[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBios on a braille display ?

[Corey Osgood]

Sébastien Hinderer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Peter Stuge :
>>> So, do you think that a socket could fit if a compact flash card
>>> reader does?
>> The socket I have in mind is from Emulation Technology:
>>
>> http://www.emulation.com/catalog/off-the-shelf_solutions/sockets/tsop/
>>
>> It's 5.33mm high which is more than the most slim CF sockets, but it
>> may just fit.
>>
>> Is it possible to use the system with the top off if the socket
>> doesn't fit? Perhaps a hole could be cut in the lid?
> 
> Samuel probably knows better than I do what to answer to these
> questions.
> 
> What I don't understand very well is what this socket oes exactly.
> The idea would be tosolder it to the mother board, and then one would be
> able to put the chip we want in the socket, meaning switching betwween a
> chip containing a development BIOS and the stable one. Am I correct ?
> 

Yes, you are correct. Unless you have a socket and and a pair of chips,
one for the original bios and one to test linuxbios with, you'll brick
your board on the first attempt.

-Corey