Open source PPC laptop bounty

[utri007]

There is a bounty to develop Opensource PPC laptop. First step goal is %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!8364;12,600.00.

1.Hardware components research, analysis of the architecture, and design of the electrical schematics [12600 euro, 30 net days];
2.Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Gerber format delivery of the electrical schematics [11950 euro, 30 net days];
3.Production and delivery of five working prototypes [ 8800 euro, 40 net days];
4.Hardware testing using software provided by the producer (ACube) [14400 euro, 30 net days];
5.Pre-certification CE certification [12.500 euro].

Those who are interested might want to contribute.

https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/campaigns/electrical-schematics-notebook-powerpc-motherboard-donation-campaign/

[utri007]

Only Linux PPC is promised, but it is produced By aCube. So if it materializes there is a good change it will have OS4 or any other amigsh OS.

[utri007]

The Vampire 500 V2 really isn't very far away from this idea already.

Simply add a LVDS for direct LCD display output, a USB hub, and some power management chips, then engineer it into a laptop chassis compatible form factor.

A cheaper and more interesting project, by a long way.

-Edit- I'm not trying to be negative, I just can't see any positives with respect to a PPC Linux laptop.

Some reality check. Do you understand that Vampire is not power full enough to general desktop use? This laptop has about 500x more horsepower than Vampire.