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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:29:30 -0500
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From: Nick LaForge <nicklaforge@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ARM based terminal?
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> You might take a look at the Beagle Boards.  They're OMAP-based and
> completely open source hardware.  So, if you feel up to it, you can tack
> on pretty much anything you like.

Except high throughput peripherals like video.

Cortex A8 based SoCs found in the Gumstix Overo and the Beagleboard
only sport a 720p video core.

A9 based SoCs do 1080p, and you can try one out by getting a Pandoraboard.

I don't really need 1080p though, and we already bought Overos.

Nick