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I'm sure it won't reach that.
added on the 2012-01-26 14:12:42 by xernobyl xernobyl
Some info about the drivers, whats open source, closed, etc.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/592
added on the 2012-02-03 00:06:47 by emoon emoon
Raspberry PI goes on general sale via RS and Farnell -> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17190918
added on the 2012-02-29 09:11:25 by 4Tey 4Tey
Gotta stand in a order queue at RS and farnell is slow as hell :(
added on the 2012-02-29 09:47:38 by Zplex Zplex
10 000 units sold in less than 2 hours, from what I understood. I wonder how long will it take for the next batch.
added on the 2012-02-29 16:41:49 by xernobyl xernobyl
They claim that partnering with Farnell and RS means they can make them on-demand now. My order with Farnell will apparently ship 16/04/12. Too late for Revision, sadly. :(
added on the 2012-02-29 17:25:16 by Subi Subi
The initial sale was a mess. I stayed up until 6am for the announcement and had no luck getting any decent responses from any of the two sellers. Bah.

HOWEVER - It's awesome to know the Model A has been bumped to 256MB of memory and they've enlisted two providers to manufacture systems on demand. This is the awesome part. Everyone will just have to be a bit more patient.

I hope this platform does make it in the scene - it's a static platform, chaps! We haven't had one quite like this for YEARS - certainly nothing as cheap and accessible!
added on the 2012-03-01 00:59:24 by rc55 rc55
Mettberry*~3.14
^^ sorry, some1 had to do it!
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I hope this platform does make it in the scene - it's a static platform, chaps!


+1. could be a really great demo category... accessible to all too, at that ridiculous price.
added on the 2012-03-01 12:31:25 by button button
It'll be the game changer we've all been waiting for. A flat platform where everyone has the same spec, bringing forth with it the good old days of WORLD RECORDS!!! WHOOOP!

My first project, when I finally get one, is of course a music disk!
added on the 2012-03-01 13:15:44 by djh0ffman djh0ffman
Amen to that djh0ffman :)

I already know a couple of people who are planning on using it for demo purposes.
added on the 2012-03-01 13:41:52 by raizor raizor
I think the whole situation is really crazy :D

It's a little low-powered 'hobbyist' computer, and I see a lot of people wanting to buy it thinking it'll be nice and easy to use, super portable and cheap - a serious replacement for their laptop or something. Somehow (and the company aren't to blame at all for this!) there's been a huge wave of hype over it.

I predict lots of cheap 2nd hand ones on ebay pretty soon ;)

Not to knock it at all - it looks great for the people who it's targeted at, and I'm sure it'll do well. And yeah, I agree that it could be an ideal demo platform too.
added on the 2012-03-01 14:11:31 by psonice psonice
djhoffman: great, lets see if anyone can beat 640 metaballs!!
added on the 2012-03-01 14:18:19 by smash smash
psonice: I think they kind of hit a spot there.
- Small, but still efficient and powerful and lots of features (LAN, USB Hub, SD, GPIO+, HDMI etc.) in comparison to Arduino
- Much cheap(er) than Arduino (at 35$, especially considering it has LAN and can connect to a WiFi / Bluetooth stick / basically any USB device)
- Easy(ier) to work with than Arduino ("Standard" Linux, Screen output, possible on-device development etc.)

Yay for fixed platform btw.
added on the 2012-03-01 14:47:12 by raer raer
rare: yep, agreed. I've seen people posting that they'll buy one to replace a windows media centre PC though because it'll be smaller, cheaper and silent, that's not quite the same market :D

I'd like to try building a camera from one of these at some point. They look about ideal, and a custom-built camera could be all kinds of fun.

Smash: thanks, i haven't heard the tune from that in ages. It's one of my all-time favourite demo tunes :)
added on the 2012-03-01 15:02:31 by psonice psonice
after the initial rush is over, I'm buying at least two - not to use as a computer, but as an arduino without the usual suck that is microcontrollers. hand-cooked domotica on a decent linux platform is teh awesome.

too bad my ikea oven doesnt have an externally controllable interface (supermarket -> oven pizza -> turn on oven through cell phone -> home, oven warm! how cool is that??)
added on the 2012-03-01 15:08:11 by skrebbel skrebbel
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supermarket -> oven pizza -> turn on oven through cell phone -> home, oven warm! how cool is that??


If you have a gas oven, about as cool as russian roulette (get home, open door, pray, flick lightswitch ;)
added on the 2012-03-01 15:12:32 by psonice psonice
The rose-tinted nostalgic in me loves the idea of Raspberry Pi entries being handed to competition organiser types on bootable SD cards! Oh yes!
added on the 2012-03-01 15:14:30 by rc55 rc55
Hihi. 512b Bootsector intros on GHz machines and GB SD cards are kind of funny. But a bootable intro would indeed be cool!
added on the 2012-03-01 15:19:39 by raer raer
Also I think it'll help with compatibility if demos are provided as disk images - none of this "requires kernel 3.x.x and this library and all that bollocks".

Oh the possibilities! Oh the slight ambiguity in regards to size coding.
added on the 2012-03-01 15:21:57 by rc55 rc55
psonice, having a gas oven for use is like using an atari falcon for your main computer. it's possible, but it sucks.
added on the 2012-03-01 15:46:09 by skrebbel skrebbel
I was going to do a nazi joke here, but good taste got the better of me for once ;)

Actually I have a gas oven. Moved house a few weeks back, old place had electric, this one is gas. First time I used it I burnt a pie to fuck in about 2 minutes, but now i'm used to it I reckon it's at least as good (maybe better) than electric. It's more like having a high-end workstation, because the gas control is instant making it a lot more responsive :)
added on the 2012-03-01 16:00:33 by psonice psonice
Cooking on gas is nice, but an oven? Had one in a shared flat and everything came of raw at the front and burnt at the back...

Did you try to make a Raspber... Sorry, yeah, bad joke, I'm shutting up already... ;)
added on the 2012-03-01 16:13:59 by raer raer
Gas for hob, electric for ovens, WIN.
added on the 2012-03-01 16:15:44 by Subi Subi
rare: you know what, i have a feeling that it WAS a raspberry pie! Raspberry and apple or something like it anyway. And yep, not that hot, but burnt on top. I know why now: it goes at full burn for a few minutes at the start to warm the oven up. Put anything in too early, it gets burnt. Wait for it to settle though, and it cooks more evenly than our old electric one (we had to turn pizzas round during cooking or one corner would burn).

Can we discuss the best wash settings for white shirts next? :D
added on the 2012-03-01 16:52:02 by psonice psonice

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