Does anyone have a link where our team could purchase a second Classmate PC that has been configured for FIRST? All of the places we have found so far are the standard Classmate.
Is there any reason you specifically want a FIRST customized classmate?
You can run the DS software on any computer, or buy a cheaper netbook.
We were hoping to keep our platform consistent during development.
Just buy a normal Classmate from any source and then image it with the backup flash drive that FIRST gave you in the KOP. Will that serve your purpose?
The Classmate PC has been discontinued. I am sure FIRST has a few extra, but you won’t find them easily on the internet.
Like the originator of this thread, I’m interested to acquire a 2nd Classmate to allow parallel work. Given the unit is discontinued, I was thinking of two veins of thought.
1 - acquire a similar model Classmate and HOPE the Restoration USB stick works on it.
2 - interrogate what’s on the classmate and go about seeing if I can replicate everything that’s on it onto ‘some other laptop’ and see if that works for us.
I was wondering if anyone has purchased a similar model Classmate and was able to do route 1 above -and-or- gone about ‘creating’ a Classmate like DS?
-Ted Dressel, Mentor, Team 1111
The GDC responded to posts in the official Q&A. Here is their response: http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=13805
Basically, you can order this model as a direct replacement and it is authorized for use at a competition.
Ahh… but does anybody know if the image works on the authorized REPLACEMENT classmate? I’ve asked that question to FIRST and will post if I get a response. But has anyone been bold enough to actually pull the trigger and buy a replacement and see whether the KoP image works on it?
Beta teams used a variety of Classmates, but they were imaged by hand. You can certainly use the installers and updates to get pretty close to the classmate. I don’t know how the current restore USB image was built. I would expect it to be fine, but if doesn’t work on the other classmate model, one can certainly be built.
Greg McKaskle