherboard or not.  The Jr is going to be phased
out in six months so it wouldn't be worth the time to port Coreboot to
the Jr. However, we are just releasing the DX and soon we will have
products based on the new Xcore86 CPU.  Our base BIOS is AMI BIOS.  If
someone wanted to migrate Coreboot onto the new platforms, that would
be great.

Quotes NorhTec wrote:
> A3-5HD   | MicroClient Jr. with option to install HD -QTY- 1 = $120.00
>
> 07-004-TH| 4 GB Compact Flash -QTY- 1 = $45.00
>
> Shipping cost for 1 unit to  U.S.A = $51.00
>
> Our technical staff will get back to you on the technical question.
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 6:23 AM, NorhTec Price Request - ron minnich <[e-mail] > wrote:
>
> Name: ron minnich
>    Email Address: [e-mail] 
>    Country: United States
>
> Interested in following products:
>
> A3-5HD   | MicroClient Jr. with option to install HD -QTY- 1
>    07-004-TH| 1 GB Compact Flash -QTY- 1
>
> Additional details:
>
> The coreboot project (http://coreboot.org) would like to have
>    coreboot running on this machine. How open is it?
>
> thanks
>    Ron
>
> IP/Browser: 76.103.89.146, Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64;
>    en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008111217 Fedora/3.0.4-1.fc9 Firefox/3.0.4
>
> https://www.norhtec.com/order/index.html
>
> For payment by wire transfer, please send order details to [e-mail] .
>
> If you require a formal quotation document, please write to [e-mail] 
> Thank you for your interest in NorhTec products.

/Michael C. Barnes
President, NorhTec/

99/24 , Software Park Bldg, 11th Floor, Unit A3, Changwattana Road, Pakkred,
Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand

MOBILE PHONE [phone]
USA FAX [phone]
USA 1 [phone]
Thailand (66) 2 962 1546
Australia   [phone]
United Kingdom   020 3239 4893
New Zealand   09 889 2507

[Corey Osgood]

How available are the datasheets for the Xcore86 and it's chipset? What's
the life expectancy of the MicroClient Sr. (CX700M chipset)? I was just
looking at their site the other day, they offer a c7/vx800 nettop with linux
preinstalled that looks interesting too.

-Corey

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:49 PM, ron minnich  wrote:
> Michael Barnes has been very supportive in our discussions. So here is
> a possibilty.
>
> Thanks
>
> ron
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michael C. Barnes 
> Date: Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:35 AM
> Subject: Re: NorhTec Price Quote
> To: Quotes NorhTec , mailto, [e-mail]
>
> I am familar with the LinuxBios project and I looked at Coreboot
> before. The problem is there are very few motherboards supported. It
> isn't about how open is but rather on whether or not someone takes the
> time to support a motherboard or not.  The Jr is going to be phased
> out in six months so it wouldn't be worth the time to port Coreboot to
> the Jr. However, we are just releasing the DX and soon we will have
> products based on the new Xcore86 CPU.  Our base BIOS is AMI BIOS.  If
> someone wanted to migrate Coreboot onto the new platforms, that would
> be great.
>
> Quotes NorhTec wrote:
> > A3-5HD   | MicroClient Jr. with option to install HD -QTY- 1 = $120.00
> >
> > 07-004-TH| 4 GB Compact Flash -QTY- 1 = $45.00
> >
> > Shipping cost for 1 unit to  U.S.A = $51.00
> >
> > Our technical staff will get back to you on the technical question.
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 6:23 AM, NorhTec Price Request - ron minnich <
>
> [e-mail] > wrote:
> > Name: ron minnich
> >    Email Address: [e-mail] 
> >    Country: United States
> >
> > Interested in following products:
> >
> > A3-5HD   | MicroClient Jr. with option to install HD -QTY- 1
> >    07-004-TH| 1 GB Compact Flash -QTY- 1
> >
> > Additional details:
> >
> > The coreboot project (http://coreboot.org) would like to have
> >    coreboot running on this machine. How open is it?
> >
> > thanks
> >    Ron
> >
> > IP/Browser: 76.103.89.146, Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64;
> >    en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008111217 Fedora/3.0.4-1.fc9 Firefox/3.0.4
>
> 2-pin Euro plug adapters available for $1. UK, Australia & NZ plug adapters
> available for $3.
> > Prices are USD.
> > Shipments to Italy, Argentina & Brazil require a Tax ID #.
> > You may place a credit card order here:
> >
> > https://www.norhtec.com/order/index.html
> >
> > For payment by wire transfer, please send order details to
>
> [e-mail] .
> > If you require a formal quotation document, please write to
>
> [e-mail]
> > Thank you for your interest in NorhTec products.
>
> /Michael C. Barnes
> President, NorhTec/
>
> 99/24 , Software Park Bldg, 11th Floor, Unit A3, Changwattana Road,
> Pakkred,
> Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand
>
> MOBILE PHONE [phone]
> USA FAX [phone]
> USA 1 [phone]
> Thailand (66) 2 962 1546
> Australia   [phone]
> United Kingdom   020 3239 4893
> New Zealand   09 889 2507

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 17.12.2008 05:23, Corey Osgood wrote:
> How available are the datasheets for the Xcore86 and it's chipset? What's
> the life expectancy of the MicroClient Sr. (CX700M chipset)? I was just
> looking at their site the other day, they offer a c7/vx800 nettop with linux
> preinstalled that looks interesting too.
>
> -Corey
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:49 PM, ron minnich  wrote:
> > Michael Barnes has been very supportive in our discussions. So here is
> > a possibilty.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > ron
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Michael C. Barnes 
> > wrote:
> > > I am familar with the LinuxBios project and I looked at Coreboot
> > > before. The problem is there are very few motherboards supported. It
> > > isn't about how open is but rather on whether or not someone takes the
> > > time to support a motherboard or not.  The Jr is going to be phased
> > > out in six months so it wouldn't be worth the time to port Coreboot to
> > > the Jr. However, we are just releasing the DX and soon we will have
> > > products based on the new Xcore86 CPU.  Our base BIOS is AMI BIOS.  If
> > > someone wanted to migrate Coreboot onto the new platforms, that would
> > > be great.

Does the Xcore86 support CAR? Looking at the chip data, it seems
unlikely. And I'd rather not target a machine which has no CAR.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel