[OT] Re: [Asterisk-Dev] Technical and hardware specifications

[el Flynn]

Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists wrote:
> I guess adding the an "OT" to the subject to mark
> the thread as off-topic will be helpful.

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind :)

> This means that Zaptel is a bit like an adoptive child for whom there
> are situations where it is unclear whether the biological parents, the
> foster parents or the community are/is responsible for the child. This
> also means that if you are looking for hardware that matches the
> original free Zaptel cards, you can get the specs from Jim Dixon's
> site

I've already looked at the site and gotten the specs etc. What I was 
wondering is, if I can get all the required material, and find someone 
here in Malaysia to build it, would I need some extra firmware for the 
card to work? Or would it just "work" with the Digium drivers?

> So if you
> must use non-X100P cards to get type approved hardware, you may want
> to find some other way to contribute something back to the Asterisk
> community.
> 

I'm definitely for this idea, and I'd love to give back to the 
community, but unfortunately funds are somewhat lacking right now :)

> Perhaps we should set up a mailing list and/or a
> website/Wiki-page for sharing information on the topic and then see if
> we can set up some kind of donation/sponsorship instrument to allow
> people in key locations to undertake the type approval.
> 

Kind of like setting up the EFF or FSF funds kind of thing? That would 
be interesting, but it would boil down to finding a reliable and 
trustworthy party to be responsible for managing the cash, I suppose.

Flynn