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(DIR) Post #B7Wns8s7YZvbTCNl4a by mntmn@mastodon.social
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so far we've presold 12x MNT Quasar 6490 modules, that's 50% of what we need to kick off the first batch. feel free to send me some promo ideas. should i make a video showing the general performance? who would be your favorite reviewer for the Quasar Pocket Reform?
(DIR) Post #B7WpKNplcbUpw7JNgW by vimja@tooting.ch
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@mntmn I think an update from @geerlingguy would make sense. His video on the original mnt reform was good. But I don't think he's done one on the pocket reform, has he?
(DIR) Post #B7WpdVI67ZGSZ8gErY by vimja@tooting.ch
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@mntmn Also MattKC would probably be good match. He would certainly appreciate all the effort and the spirit that goes into a project like this.
(DIR) Post #B7WpnUUvvMKZ0CRjJA by goetz@freiburg.social
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@mntmn Out of curiosity: How many 7zip-MIPS for 1 core, and how many all cores? (p7zip v.16)
(DIR) Post #B7WwHqZ32u6BquEG5w by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@goetz https://source.mnt.re/reform/reform/-/blob/main/reform2-benchmarks/benchmark-7zb-qcs6490.txt
(DIR) Post #B7WwY7gNAWUJZoPr60 by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@vimja @geerlingguy not yet :D i really like jeff's reviews but he's also quite price sensitive (i think correctly though for his audience), and our price/performance is still hard to defend against something like macbook neo
(DIR) Post #B7WxB8QkK0JdBqi252 by vimja@tooting.ch
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@mntmn I felt that @geerlingguy did pretty well in his review, to point out that even though these can be compared, it doesn't necessarily make sense to do so.Personally I feel that the price / openness of the reform blows the Macbook out of the water. Does so for pretty much any other laptop in fact...
(DIR) Post #B7WxNJ2Oi4RlYy7kRs by bunny@mk.absturztau.be
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@mntmn@mastodon.social The alt mode is nice but I read it requires a new mainboard, not something most people interested in upgrading would have, hmm :abunhd:
(DIR) Post #B7WxNJDO3DEm73GWZs by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@bunny right, that's a bit tricky
(DIR) Post #B7WyZh8D3VSviYJVoW by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@goetz interestingly on 8550 i currently get a 27508 total score, decompressing scores are very similar but compressing is faster, 29608 in the first run and then throttles to ~24600
(DIR) Post #B7WyqOfIxvuxMul3aq by goetz@freiburg.social
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@mntmn Could you perhaps run it with »7za b -mmt1«, again, for 1 thread? Some CPUs then clock the single core used higher.
(DIR) Post #B7WzawI2HY7CyU4E08 by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@goetz here you go! it didn't want to boost to 3.1ghz on the X-3 automatically (reason yet unknown) but with userspace governor i was able to manually set it to 3.1ghz. doesn't make a huge difference though, probably thermals related (passive cooled):
(DIR) Post #B7WzglvXivDWZYKNCS by goetz@freiburg.social
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@mntmn thanks a lot! will add it to my 7zip bench list of systems, tooStill need to have the luck to touch a MNT book somewhere, for haptic trial …
(DIR) Post #B7WzoJ5cp9lVS3dWFc by goetz@freiburg.social
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@mntmn Ah, just noticed, you’re using 7zip 26.x something. AFAIK these newer versions has different benchmark results than the pre-18 ones, so can’t add it to my list, unfortunately. Still good to have some numbers to compare with my M1
(DIR) Post #B7X3YwIPgitAENXt68 by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@goetz if you have an old aarch64 binary of that for me, i can try it
(DIR) Post #B7XAGQa9YnDiL3xn8K by hanno@fosstodon.org
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@mntmnI could imagine that some demo of sorts on how to run the old main board in a standalone configuration (in the upcoming MNT case maybe?) would be interesting and tempt people. I know I am in that group considering what I would do with the HW potentially obsoleted by the upgrade before taking the plunge.@bunny
(DIR) Post #B7XG2FXkPAEbm0Scvw by siviq@mastodon.social
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@mntmn Does orders placed for Pocket Reform with Quasar 6490 count towards the initial goal for 25 units?
(DIR) Post #B7XR4oiDiYV2vGmnK4 by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@siviq yes!
(DIR) Post #B7Xk9sbIaQFXYjfz4C by jfred@jawns.club
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@mntmn It'd be really cool if The Verge reviewed it, but they might also weight the price/performance ratio pretty strongly against the big-name manufacturers. I remember they did spotlight the Pocket in a short a while back though
(DIR) Post #B7YwM5cFPmaA0afVXE by siviq@mastodon.social
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@mntmn Very good. :) Also you may want to promote the MNT Quasar and Pocket at ExplainingComputers YT channel. https://www.youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers
(DIR) Post #B7ZV2LW65DhFvb72qe by vimja@tooting.ch
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@khmWho? Me? You must be misinformed. True I studied the technology and I would lie if I said the technology was boring.But that does in no way mean I like what it is used for or what it stands for. I despise the crypto scene and the grifters in it.I do not own a single token of any crypto currency anf it saddens me anyone would think differently.@mntmn @geerlingguy
(DIR) Post #B7iWKqNka5CSnIav0y by thaodan@mastodon.social
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@mntmn Why does the Quasar module only have 8GB RAM?
(DIR) Post #B7ix12h1nTyfwkOTxY by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@thaodan because that's the max that thundercomm/atlantik are offering at our low quantities, because it's the default. customizing it for more ram they do only from MOQ 1000 or so
(DIR) Post #B7ix3GWrKHqBRAhJGi by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@thaodan the 8550 will be the "a bit more RAM" option though (12GB)
(DIR) Post #B7ix5MR0LAOwKexTBw by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@thaodan and the 8750 probably 16GB, but that's not even brought up yet
(DIR) Post #B7jCHW1C26KaqK8fr6 by thaodan@mastodon.social
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@mntmn That's unfortunate but matches what I heard before of that vendor. I was looking for a device for some remote development that can also suspend.
(DIR) Post #B7jFWgcfBiwpwDaho8 by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@thaodan there are some alternatives but i haven't heard better things about them... maybe it would be cool to do a custom layout at some point, i was recently surprised to see that qcom is selling the chips on digikey etc
(DIR) Post #B7jqTFZT0ODdTTJvwu by thaodan@mastodon.social
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@mntmn Hm that sounds like some time off. The rockchip could be fine, I wish it would be possible to order a 32GB ram module and get it soldered on..Is the interface of those interfaces the same that they can be plugged into the existing mechanism?
(DIR) Post #B7jsedRulbkIcoLQYa by mntmn@mastodon.social
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@thaodan do you mean if our processor modules adhere to a standard like smarc? unfortunately not. it's not too hard to make a carrier board though, as i know made 3 different designs public...