[Gta04-owner] Looking to help develop Replicant

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Hi,

Am 26.07.2012 um 03:56 schrieb Matt Ivie:

> Hi,
> 
> I understand that a complete unit is hard to come by right now. Is it
> possible to just get a board and some components to work on to start
> with? The main thing is that I can't afford to get the main board right

it is the other way round. We have (I think) 2 completely assembled
devices but currently no bare boards.

> now. If I had that I could buy other components one at a time as stock
> became available or as I could afford them.
> 
> I'm open to suggestion. I just want to help to get replicant running on
> the gta04 as much as I can.

That would be really fine if we can somehow enable you to work on
it.

BR,
Nikolaus

> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt
> 
> Hi Matt,
> 
> Am 18.07.2012 um 05:50 schrieb Matt Ivie:
> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I am looking to help out with the Replicant project. I currently have
> a
> 
> that is great!
> 
>> Nexus S but find the fact that it requires so many non-free drivers to
>> be unacceptable. I really want to look at the long-term picture here
> and
>> have a phone available that everyone can use with all free software.
> 
> Yes, that is also our goal and because we know what a pain it is
> do develop for an undocumented device, we try our best to make it
> better,
> i.e. well documented.
> 
>> 
>> It was suggested to me that I look into getting a gta04 to develop on
> so
>> that we can get Replicant fully running on it sooner. I am not a
> really
>> experience developer so I'm just learning as I go along. But I do want
>> to see this happen. 
>> 
>> So the purpose of this post is that it was suggested to me by someone
>> interested in Replicant that I should send a message out on this
> mailing
>> list to see if there was any way to get a functioning gta04 for
>> development. I can't afford to purchase one right now but I can't get
>> started without one. I'll leave it at that.
> 
> I.e. you are looking for someone who can lend his/her for some time
> or someone else to sponsor a unit.
> 
> Unfortunately, production of further GTA04 boards has stalled so that
> only 2 or 3 complete devices are left over (i.e. GTA04 boards built into
> Openmoko Freerunner cases). So if someone would like to help to get
> you one of these, please raise finger(s).
> 
> Nikolaus
> 
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