Suggestion for the Name of Motherboard of our OSHW PowerPC Notebook

robyinno

The PCB Design is in progress and its time to think about the name of the motherboard, we already have few suggestions from our core team:

Loriana
Sam2080 ( suggested from ACube )
Dawn : sysnonym for start or beginning, like the start of the day
Jedi
Leia
Tyche https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyche
Hénon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9non_map

Please replay to this thread and suggest other names that inspire force, joy and goodness, our core team will evaluate it.
Thanks!

jeffv03

robyinno Why not A-TOP ? (also for the whole laptop ^^)

Helloworld

robyinno

Guess Phoenix 2080N was too generic :S

Yet POWERBOARD and Open Power Board are listed?

Noticed that most names here aren't on that list either and there's names don't appear here, who chose them? or should I say, left them out? Power Progess members?
I honestly think that it's disrespectful to leave names out here as a lot of us I imagine donated a lot of money to the project, like me.
I think that donators should be honored and have their suggestions included in the poll, this is a open, community driven project and the community should be able to to choose their favorite name.

Debbie is a funny name so it has my vote, well, would have as it is just impossible to register to the Notebook forum.
Tried multiple email accounts, forum never sends a confirmation mail, accounts being "unapproved" etc..

bergentroll

I suggest «Covenboard». It sounds noble and in the same time gives an allusion to «Covenborn» — some mysterious essence, made with witchcraft and POWER9 from the outer space.

hydrocat

POWERBOARD <major version><revision>

for example:

Powerboard 150

LifeSoftServ

Open Power Board
or
BigPower

virgola

LifeSoftServ
I very much like "Open Power Board", self-explanatory and right to the point.
I would complete it with "Open Power Board T2080 mobile rev.XX".

We may have an entire family once people will start forking the PCB, such as

Open Power Board T2080 mobile Lite, for a stripped down version, cheaper
Open Power Board T2080 ATX
Open Power Board T2080 mini-ITX

Or others based on different CPUs from the same family

Open Power Board T4240 server
Open Power Board T1040 pico-ITX

hydrocat

LifeSoftServ Pretty cool !

diego

Bryophyllum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryophyllum_daigremontianum
A very prolific plant 😀

Helloworld

Phoenix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E55KZU_WJNI

Phoenix is a mythical fire bird creature that is immortal, if a Phoenix is about to pass of old age
then it will burst in flames, explode and be resurrected as a newborn Phoenix. Therefor a Phoenix can live on indefinitely.

Why Phoenix?

Phoenix sounds cool
Fire birds are cool
Phoenix's way of immortality is a good analogy to what we're trying to accomplish,
resurrecting the "dieing" PowerPC architecture with the open laptop. PowerPC/Power ISA will never die.
A Phoenix could make for a fun mascot for Power Progress Community hardware projects, like Tux is for Linux.

Phoenix name can also be expanded with model numbers and suffixes,
For example; PowerProgressCommunity Phoenix 2080L, 2080 being the NPX cpu and L standing for Laptop.
incase that there'll other versions of the Phoenix board, e.g. Phoenix 2080ATX for ATX desktop version, Phoenix 2080T for Tablet version.

Some my jokester friends also suggested "The Mystery Machine" from Scooby Doo and "GoatMaster 2000".

fixe

Falcon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon

Adult falcons have thin, tapered wings, which enable them to fly at high speed and change direction rapidly. Fledgling falcons, in their first year of flying, have longer flight feathers, which make their configuration more like that of a general-purpose bird such as a broad-wing. This makes flying easier while learning the exceptional skills required to be effective hunters as adults.

Bzyzny

PPCita (said like pi-pi-si-ta)
PPC + Ita (Italia), but also like the Spanish word "mamacita". Perhaps spelled out instead of initials, like Pepecita or Pipicita

Thesola10

How about Overture?

It's commonly a term used in symphonies, so it really gives a feel of power and elegance, which are potential benefits of this project.

It even gives you a whole registry of follow-up terms centered around music, if subsequent models are produced

drGspot

Loriana -- as in Amiga Lorraine ? classic Amiga 1ooo braidboard prototype 🙂

https://tinyurl.com/y2fuae3u

Sam2080 ( suggested from ACube ) -- thats cool coz aCube then can market the
actual Product to AmigaOne (power6/7/& now 8) Community... here few dayz ago
i was thinking also "AmigaOne x8ooo-4o" \o/ 🙂 <(")

Dawn : sysnonym for start or beginning, like the start of the day

Jedi -- PowerKnight, only the Bright Side of The PPC Force \o/

Leia -- Princess ? 🙂 what is the name of that female member of our Project...?

A-TOP --- once there was a A-Box PreBox PiOS boards ... A-Book... ?

