[torontocbm] Re: Raspberry Pi Computer
- From: Ennio Cellucci <ennioac@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:29:01 -0500
If no one minds, I can send an email and ask.
On 2012-03-01, at 2:19 PM, "J Bourdeau" <jeffobourdeau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ..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
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> --- 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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