interesting or not?
category: general [glöplog]
er... is it too much to ask to NOT to pouetize this too much? kthxbye.
my girlfriend's sister is working for her college assignment on a mod for this chumby thingie, i dont know if you've heard of it before or not. at least it doesn't appear in the bbs anywhere - and i know because i did a search for it :).
her idea - NOT MINE! amazing! - was to showcase demos and other type of digital art content in it. i think it would be a great idea, is there anyone who can give some more ideas/hints and/or valuable help to her on this matter?
imagine, waking up with a demo. ace...
my girlfriend's sister is working for her college assignment on a mod for this chumby thingie, i dont know if you've heard of it before or not. at least it doesn't appear in the bbs anywhere - and i know because i did a search for it :).
her idea - NOT MINE! amazing! - was to showcase demos and other type of digital art content in it. i think it would be a great idea, is there anyone who can give some more ideas/hints and/or valuable help to her on this matter?
imagine, waking up with a demo. ace...
http://www.chumby.com/developers/devlinux
Oo
Oo
better be darn loud demos then :D
Your girlfriend's sister is crazy. Cool.
I hope her moddeling skills get better :D
I hope her moddeling skills get better :D
Can it play hullu.s3m?
enough about girls. That chumby looks cute. It's more than 8MHZ then it's a great demoplatform :D
she was telling me about it on the way to breeze.
i had no clue what the hell it was exactly and i still quite dont despite reading the site diagonally giving a faint hint.
i had no clue what the hell it was exactly and i still quite dont despite reading the site diagonally giving a faint hint.
having read a few more pages on that site: seems cute. wonder how much they'll cost..
They expect it to cost $150. The only hardware spec. I find is the processor... ARM9 at 266MHz. The thingy's schematics are available but I can't open it now.
just sent a mail trying to get one.. :)
xern: yeh, was also looking for specs but the pdf's linked from the wiki are all 404 :/
xern: yeh, was also looking for specs but the pdf's linked from the wiki are all 404 :/
Looks VERY interesting! I would not mind to wake up listening to nectarine in the morning!
We could have a demoshow in the morning with that thing!
We could have a demoshow in the morning with that thing!
Why is this thread full of portuguese people? We hate linux like the next European.
Quoting the FAQ:
From what I found in the wiki it has a 320x240 touchscreen with a 12Hz refresh. That's too slow for demos or video :(
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Can Chumby Do Video? And the appropriate answer is "No, but it may in the future. As of right now, Chumby is too slow for video, but a driver could be written to use its specialized MPEG hardware to help it decode video.
From what I found in the wiki it has a 320x240 touchscreen with a 12Hz refresh. That's too slow for demos or video :(
no it's not. it's the amiga-standard.
whoever found that name out needs to take their meds next time...
Otherwise, just give any demoscene coder a development environment and there will be a demo for it - it's the law of the west.
$150 is too expensive for an alarm clock.
...oh god, now i'm sitting here repeating "chumby" in my head. someone has to pay for this. and i love the o_O logo.
from a developer angle, it might be an interesting gadget, but i'd say 150$ is WAY too expensive for something that doesn't have a specific purpose.
from a developer angle, it might be an interesting gadget, but i'd say 150$ is WAY too expensive for something that doesn't have a specific purpose.
also, reading the faq kindof reveals that it needs a stationary 9V battery to operate properly. A gadget like this without a proper docked rechargeable lithium battery is kindof... doomed, in a way.
plus
where's the fun then? :(
plus
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Since the chumby is mostly soft, can I throw it around?
As tempting as that may be, we do not recommend it. Treat it like you would treat other electronic devices.
Would my toddler enjoy this plush chumby?
The chumby was not designed to be gummed, pounded or have food stuck into any of its openings, so it's not intended for children. The chumby is for people over the age of 13.
where's the fun then? :(
Oh well, sent a mail to get one anyway ;)
Can it do anything a $150 PC can't, though?
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...oh god, now i'm sitting here repeating "chumby" in my head. someone has to pay for this.
hahaha absolutely the same here.
as i fucking fashioned trend-following hipster i read from chumby from boingboing.net and it is designed "bunnie" teh xbox hacker right?
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Can it do anything a $150 PC can't, though?
be an awful lot smaller so it fits next to your glass of water, aspirines, hashpipe, stockpile of condoms and other nocturnal essentials?