[torontocbm] Re: Raspberry Pi Computer

..Mr. Tyler might enjoy being a TPUG member and/or doing some meeting and/or 
WOC demos....?


From: ennio 
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 1:24 PM
To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Raspberry Pi Computer

      I was at the Seneca College open source conference in the fall and saw it 
there. I'm going to go for it as well in a few months. Definitely a neat little 
board. Surprisingly the folks from Broadcom were involved in it!  

      I *THINK* these are the guys working on the OS: 
http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_ARM_Secondary_Architecture

      E


      --- On Thu, 3/1/12, J Bourdeau <jeffobourdeau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


        From: J Bourdeau <jeffobourdeau@xxxxxxxxx>
        Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Raspberry Pi Computer
        To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 1:01 PM


        .."inspiring “a whole new Commodore 64 generation.”"..."there are going 
to be people who use them for programming, as a gaming machine, as a media 
planner, as a utility machine.”"..."but is designed to be plugged into a 
TV."..."And people already have a high value expensive piece of electronic 
equipment, a television, in their homes they can use for display.”"..."The 
Model A, which has also been reworked to include 256 megabytes of RAM, “will go 
into production immediately.”"

        It's Deja-Vu!! LOL...

        ..'might be worth holding off too until they setup the upgrades they 
mentioned...

        -----Original Message----- From: Leif Bloomquist
        Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 11:00 AM
        To: wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [torontocbm] Raspberry Pi Computer

        I was about to email the group with a link to the new Raspberry Pi
        single-board computer.

        At a mere $35 with plenty of power, it's ideal for hobbyists, and the
        parallels with the Commodore 64 are obvious.   However, someone at the
        Toronto Star has made the same observation:

        
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1138709--35-computer-with-toronto-designed-software-sells-out-worldwide-in-minutes?bn=1

        Pretty cool, didn't know the OS was developed here in Toronto at Seneca 
College.

        Here are the project links.  Any thoughts?   I'll probably buy one
        once the furor dies down.

        http://www.raspberrypi.org/
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi

        Cheers
        -Leif

        -- Leif Bloomquist
        wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        http://www.schemafactor.com

        “What's in the way is the way.” - Lao Tzu

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