Here is some more info I got from a mail list I follow:

> > 1) How long do you think it will be before the boards become
> > available?
>

> I'd say three or four months. As you can see from the screenshots, we
> have usable Linux, but we're waiting to get final versions of the the
> chip from our supplier.
>

> > 2) Are there any plans for a version with onboard ethernet?
>
> I don't think we're likely to do onboard Ethernet; we will have an
> onboard 3-port USB hub so people can add an external adapter.
>

> > 3) Are there any plans for a version with onboard wifi?
>
> Yes. The final version (though maybe not the first distributables)
> will have onboard WiFi (probably 802.11n) in the price point.
>

> > 4) What are the power requirements, both under load and at rest?
>
> At rest I'd say 50mW (we could trim this if it was really important,
> but it gets a bit fiddly below this point), under serious load
> (original XBox class graphics or 1080p30 H.264), 700mW.

The are also the ONLY company that you have get a physical PSTN line if you want ADSL from ANYBODY. This is because they own the last-mile of copper to everyone's house. This was a state run company under a few years ago.

Don't forget hign-end medical equipment to, some that are still running NT4 or Windows 2000 RTM {Service Pack 0} with no patches at all.

I'm talking about MRI, X-Ray Machine, Robotic Camera and Robotic Surgical Tools !!!!!

Please If I even go near the CNC with that device, the manufacture with not honer the maintenance contract......

We have >500,000$ CNC equipment your need to load your design via Floppy into a Client system that is then connected via an fecking ISA Card!!!!!
These systems are less then 5 years old as well !!!!

In the last year or so you have been able to do the following on a Server with out a Floppy drive:

Flash/Upgrade BIOS.
Upgrade RAID Controller Firmware.
Load RAID / SCSI Controller Drivers into Windows Server OS.


And this has been replaced with doing to an isolated memory located either on-board or connected internally via SD or USB, but 80% of these are emulating Floppy to boot though.

This is nothing, have a look at the setup at 26c3 last year.... Full 802.11a/b/g/n, DEC and GSM !!!!!!

I'd love to have 1.3.3.7 as my permanent IP address.

They used double XOR for added security.....

The kit used, a Proxmark 3 cost ~$470 before P&P but they were been sold at 26c3 for 200 cash-in-hand.

Sounds like somebody who was at the conference has an hour or two to kill in the airport and decided to play with their new toy.....

And to anybody saying you could not get it past security, I got my Netbook, Proxmark3, SIM simulator, a few FON and a big of random USB,wireless & BT dongles past them it no issues {except some of the stuff was removed from my carry-on bay and was double x-rays}.

I may now re-think about getting a Kindle.

If you do the follow modification to your laptop nobody will ask to us it:

1. Change OS and Software language to Klingon.
2. Replace the current keyboard with a DAS one {or just paint over all the keys.}
3. Set you screen saver and background image to randomly pull images from /B/.
4. Wire the laptops PSU supply directly into the data channel on all your USB ports.

We have a few P4 desktops with have ISA, PCI and PCIe slots, they are controlling a system of VERY large CNC systems.