Phoenix -- that one is interesting, coz Rodolphe Czuba in cca y. 2ooo
use it for his Motorola MC 68o6o & even PPC RioRed-J Dreaming...
"PHENIX 060"...:

http://powerphenix.com/rodolphe.czuba.free.fr/Phenix/overview.htm
http://powerphenix.com/rodolphe.czuba.free.fr/RIORED/english/overview.htm

logo is something what we can ask him to steal 🙂

http://powerphenix.com/rodolphe.czuba.free.fr/Phenix/phenix_logo.gif

even SALly 9ooo agrees with this one 🙂

Dr. Chandra and SAL 9000 - Space Odissey 2010: The Year We Make Contact (sequel to 2001)

https://youtu.be/T2E7sxGAmuo

...a beautifull bird, born from the ashes of its previous lives... \o/

so, PowerPhoenix AmigaOne x2080N(oteBook), or PowerPHENIX AmigaOne x2080N(oteBook)
or to reffer to 8ooo as in 8 hw threads / exec units or Power8 compatibility
so, PowerPhoenix AmigaOne x8oooN(oteBook), PowerPHENIX AmigaOne x8oooN(oteBook)

suffix or extension can vary:

DC -- digitalConvergence
ST -- setTopBox, in eg digital cable receiver
T -- tablet
P -- smartPhone
S -- server
B -- bladeServer

Genesi used Open Desktop Workstation -- ODW

https://genesi.company/products/opendesktop
https://genesi.company/projects
https://genesi.company/products/hdb

Falcon -- Atari Falcon 030 ? 🙂

development name of the mobo was a Sparrow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Falcon
https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Falcon

just remebered: Milan, Hades, Medusa, Eagle Atari box clones \o/

http://atarihr.atari.org/klonovi.html

Open Power Board

Open Power Board T2080 mobile Lite, for a stripped down version, cheaper
Open Power Board T2080 ATX
Open Power Board T2080 mini-ITX <--I i talked of some guy recently who is

fascinated with FlexATX & mini-ITX, this is cool for Loriano Pagni"s x5ooPlus
case...:

https://tinyurl.com/y6tk8m3g

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/505470364/the-x500-plus-computer-case

Or others based on different CPUs from the same family

Open Power Board T4240 server
Open Power Board T1040 pico-ITX

typeUp

dGs

as400l

Frida v1.0
Freeda 1.0

From freedom 🙂

mu93

POW2080

dauersplint

I'd like to suggest the name "Apus".
"Apus apus" is the latin name for a bird called Swift (Italian: Rondone, German: Mauersegler).
This species can fly at high speed and is capable of performing great flight maneuvers.

Moreover, Apus was the name of a PowerMac clone made by Umax, the only serious Apple hardware competitor back in the 90s.

drGspot

dauersplint apus/Linux was also a name of LinuxPPC hybrid, used on classic Amiga 12oo / 4ooo, with hybrid aSymetric multiProcessing extension board called Blizzard Power(Up) Board 6o3ePlus
made by Phase5, firm on which ruins Genesi reEmerged... \o/ 🙂 <(")
it was a hybrd of m68k linux configuration mechanism (redHat, debian), mkLinux (Mach kernel
for macs) & PPC/Linux (which later beCome LinuxPPC)

the hw was tipically clasic Motorola MC 68o4o @ 25 MHz + PowerPC 6o3ePlus (G2) @ 175 MHz (devBoard)

https://web.archive.org/web/20201029200358/http://linux-apus.sourceforge.net/

http://www.linux-m68k.org/

https://amiga.resource.cx/exp/blizzardppc

https://bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=154

we even triggered forum on that, near local amigaPortal of that time

https://web.archive.org/web/20080915145438/http://www.voodoo-amiga.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=d0d71d391a2c6e427ae8a80cf0c77de0

unFortunately, theWayBackMachine archiveOrg didnt went deep enough to save key disscusion thread :/
must contact Ivan Teskera VooDoo to give me snapShot of server content

D00m, Heretic, Hexen, Quake 1 ppc.elf exe files was pretty playable on that hw, on AmigaOS 3.1 🙂
it happilly imported x86 DOS 6.22 .wad files with maps

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=amiga+1200+ppc

dGs

robyinno

Helloworld
Please read the last post where there are answers to your questions or go directly to the poll in our powerpc-notebook forum
Have a nice vote!
Thanks

Helloworld

robyinno

I see, so it was core members that rejected most suggestions.

Still it's very strange though, why have an internal elimination round instead of putting all suggestions in the poll and have the whole community decide?

I can understand dismissing some names due to legal issues such as AmigaOne X2080 and (Atari) Falcon, but why reject A-TOP and Overture?

Really this seems unnecessarily dickish and isn't a good way of engaging with your community, most of us donate, give all suggestions a fair chance.

Again, can't login the Notebook forums.
it doesn't send account activation mails nor password reset mails.
Tried multiple email accounts, all of them waiting approval for half a year now.
Can't create a new forum account since my email addresses are now registered, so I'm essentially locked out.

robyinno

Helloworld In fact we have problem with the email in the powerpc-notebook forum sorry, solved today.
Regarding A-Top name was suggest from one of our core team member and we have discussed with all core team members more than one time, and was not included in the final list, in fact A-* look too much connected to one particular Company.
Regarding Overture in fact I don't remember why was not accepted, I'm verifying, I keep you updated.
Regarding the process of selection of the name in any case you can understand that is in charge of our core teams members. Is not so difficult to be part of the core team members, its enough to collaborate with us.