[LAU] Any support for MADI?

[Lorenzo Sutton]

fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 06:38:48PM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
>
>> and for the price difference to the pcie version, you can get a small
>> form factor pc (well, always), with decent disks and raid1.
> Yes. I tend to dislike using laptops for any serious work, but
> they are of course convenient.
Wouldn't it be nice if someone (TM) built a open source-driven portable 
computer ready for audio with possibly decently priced?

I say 'portable computer' and not 'laptop' because I imagine something 
maybe a bit bigger than a laptop but smaller than a desktop (like a 
'fatter' i.e. higher laptop), a kind of hybrid, enabling for e.g. to fit 
in at least a pci card and maybe a 5 inch hard disk (maybe even solid 
state?)

Similar in a way to the indamixx but more focused on hardware....

I am not at all an hardware expert but my guess is that someone with the 
right know-how (even a team) could whip up a pretty interesting machine?

But maybe this is pure fiction :)

Bests,
Lorenzo.
> And a big part of the problem is indeed the mechanical side of
> the audio interfaces. Look at Cardbus, Expresscard, Firewire,...
> it's all so fragile. The cards stick out, moving the laptop could
> be enough to break something. As could someone pulling or just
> moving the cable accidentally. Firewire connectors are so tiny
> that the weight and/or stiffness of the cable is enough to break
> them, or the socket, or the PCB supporting the socket.
>
> SC optical interfaces (as used for MADI) would be nice on laptops
> - the cable is light and flexible, and if anything happens it's
> very likely the cable that will be broken. Which is much less of
> a problem than a laptop that you probably can just throw away.
>
> Ciao,
>