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From: Ed W <lists@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Embedded NaiKit For Sale
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:30:34
Message-Id: 48973CB6.5050108@wildgooses.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-embedded] Embedded NaiKit For Sale by Ned Ludd
1 Ned Ludd wrote:
2 > Normally we don't use this list to promote vendors or sell shit. But a
3 > friend of mine has an extra NailKit for sale (50% off Retail).
4 > http://www.tincantools.com/product.php?productid=16143
5 >
6 > I think he's trying to raise a little extra cash for school supplies for
7 > his KIDS and he is asking a fair price. So I figured I'd pass the word
8 > along to this list as ppl from time to time ask for suggestions into
9 > what to buy when starting out with embedded things.
10 > It's ARM. Fun. Unbreakable. Upstream support is awesome. Schematics are
11 > fully open. I own one. So it's fully supported at Gentoo.
12 >
13 > If anybody is interested you can contact me and I'll make an e-intro.
14 > Or Chime in here and he can contact you. (tip buying stuff from an
15 > embedded genius/guru is nearly always a good call) I'd buy it off of him
16 > but as noted I already own one..
17 >
18 >
19
20 I like the idea, but they seem a tad expensive when you can get nice
21 (but larger) boards like PCEngines Alix for a little over half the price?
22
23 Not critiquing, but I need a smallish board for an embedded mailserver
24 project and have looked around for various things which fit the bill.
25 Alix seems best bang for buck so far?
26
27 Ed W

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Re: [gentoo-embedded] Embedded NaiKit For Sale Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se>