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Yes, a fun form-factor! The EOMA68 project tried to re-use it for a compute module [0], but sadly ran out of money before shipping. [0]: https://www.crowdsuppl

• RF_Savage 4y ago
  Tbh it felt like EOMA68 ran out of money due to constant Yak shaving. For example, instead of sourcing a stock of the increasingly hard to get DDR memory chips, time and money was spent on designing a completely new 3d printer based on new mechanics for printing the laptop parts. No commercial printer was good enough and neither was any 3d printing service. Due to the time spent on thimgs like this more and more parts went obsolete and manufacturing became harder. Still waiting for my EOMA68-A20 card that runs Debian.
  • drewzero1 4y ago
    That's disappointing, I remember seeing the project at the time and thinking (a) it was an absolutely awesome idea and (b) it was a bit too ambitious and needed to keep a limited scope to be successful. The laptop chassis would have been a great phase 2 after getting the compute module out into the world. The 3D printer story sounds like they might have lost sight of the apple pie while they were inventing the universe.