Gregory's Server|
I spent time in the last few days, tidying. I threw out about 50 bags worth of trash, mostly old cardboard that accumulated for years. Now I can ship orders more efficiently. I'm shipping orders today, and then more until the weekend. The photos of are Minifree. This is my lab! I did some further organizing, and now have 2 anti-static work benches. Disassemble machines on one desk, put the boards in anti-static bags. Transfer, in anti-static bags, to main desk for soldering. Transfer back to disassembly/reassembly desk, for reassembly. Very efficient. Say hello to the new osboot logo! Thanks go to ioanm for making it! Added in osbwww-img.git revision 449ddc9c3c516526e8afd915613f8c4b885c4f68, see: https://notabug.org/osboot/osbwww-img/commit/449ddc9c3c516526e8afd915613f8c4b885c4f68 When soldering, you deal with toxic fumes. Even if you use lead-free solder (you should not use lead-free solder), there are flux fumes and such. Wear a mask, and make sure to have proper ventilation. In a *lot* of situations, I turn on a fan to blow the fumes away from my face. Pro-tip: always check the CR2032, when working on a laptop. This one was dead (1.1v) so I replaced it. The CR2032 should be 3v, but I consider anything between 2.8v-3v to be acceptable. The CR2032 powers an RTC, for time+date. It must be tested *under load* for accurate readout! A group of Chileans are trying to get software freedom enshrined into the constitution in the country of Chile, and they need every bit of help they can get. The group is called: Propuestas constitucionales para Chile en la era de la información Website: https://eradelainformacion.cl I tried to upload these videos to my mastodon but it wouldn't have it. I really need to set up peertube as soon as possible. Anyway: I did a mini series on soldering, using a ThinkPad T400 as an example (I show the work that I do for customer laptops). I put the video on my twitter. Click the first tweet below, and look at my replies to see more videos. See:  @libreleah is that Core 2 Quad mod or something? :blobcat3c: Fun fact: you can run a Raspberry Pi, fully libre. On up to rpi3, you can replace the GPU/boot blob. I'm told everything except HDMI works (but you can use a "VGA 666" adapter PCB, for analog RGB output). It's based on earlier work, but with many fixes: The Libreboot release is delayed to November 15th. I have final polishing to do on desktop boards. BUT: I'm shipping laptops all week. Customers are getting Libreboot from today's lbmk.git, not Libreboot 20160907. All laptops are stable and well-tested on today's Git repository. Chip upgrade service reduced in price on https://minifree.org/product/flash-upgrade/ I upgrade the flash IC (containing Libreboot) to 16MiB (128Mbit). This allows you to fit a busybox+linux OS in the flash. Linuxboot integration is planned for future Libreboot releases, similar to how Heads does it. Libreboot laptop prices reduced on http://RetroFreedom.com - E.g. X200 was £298, now £228. I have a large stock surplus, and things are returning to pre-pandemic normal in the UK. It is viable for me to operate at reduced prices, like in 2017/2018. Also: I'm on course to getting a new Libreboot release out, ETA early to mid October. My purpose is to polish the current 20210522 release (released on 22 May 2021). I plan another release in November/December. Coreboot 4.15 comes out in ~November. |