RaspberryPi, the 25USD computer

Num3 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:37 pm

It's out now and it's out of stock already!
2 hours killed the stock! :lol:

More info here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/

running Quake 3 at 1080p !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mDuJuvZjI

kenmo · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:44 pm

Yessir, I have been watching this for a while, sounds great to experiment with.

If it runs Fedora, it should run PureBasic, right? I want to combine RPi + PB into a little $25 game console

But I will probably wait a few months for the commotion to settle down -- and for any hardware/software issues to arise.

There seems to be a lot of backlash at the big announcement this morning, that they are selling them indirectly through some distributors (without worldwide shipping?) whose servers have been getting crushed, and the stock is already out....... but really, if the RPi group had handled all sales directly, they would still have run out right away, the boards could only ship from one location, and their servers would be even weaker. So I don't get the anger... (although I guess those who previously donated weren't guaranteed access to the first shipped batch? That's no fun for them.)

the.weavster · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:58 pm

kenmo wrote:

If it runs Fedora, it should run PureBasic, right?

I don't think so, it has an ARM processor.

dman · **Joined:** Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:10 pm **Posts:** 26

The Raspberry Pi looks amazing, can't wait to buy one

I also think PureBasic should work on an ARM version.

J. Baker · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:58 pm

Cool but no case?

kenmo · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:59 am

the.weavster wrote:

kenmo wrote:

If it runs Fedora, it should run PureBasic, right?

I don't think so, it has an ARM processor.

Oh yeah, duh. Good thing I didn't dwell too long on that idea.

@J I think I read that there will be encased versions later this year.

Kuron · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:51 pm **Posts:** 919

J. Baker wrote:

Cool but no case?

You should have zero issues creating a case from an off the shelf electronics project case.

electrochrisso · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:23 am

Interesting, should be much better than the pic processor stuff, but I could not get any detailed info, because the site has too much traffic for the time being.

J. Baker · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:24 am

Kuron wrote:

J. Baker wrote:

Cool but no case?

You should have zero issues creating a case from an off the shelf electronics project case.

I guess creating a custom case would be kind of fun.

Kuron · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:51 pm **Posts:** 919

I plan to buy a few of these. The uses are endless.

Kuron · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:51 pm **Posts:** 919

J. Baker wrote:

I guess creating a custom case would be kind of fun.

I think it is a safe bet that in a couple of months there will be some third-party cases released. I have already seen a couple of rough designs floating around. The cases might end up costing as much as, if not more than, the RaspberryPi. :lol:

travismcgee · **Joined:** Mon May 29, 2006 2:16 am **Posts:** 9

Kuron wrote:

I plan to buy a few of these. The uses are endless.

Who's going to code them for you?

Thorium · **Joined:** Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:59 pm **Posts:** 1024

travismcgee wrote:

Kuron wrote:

I plan to buy a few of these. The uses are endless.

Who's going to code them for you?

You can code the stuff yourself or just install Linux on it and use any Linux ARM software. The RaspberryPi is in fact a full fledged computer based on a ARM11 CPU.

LuCiFeR[SD] · **Joined:** Mon Sep 01, 2003 2:33 pm **Posts:** 911

Like my friend Kuron up there, I too will be purchasing a few of these. I have some very interesting projects lined up with the old Raspberry Pi in mind

link0101 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:03 pm **Posts:** 25

got me a Raspberry Pi, the 35 dollar one, cool as hell,

Get two SD cards (its your Harddrive on thr Pi) if you buy one though, you'll want both Rasbian OS and RaspBMC, One for a windows like OS, the other for watching videos and Movies, also get the Mpeg Codec, its like 3 bucks, helps in watchin more video formats.

AND IF YOU WANT TO USE MORE THAN TWO USB PORTS, GET A SELF POWERED HUB!. cant stress that enough! it has to be self powered. Amazon has cheap ones.
And a good 5 volt power supply for the Pi, check Raspberry Pis site, low ones tend to lag the comp!.

They also sell cool cases for it. Mines all open, I like looking at the processor working lol, jk

And I've already made two posts about it, but will say again, be cool if we had Pure-Pi WC, thats Whipped Cream Edition, might as well be like Droid OS's and come up with silly names.

Be a subset of Purebasic, maybe not fully compatible with Purebasic PC/linux/Mac, but just as easy to use and as powerful!

peace Out programmers

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