[real-eyes] Re: Raspberry Pie Computer
- From: Glenn <glennervin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 23:31:51 -0500
I could not find the U.S. there.
Do they not sell to the United States?
Glenn
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From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 8:59 PM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Raspberry Pie Computer
Here is a link to all one might want to know, including ordering.
Took less time to find it on Google than it did for me to right this.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 7:20 PM
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Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Raspberry Pie Computer
How do we get onto a list to get one?
Glenn
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From: "Aman Singer" <aman.singer@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 1:30 PM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Raspberry Pie Computer
Hello, Mitchell.
I was attempting, without much success, to be funny. The non-sarcastic
version of that statement was that I expect mine sometime in July or
August.
Aman
On 6/5/12, Mitchell D. Lynn <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2020? Not sure I understand. There are folks on one of the development
> lists
> I am on that already have them.
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Aman Singer
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 11:12 AM
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> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Raspberry Pie Computer
>
> Hi, all.
> This is a nice machine, and I don't see that accessibility will be a
> serious
> issue. If anyone has one I am registered but expect to receive mine
> sometime
> in 2020, I would appreciate hearing any results as to accessibility with,
> for example, Speakup.
> Aman
>
> On 6/5/12, Mitchell D. Lynn <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In the spirit of Steve's posts. Thought this was interesting.
>>
>> Raspberry Pie Computer
>> You might not be able to play Portal 2 on it, but a new product from
>> the British nonprofit Raspberry Pi Foundation aims to put a working
>> computer into children's hands for the ultra-low cost of $25 per
>> device. That's a fraction of the cost of computing devices offered by
>> the oft-cited One Laptop Per Child project.
>> For average consumers, don't expect this computer to look anything
>> like what you're used to seeing on your desk, in your lap, or stuffed
>> in your messenger bag. The Rasberry Pi Foundation's computer, created
>> by game developer David Braben of Rollercoaster Tycoon fame, is little
>> more than a hunk of silicon with some ports attached.
>> But it's certainly a computer. In fact, the 700-MHz ARM11 processor
>> slapped on to the tiny piece of silicon, roughly the size of a USB
>> stick, is a faster chip than what was originally found in Apple's
>> iPhone 3G-just to put it into perspective.
>> A total of 128 megabytes of SDRAM joins the processor, allowing the
>> super-tiny system to run a variety of Linux versions. The video signal
>> is outputted by a tiny, unidentified GPU, but hooking up a device to
>> the HDMI port attached to one end of the USB-key-sized computer allows
>> one to display scenes rendered by OpenGL ES 2.0 up to a 1080P
>> resolution.
>> To work the system, all one needs to do it plug a USB-based keyboard
>> and mouse setup into the USB 2.0 port on the opposite end of the
>> Pocket PC's HDMI port. Additional storage comes in the form of an SD
>> card slot on the side of the tiny computer. And that's it: $25 for a
>> fully functional Linux PC that fits in one's pocket.
>> "In theory, they could be given away to the child, with other ways of
>> funding it," said Braben in a YouTube interview. "What they would do
>> with it is they would be able to engage in a lot of things that we're
>> all consumers of but not actually creators of: Understanding how you
>> put together little scripts that might run websites, that might look
>> at things like Facebook and Twitter, also email."
>> Braben expects to have the devices for sale within a year's time.
>> For more from David, follow him on Twitter @TheDavidMurphy.
>>
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