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antiloquax

Joined: 27 Jan 2012 Posts: 405
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Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2012, 05:40 Post subject:
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Sylvander wrote: | Yes, but what can I do with it if I buy one?
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The RPi Foundation hope it will have the same sort of effect as the BBC micro did back in the day. It will get kids into programming.
You can start by learning Python!
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Sylvander
Joined: 15 Dec 2008 Posts: 4328 Location: West Lothian, Scotland, UK
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Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2012, 05:44 Post subject:
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Thanks for the info folks...
I'll keep an eye on developments.
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tlchost
Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 2051 Location: Baltimore, Maryland USA
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Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2012, 06:33 Post subject:
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Thanks...I have the yellow and two other plugs, which I believe are audio.
Guess I'll get on the waiting list and watch the progress here.
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JohnMurga
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 593 Location: Far to the east
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Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2012, 06:55 Post subject:
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tlchost wrote: |
Thanks...I have the yellow and two other plugs, which I believe are audio.
Guess I'll get on the waiting list and watch the progress here. |
Yup, you can get a headphone jack to twin RCA cable to connect those up too, should also be a couple of bucks.
Possible issues on old TV may be around PAL/NTSC ...
So the picture might come up in black and white when you boot ...
Until you fix it
Anyway, here is the reason why despite our best efforts I suspect most of use won't see our PIs for a while :
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/29/raspberrypi_mania/
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Lobster
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15238 Location: Paradox Realm
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Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2012, 08:24 Post subject:
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The Rpi team seem to be recovering from last nights reported pub visit
Here are the FAQS
Their website is still not properly up and they are launching a new one
http://elinux.org/R-Pi_FAQ
One thing you might like is the Gert board for controlling stuff from the Pi board
Python should be in most series 5 devx
Python is a good language because it was named after Monty Python
Here for no real reason is one of the Pythons inspiration
(Spike Milligan) dressed as a viking blowing raspberries . . .
http://youtu.be/BOTZJgc39NA
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stu90

Joined: 25 Feb 2010 Posts: 1399 Location: England. Dell Inspiron 1501. Dpup
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Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2012, 09:58 Post subject:
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I haven't ordered yet going to hold out for some of the hype to die down first then hopefully i wont be left waiting for ages on a pre order.
So what do folks plan to do with them?
I read there will be a camera attachment and another circuit board type attachment that can control things like motors and sensors.
Im thinking connected to HDTV with a nice weather conky and news ticker - internet radio and maybe torrent downloader.
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aarf
Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3613 Location: around the bend
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Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2012, 10:17 Post subject:
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Lobster wrote: |
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and now an interlude for some Buddha Dharma
Quote: | 'desire is the source of all suffering.' [by not anon. (Not recently.)] |
The Buddha said that
and also said:
Quote: | Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared. |
We all feel - desire, anger, sorrow etc
It is what we do with it . . .
Desire and excitement for Rpi arises
and (we Buddhists) let it go
We don't hang on to it and let it dominate our own
well being . . .
When I get a Pi, I will put YAP on it
and worship hounds
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/BuddhistYAP
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I am pleased that you broached the subject of the burning. The next time you are chatting with the dali lama whisper quite firmly in his ear 'The burning, it has got to stop.'( attached)
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raffy
Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4839 Location: Manila
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Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2012, 18:46 Post subject:
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Update about the distributors: Farnell asks for a trade account before your order can be processed, while RS-Online just takes your information for future sales. I note that Farnell's price (in Pesos) has increased from P1,860 to P2,000 overnight.
Addition: The launch was made quite dramatic, with a 0600H-29Feb2012 "set your alarms" announcement. And when it happened, ordering was directed to two new partner-distributors. Because of this, the enthusiasts' past labors in registering at raspberrypi.com for future purchase was made useless. It made nice headlines, though, like "RPI Sells Out in A Stampede, etc etc." So sad for a beautiful open-source device with well-meaning enthusiasts.
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scsijon
Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 1313 Location: the australian mallee
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Posted: Thu 01 Mar 2012, 23:56 Post subject:
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talk on irc this morning of a daughter-board already planned with sata and a couple of extra mem card 'slots'
it's already got hdmi so using a hdmi to vga convertor should work ok.
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JohnMurga
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 593 Location: Far to the east
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Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2012, 02:48 Post subject:
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scsijon wrote: | talk on irc this morning of a daughter-board already planned with sata and a couple of extra mem card 'slots'
it's already got hdmi so using a hdmi to vga convertor should work ok. |
Don't think it is so easy.
You may be able to get a cable with the connectors, but this is only for special hardware that can handle the different signals.
HDMI is digital and VGA/RCA are analog ...
DVI was worse, because there was DVI-A and regular DVI (so DVI->HDMI worked, but DVI-A->HDMI didn't).
Last time I checked HDMI to VGA adapters cost more than a PI
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JohnM
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aarf
Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3613 Location: around the bend
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Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2012, 03:07 Post subject:
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Unless you are going to sit ontop of your tv the HDMI cables arent cheap either. Suppose you could have a bluetooth mouse and keyboard to compensate. Once again extra cost.
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JohnMurga
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Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2012, 03:35 Post subject:
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aarf wrote: | Unless you are going to sit ontop of your tv the HDMI cables arent cheap either. Suppose you could have a bluetooth mouse and keyboard to compensate. Once again extra cost. |
Never had a problem with my $5 HDMI cables from ebay/amazon ...
The new TV came with a $60 cable ("free"), and it doesn't make any difference.
It does look cooler, so I use the expensive cable
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Sage
Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 5371 Location: GB
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Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2012, 04:08 Post subject:
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Quote: | Last time I checked HDMI to VGA adapters cost more than a PI |
Not all of them - there's a bog std. one for a couple of quid in the CPC catalogue if you've got time to search it out. If you're desperate, I can look up the code from past orders and PM it.
Later: sorry, can't find it - must've been a telephone order.
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Lobster
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15238 Location: Paradox Realm
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Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2012, 04:33 Post subject:
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I'm desperate (in more ways than 7) Please post details Sage.
Did you order one (or try to get a slice?)
Twitter from rpi team - gone silent. They are up to something . . .
. . . I am still excited . . .
I am hoping their site will go up soon and then we will have more info
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/251088/with_raspberry_pi_and_cotton_candy_linux_launches_a_revolution.html
http://gizmodo.com/5889245/five-things-you-can-do-with-the-new-raspberry-pi
Puppy r squared
We iz raspberried . . .
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Lobster
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Posted: Fri 02 Mar 2012, 06:16 Post subject:
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Just got a message from Liz Upton from Rpi headquarters
Quote: | Mad doesn't even *start* to address what it's like here at the moment. Absolutely can't believe the interest. We've got the Chinese State Broadcasting "news" people visiting this morning. Mental.
Thank you for Spike. I hadn't seen that before, and was reduced to making snorting noises. Lovely stuff.
Up crustacea! |
some of you have probably seen the snort inducing video for doubters and detractors . . .
http://youtu.be/wEZ-NvSKJLI
They are clearly swamped.
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