Re: Raspberry Pi

From	"Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.amstrad.8bit
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Subject	Re: Raspberry Pi
Date	2011-12-30 23:16 +0000
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"Kulvir Bahra" <kulvir.bahra@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:8458fd55-9286-44c6-b8ff-85988fcd2695@v24g2000yqk.googlegroups.com...

> Anyone eager to get there hands on a Raspberry Pi the latest computer
at Ł16?

Hi Kulvir (we spoke earlier).

It's going to be a real experimenter's machine and will need a lot more 
money spending on it to get it up and running ANYTHING like a CPC/PCW.

The Ł16 gets you JUST a motherboard and the bare essential chips.

Users will need to add a keyboard or some other input device, a monitor 
(although a tv can be used as one), and an operating system.

You asked me "how about the Amstrad's Locomotive BASIC?" but I understand 
the plan is that it will be very Linux-friendly.

CP/M would be outclassed by Linux, before you ask, but it will encourage the 
users to learn that language to make things happen.

Even the In/Out pins may require soldering in place, either vertically or 
horizontally. For some reason (teaching basic soldering?) this is seen as a 
Good Thing that adds versatility.

Hmm...

-- 
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."
www.imagebus.co.uk/shop

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  Re: Raspberry Pi "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2011-12-30 23:16 +0000
    Re: Raspberry Pi Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-30 23:45 +0000
      Re: Raspberry Pi "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2011-12-31 20:31 +0000
        Re: Raspberry Pi Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-31 21:10 +0000
          Re: Raspberry Pi "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2012-01-01 09:10 +0000
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              Re: Raspberry Pi "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2012-01-01 22:00 +0000
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                Re: Raspberry Pi "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2012-01-05 12:32 +0000
    Re: Raspberry Pi David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> - 2012-01-09 12:52 +0000
      Re: Raspberry Pi "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2012-01-09 13:56 +0000
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    Re: Raspberry Pi "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2012-06-13 09:14 +0100
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          Re: Raspberry Pi David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> - 2012-06-21 12:18 +0100
            Re: Raspberry Pi "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2012-06-21 15:53 +0100
              Re: Raspberry Pi Craig Harrison <craig@geemail.com> - 2012-06-24 22:14 +0100
                Re: Raspberry Pi "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2012-06-25 09:38 +0100
    Re: Raspberry Pi David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> - 2012-06-13 13:05 +0100
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