Raspberry Pi and Pandaboard at London user group, Monday 21st May 2012

[ROUGOL]

The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group Of London will be:

Raspberry Pi and Pandaboard
Presented by Bernard Boase and Keith Dunlop

Monday 21st May 2012, 7:45pm

The Blue-Eyed Maid (upstairs in the Spice Lounge restaurant)
173 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1HR


This month we will be playing with two potential future RISC OS
systems, which provide price/performance points either side of the
Beagleboard.

First there is the Raspberry Pi, which has been creating a major
stir in technology circles for quite a while, and is finally
available. While slower than the Beagleboard, it does have the
advantage of being incredibly cheap!

Bernard Boase will be bringing his Raspberry Pi board along so
everyone can get a good look at it in action. This will probably
only be running Linux as the RISC OS version for the Pi is
currently only suitable for developers, but work is ongoing to get
it into a state that can be simply downloaded and installed by all
Pi owners.

Then we have the Pandaboard, which costs a bit more than a
Beagleboard but is considerably faster and with better graphics
capabilities. RISC OS is up and running on the Pandaboard, and the
ROM image can be downloaded from the ROOL website. Keith Dunlop
will be able to show how far this version has progressed.



The usual arrangements
======================

Admittance is free and everyone is welcome. A range of hot and cold
food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, will be on sale.

Anyone with wireless enabled handhelds or laptops can access the
internet during the meeting, or (if time allows) use ROUGOL's
RiscPC to do so after the main presentation has finished.

The venue is between London Bridge and Borough tube stations, so
readily accessible by public transport (both stations are a five
minute walk away, through well lit and CCTV'd main streets). It
also has ample cycle parking (covered by CCTV) very close by.

If you are arriving by car, the Congestion Charge ends at 6pm and
our meeting starts much later. However, please note that parking
on double red lines is restricted at all times. On single red or
yellow lines it is best to park after 7pm. If you are not familiar
with *central* London parking or driving, please allow extra time,
patience, and maps.

If you need any help reaching the venue, or any other information,
please contact us as below.

RISC OS User Group Of London in...@rougol.jellybaby.net
http://rougol.jellybaby.net/ 07970 211 629


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