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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:54:29 -0700
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On Aug 13, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Robert Munn wrote:

> Seems to me there is a senior food bank in town that collects used =
electronics for recycling and uses the money for their programs. I can't =
recall the name offhand,  I believe it is located around the hospital =
area.
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> On Aug 13, 2012 9:18 AM, "Fan Zhu" <fanx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I met this guy at an event on Friday. He had this: =
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3D10100487471230608&set=3Da.1010045=
3046388268.2488395.6711485&type=3D3&theater =96 called a Raspberry-Pi. =
Has anyone heard of or played this? I want to get one just to play =
around.
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> I hear it=92s basically a $30 computer that you can power with a =
cellphone charger and use with a TV as a screen - I've got both - though =
a really old TV/VCR player.
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> =20
> /* BCM2835 contains the following peripherals which may safely be =
accessed by the ARM:
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> =95 Timers
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> =95 Interrupt controller
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> =95 GPIO
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> =95 USB
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> =95 PCM / I2S
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> =95 DMA controller
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> =95 I2C master
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> =95 I2C / SPI slave
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> =95 SPI0, SPI1, SPI2
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> =95 PWM
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> =95 UART0, UART1 */
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> I can send you a detailed pdf if interested. The guy I heard about =
this from got it because he had a nametag printer but didn=92t want to =
get a $300 computer to carry around with it.
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> Where do old TVs and cellphone chargers go? If there are organizations =
that collect the rest of what's needed to make what is essentially an =
internet accessible computer for $30, seems like the next step would be =
an organization capable of sourcing these parts and scraps to facilitate =
internet adoption, computer literacy, and general tech-affinity right? I =
wonder if it would be possible to implement just-in-time production like =
Dell does to avoid having to pay for storage... maybe if there's a large =
enough network of sourcing partners?
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<br><div><div>On Aug 13, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Robert Munn wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><p>Seems =
to me there is a senior food bank in town that collects used electronics =
for recycling and uses the money for their programs. I can't recall the =
name offhand,&nbsp; I believe it is located around the hospital =
area.</p>

<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Aug 13, 2012 9:18 AM, "Fan Zhu" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:fanx...@gmail.com">fanx...@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br =
type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">I met this guy at an event on Friday. He had this: =
<a =
href=3D"http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3D10100487471230608&amp;set=
=3Da.10100453046388268.2488395.6711485&amp;type=3D3&amp;theater" =
target=3D"_blank">http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3D101004874712306=
08&amp;set=3Da.10100453046388268.2488395.6711485&amp;type=3D3&amp;theater<=
/a>
=96 called a Raspberry-Pi. Has anyone heard of or played this? I want to =
get one just to play around.</p><div>&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I hear =
it=92s basically a $30 computer that you can power with
a cellphone charger and use with a TV as a screen - I've got both - =
though a really old TV/VCR player.</p><div>&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">/*&nbsp;BCM2835 contains the following peripherals =
which may safely
be accessed by the ARM:</p><div><br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=95 =
Timers </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=95 Interrupt controller </p><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">=95 GPIO </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=95 USB </p><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">=95 PCM / I2S </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=95 DMA =
controller </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=95 I2C master </p><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">=95 I2C / SPI slave </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=95 =
SPI0, SPI1, SPI2 </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=95 PWM </p><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">=95 UART0, UART1 */</p><div>&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I can =
send you a detailed pdf if interested.&nbsp;The guy I heard about this =
from got it because he had a nametag
printer but didn=92t want to get a $300 computer to carry around with =
it.</p><div><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Where do old TVs and =
cellphone chargers go? If there are organizations that collect the rest =
of what's needed to make what is essentially an =
internet&nbsp;accessible&nbsp;computer for $30, seems like the next step =
would be an organization capable of sourcing these parts and scraps to =
facilitate internet adoption, computer literacy, and general =
tech-affinity right? I wonder if it would be possible to implement =
just-in-time production like Dell does to avoid having to pay for =
storage... maybe if there's a large enough network of sourcing =
partners?</p><div>&nbsp;<br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

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