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Nope. Looks like you asked me this same question quite a while ago (kudos for persistence in trying to get it updated!): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=
by georgemcbay 10y ago
Nope. Looks like you asked me this same question quite a while ago (kudos for persistence in trying to get it updated!):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7975378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7975378
Not aware of anyone making available newer, working patches since then either... I don't even have any working chumby 8" devices anymore.
- zdw 10y agoWow, way to remember that. I've keep it around asone of those "hey I could do this eventually..." sorts of things that's probably not worth it anymore given that a raspberry pi and the official touchscreen is <$100. > I don't even have any working chumby 8" devices anymore. Do you want one?
- georgemcbay 10y agoNope, but thanks for asking! I have the same issue you do where I keep things around just in case I might someday make a project with them. I actually got rid of a bunch of my old chumby devices (plus a lot of old freescale developer boards and miscellaneous embedded devices) specifically in a purge to get rid of such things, so I don't want to relapse! I've found (as you mentioned) that if such a project does turn up I'm better off just buying a newish device like whatever the newest raspberry pi is and using that... more expensive than using scavenged parts, but lots less wasted time trying to get a modern kernel up, etc.