RaspberryPi
Neil Spellings
Cheers
Rick Murray
> Has anyone looked at running RISC OS on this:
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
Whoa. Nice toy!
But... why is a "UK registered charity" quoting prices in dollars?
Best wishes,
Rick.
Theo Markettos
> On 06/05/2011 08:56, Neil Spellings wrote:
>
> > Has anyone looked at running RISC OS on this:
> > http://www.raspberrypi.org/
>
> Whoa. Nice toy!
See also:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2011/05/a_15_computer_to_inspire_young.html
> But... why is a "UK registered charity" quoting prices in dollars?
USD is the global currency, and generally everything in manufacturing is
priced in dollars. Until recently the Chinese yuan was pegged to the dollar
so there was no exchange rate risk between manufacturing and sales (all in
USD). If they quoted in GBP they would be vulnerable to rate moves between
the pound and the dollar.
Theo
Neil Spellings
>> Whoa. Nice toy!
Yes, and given David Braben's involvement there's certainly some Acorn
history there!
Cheers
cfe...@freeremoveuk.com.invalid
Neil Spellings <ne...@spellings.net> wrote:
> Has anyone looked at running RISC OS on this:
>
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
>
Hi
I suppose you don't have contact with Adrian Lees.
I believe he made a 32bit version of '!LIRC' - but there was no contact
back to the author - or his email got lost!
Could you ask Adrian if the prog is available?
Thanks
--
Colin Ferris Cornwall UK
Theo Markettos
> Has anyone looked at running RISC OS on this:
>
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
We'd need more detail, I think. We don't know what sort of ARM11 it has,
what any of the other chips on it are, etc, etc. The photo isn't clear
enough to read any numbers on the chips.
Theo
Theo Markettos
> We'd need more detail, I think. We don't know what sort of ARM11 it has,
> what any of the other chips on it are, etc, etc. The photo isn't clear
> enough to read any numbers on the chips.
Hmm... it turns out that one of the trustees works in the next office. I
now know a bit more about the hardware, but I'm not entirely sure what's
public and what isn't. Suffice it to say that it isn't a target that RISC
OS currently runs on, and is probably fairly different from existing
RO targets. I don't know enough details to infer more than that.
If I find out more that is publishable then I'll post more details.
Theo
Rick Murray
> If I find out more that is publishable then I'll post more details.
:-) One question I'd have right now - is the $25(ish) price for
everybody, or only educational? If the latter, what would be the public
price?
Best wishes,
Rick.
Bob Potter
news:4dc4b0d9$0$30756$ba4a...@reader.news.orange.fr...
No idea. This was on the BBC website 2 days ago.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13292450
bobp
Holger Palmroth
cfe...@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid wrote:
> I suppose you don't have contact with Adrian Lees.
>
> I believe he made a 32bit version of '!LIRC' - but there was no contact
> back to the author - or his email got lost!
>
> Could you ask Adrian if the prog is available?
Would appreciate a 32bit !LIRC as well, never felt at home with !Cretin's
user interface and !Cretin doesn't run on the Beagle either.
Holge Palmroth
Chris Evans
<URL:mailto:ne...@spellings.net> wrote:
> On 06/05/2011 12:47, Theo Markettos wrote:
>
> >> Whoa. Nice toy!
>
> Yes, and given David Braben's involvement there's certainly some Acorn
> history there!
Even closer to home, one of the trustees now works for Broadcom, so I wonder
if Sophie Wilson is involved in it?
Chris Evans
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Rick Murray
> Has anyone looked at running RISC OS on this:
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
I've given it some thought and it seems brilliant, but... I might wait
for version 2.
Reasons?
The primary one is HDMI. Come on, no analogue? VGA? Comp-sync? Nothing
to speak to the older breed of display hardware?
The almost-primary one is... where's the Ethernet socket? No Ethernet on
the SoC? How about you glue a DM9000 to the underside? [*] This is one
of the things that turned me off of the original Beagleboard - if I just
want to run a RISC OS computer, I'd switch my RiscPC on. Having a
network port opens up all sorts of possibilities. For example, I telnet
into my Neuros OSD almost as much as I control it using the on-screen
UI. Technically, the UI is necessary as command-line support is lacking.
But, then again, it can run a VNC server! I have scheduled recordings
that way. ;-)
Sort those issues, then I'll sign up for one. Actually, at that sort of
price, I might consider more than one.
Best wishes,
Rick.
* - a USB plug-in gizmo doesn't count, that's a whole unnecessary layer
of abstraction.
Theo Markettos
> The primary one is HDMI. Come on, no analogue? VGA? Comp-sync? Nothing
> to speak to the older breed of display hardware?
I enquired about that. Analogue video (composite and maybe RGB) is
available, but the main problem is connector sizes. This is going to be an
area that will need to be thought about carefully (especially in view of
target audience).
> The almost-primary one is... where's the Ethernet socket? No Ethernet on
> the SoC? How about you glue a DM9000 to the underside? [*] This is one
> of the things that turned me off of the original Beagleboard - if I just
> want to run a RISC OS computer, I'd switch my RiscPC on. Having a
> network port opens up all sorts of possibilities. For example, I telnet
> into my Neuros OSD almost as much as I control it using the on-screen
> UI. Technically, the UI is necessary as command-line support is lacking.
> But, then again, it can run a VNC server! I have scheduled recordings
> that way. ;-)
If you see this posting on Slashdot:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2131414&cid=36047430
it will come with wifi (eventually). You can also attach ethernet by USB.
I suspect connector sizes are the problem again. I don't know if there's
ethernet on the SoC.
It's a similar problem to the Beagle: the board is small, but you need a
dozen extra cables to connect all the I/O you might want. It's hard to
square this circle.
Theo
Dave Higton
Rick Murray <heyrickma...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 06/05/2011 08:56, Neil Spellings wrote:
>
> > Has anyone looked at running RISC OS on this:
> > http://www.raspberrypi.org/
>
> I've given it some thought and it seems brilliant, but... I might wait
> for version 2.
>
> Reasons?
>
> The primary one is HDMI. Come on, no analogue? VGA? Comp-sync? Nothing
> to speak to the older breed of display hardware?
Having two displays here - a very good VGA (after spending a lot
of money on cables) and a perfect DVI - I'd be happy to never have
to use an analogue display again.
Dave