It's software this time!

[ClockworkCoder]

It was in my junk email too. Went for dark chrome and s-ata adapter.

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It's starting to look like the black version might become a rare collector's edition at this rate! Although I was quite divided myself. Am keen to see a lot more pictures and videos in the coming weeks, that's for sure.

 

[matzesu]

Im just hope that ED made this 15 € for Dark Chrome not just from the Price he get pay + 15 % VAT, but whit some Marge, so our special Order will help the Project on the Financial Side ..

EDIT: I meant 16 % VAT, seems like i puzzled it whit the 5 % for Eating Stuff etc..

 

[Wally]

Dark Chrome and Sata adapter ( Just Cause) Yessss

 

[ClockworkCoder]

Survey numbers have risen to 210 now. I guess Europeans are starting to wake up and check their emails. It'll be a few hours before the US pyra-preorders get up though.

Edit: Now 211!

Edit: Now 222 as of 06:40UTC

Are you thinking to start a new thread!?
I wish my order number was the same as my survey number...

Edit: brain fart

 

[matzesu]

One thing confused me a bit, on the Mail, he said "Hallo (Familiename), , is this now a new feature on the Shop Acount System i ditnt activated so i get just named whit my Familiename, rahter then whit "Matthias"??
On the Shool in Germany, when they just call you by your Familiename, its meant to be offensive

 

[Kampfmops]

What a nice mail!

Dark Chrome and Sata adapter ( Just Cause) Yessss

+1

Btw: 283 filled surveys (7:51 UTC)

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One thing confused me a bit, on the Mail, he said "Hallo (Familiename), , is this now a new feature on the Shop Acount System i ditnt activated so i get just named whit my Familiename, rahter then whit "Matthias"??
On the Shool in Germany, when they just call you by your Familiename, its meant to be offensive

Cannot confirm that. My mail was introduced with my forename. Maybe you are registered with swapped name-fields?

 

[matzesu]

Ah ok, just looked at my Acound, seems like it was swapped, so the next Email should be "Hallo Matthias, deine Pyra wurde versendet"
^^

 

[λ the β-Redex Reducer]

Why is the Dark Chrome version more expensive? Is the paint more expensive or does it need more paint or something like that? I'm also curious about which colour Pyra is more toxic.

 

[ImmaculateChimp]

It may have been mentioned somewhere, somewhen(sorry, I forget), but could someone explain (and I'm not trying to say anything bad here) what would the..I guess.. "official" usb to sata adapter can do/provide over a full sata+power plug to usb(or perhaps, double usb) plug cable?

 

[daveshah]

It's not really a USB to SATA adapter at all. Instead, the USB3 pins of one of the USB-A port are connected to the SATA interface of the OMAP5 (the OMAP5 USB3 goes to the OTG port).

The adapter provides a SATA data port connected to these pins, via a chip to buffer them to improve the signal quality. As far as I know, it does not provide SATA power and this must be sourced yourself.

 

[ImmaculateChimp]

It's not really a USB to SATA adapter at all. Instead, the USB3 pins of one of the USB-A port are connected to the SATA interface of the OMAP5 (the OMAP5 USB3 goes to the OTG port).

this part I do kind of remember being mentioned, but thanks for the refresher.

The adapter provides a SATA data port connected to these pins, via a chip to buffer them to improve the signal quality. As far as I know, it does not provide SATA power and this must be sourced yourself.

yes, I noticed that the adapter only has the data set of pins, and thus doesn't carry power. but what can the adapter do/provide over a full sata+power plug to usb(or perhaps, double usb) plug cable?

would the difference be that the "official" adapter is potentially 1 Gbps faster than using the OTG port?

 

[Letalis Sonus]

but what can the adapter do/provide over a full sata+power plug to usb(or perhaps, double usb) plug cable?

Performance. 3 Gbit/s is a kind of higher number than 480 Mbit/s minus USB protocol overhead.

 

[ImmaculateChimp]

? usb 3 tops out at 5Gbps (the OTG port) SATA is potentially 6Gbps

 

[matzesu]

But what do i do whit a SATA Thing ?? , Its for Mobile Harddrives, right?? , I cant imagine to use such a thing, as my Mobile Hardrive uses 2 USB 2 Ports via Y Cable, or i use SD Cards or something..

My Primary Use for the Pyra besides Gaming and Videostreaming and Internet whit a real Keyboard would be to use it as a small Office Computer at home, so it want have to open Files, bigger than a pair of hundreds of mb, at least some Dreamcast ISO Files or something..

I dont want to edit Videos, or Music , etc, besides that the TV Adverts from Apple suggest to do this only whit a Mac..

I would like to support the Project by Buying stuff, but i dont see me using an SATA yet..

 

[ImmaculateChimp]

? usb 3 tops out at 5Gbps (the OTG port) SATA is potentially 6Gbps

...did I just answer my own original question?

 

[Letalis Sonus]

? usb 3 tops out at 5Gbps (the OTG port) SATA is potentially 6Gbps

But then you can't use the USB 3 port for other devices. The native SATA connection is basically free of charge, you don't lose any other jack when using it, even the USB 2.0 connection within the jack remains usable through the adapter.

And you'd need to find a USB 3 OTG cable first.

 

[Bosbeetle]

But what do i do whit a SATA Thing ?? , Its for Mobile Harddrives, right?? , I cant imagine to use such a thing, as my Mobile Hardrive uses 2 USB 2 Ports via Y Cable, or i use SD Cards or something..

My Primary Use for the Pyra besides Gaming and Videostreaming and Internet whit a real Keyboard would be to use it as a small Office Computer at home, so it want have to open Files, bigger than a pair of hundreds of mb, at least some Dreamcast ISO Files or something..

I dont want to edit Videos, or Music , etc, besides that the TV Adverts from Apple suggest to do this only whit a Mac..

I would like to support the Project by Buying stuff, but i dont see me using an SATA yet..

Some people might want to make a kind of docking station and hook it up to a big SATA drive with video's on it... I myself might never use it but I like the idea so I got one.

 

[theredbaron]

But what do i do whit a SATA Thing ?? , Its for Mobile Harddrives, right?? , I cant imagine to use such a thing, as my Mobile Hardrive uses 2 USB 2 Ports via Y Cable, or i use SD Cards or something..

My Primary Use for the Pyra besides Gaming and Videostreaming and Internet whit a real Keyboard would be to use it as a small Office Computer at home, so it want have to open Files, bigger than a pair of hundreds of mb, at least some Dreamcast ISO Files or something..

I dont want to edit Videos, or Music , etc, besides that the TV Adverts from Apple suggest to do this only whit a Mac..

I would like to support the Project by Buying stuff, but i dont see me using an SATA yet..

For me, its for fast backups. It is to be my main laptop. So I get home, and backup whatever I was working on, any pics/videos taken (with a usb camera of course), etc. It "may" also be useful as a media transfer device, but that usecase remains to be seen.

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[ImmaculateChimp]

..ok..is it that the adapter gives you the potential to turn a usb2 port into a SATA(faster) port(provided you find some other way to power the SATA device)?

 

[bennr01]

Question: Will we be able to order additional cases when we pay the final payment? I'd be interested in having both colors, as well as the transparent ones if you are still planning on offering them.


By the way, is anyone else getting their popcorn ready and waiting for the inevitable "I didn't know you have to pay again?!" comments? When the preorders first started, there was some confusion among some preorderers.