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March 2nd, 2012, 09:34 AM
#1
Registered User
Mmmm Raspberry Pi, a treat for the masses
The Raspberry Pi was released recently and seems very promising in my eyes. It's a motherboard the size of a laptop hard drive, has a built in processor, memory, video, a HDMI port, 2 USB ports, an ethernet port, and a micro SD slot. It is designed to be hooked up and used on the fly. The intended OS is a linux variant though I'm sure if you got creative you could install an already existing OS on it with the right tweaks. I just got offered an order slot since these little guys sold out the first hours of their release. Check out more at www.raspberrypi.org and At CNN.com
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March 2nd, 2012, 11:15 AM
#2
Driver Terrier
Next there will be a breadboard kit to build your own!
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March 2nd, 2012, 02:02 PM
#3
Registered User
??? Where can I plug in my 5 1/4" floppy drive?
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March 3rd, 2012, 03:55 PM
#4
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I already thought of my first applications to it, installing a SNES Emulator and having it as a portable gaming system. The other idea is experimenting with figuring out how to put WinXP on it.
Just had another thought, to steal a suggestion on the CNN threads. Make a cyberdeck out of it. That would take some serious soldering and spare parts acquisition though.
Last edited by Niclo Iste; March 3rd, 2012 at 04:04 PM.
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March 6th, 2012, 11:55 AM
#5
Registered User
Link to preset OSes Well at least they made it easy. Just I'm sad I really was hoping to have Ubuntu in that list. I learned a bit about trying to get XP installed and since it uses an ARM processor it would be hard to accomplish without an emulator and at that point why bother. I may try for giggles anyway though to put in a super stripped down WinXP on it or Win2k
And......
I randomly came across the BeagleBoard to which I say I wish I had the funds to get one of these too.
Last edited by Niclo Iste; March 6th, 2012 at 12:07 PM.
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