08/09/2004 04:25:27, "Solutions IT WireScale" 
<info@wirescale.com> wrote:

>I called 2 distributors here in the US (and Canada) 
http://www.digikey.ca &
>http://www.future.ca to ask them about pxa270 availability. The 
first only have
>pxa255 and the second neither of them!

Yeah, but they're both pretty broad-line distributors. The silicon 
does seem to be available from the specialists. 

>I'm very interested and ready to contribute/volunteer in the 
dev/test of balloon3.
>Is that possible?

Possibly - what's your area?

>btw, are you planning to add integrated ethernet support to 
balloon3?

Tricky. I'm trying to keep Balloon3 cheaper & easier to 
manufacture than Balloon2 was. Adding chips to the board which 
not everyone wants, and which can be added at least as cheaply 
on a CF card,  needs some justification. The only reason I'd fit 
Ethernet on the board would be to get Power-over-Ethernet, 
which you don't get from a CF card. 
I'm prepared to be convinced otherwise, but, for the moment, no 
built-in Ethernet...

Steve