Raspberry Pi

[dave87]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16316439

Arm based PC for £22? Bargain, it even plays quake3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mDuJuvZjI



Bargain tbh

[kalniel]

But can it play Elite?

PS my good wife points out there's a p in raspberry

[chrestomanci]

But can it play Elite?

Should be able to.

There is a RiscOS port in the works for the Rasberry Pi, and there was a version of Elite for RiscOS. All you would need to do is find your copy in your attic.

[dave87]

But can it play Elite?

PS my good wife points out there's a p in raspberry

There is indeed - my bad.

[DavidM]

Definitely interested in one of these as well

[shaithis]

An extra 37% price hike for a network connector

I really hope their idea works.....might even pick one up myself to play with.

[Raz316]

Haha, I had no idea it was powerful enough to play Quake 3, brilliant

I was going to get one as a leaving present for a mate who's going travelling. Might have to get one myself, just because..

[mycarsavw]

The first 10 boards sold for over £15k on eBay with the proceeds going towards funding the charity arm (ha!) of the company.

Interesting piece on their website (here) about manufacturing costs and how they wanted to keep it all UK based.

Very tempted to get one of these.

[Raz316]

The first 10 boards sold for over £15k on eBay with the proceeds going towards funding the charity arm (ha!) of the company.

Interesting piece on their website (here) about manufacturing costs and how they wanted to keep it all UK based.

Very tempted to get one of these.

Yeah I read that just now too, it's no wonder nothing gets made in the UK.

[DavidM]

With David Braben involved - I'd be surprised if there isn't a version of Elite available

[mikerr]

XBMC apparently already done :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=iKhnoQMwjmQ


Here's it playing quake:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mDu...eature=related

[BobF64]

There is a RiscOS port in the works for the Rasberry Pi, and there was a version of Elite for RiscOS. All you would need to do is find your copy in your attic.

Hehe, the Pi is definitely something I want, and solely to run RISC OS, I'm terribly nostalgic, and its a damned sight smaller than my A7000.

Sadly, the ARM used doesn't provide the old 26-bit mode and you'd, apparently, require a software emulator to play old games

[abaxas]

Hehe, the Pi is definitely something I want, and solely to run RISC OS, I'm terribly nostalgic, and its a damned sight smaller than my A7000.

Sadly, the ARM used doesn't provide the old 26-bit mode and you'd, apparently, require a software emulator to play old games

/me thinks about playing Mad Professor Moriarty again.

[directhex]

I am disappointed by the CPU in the Pi. A few more pounds would have meant a totally different class of device, or one which can actually use a fully Open Source linux distro, or both

[abaxas]

I am disappointed by the CPU in the Pi. A few more pounds would have meant a totally different class of device, or one which can actually use a fully Open Source linux distro, or both

But that inst the point of the Rpi. You can always say 'for a few quid more'.

[BobF64]

I am disappointed by the CPU in the Pi. A few more pounds would have meant a totally different class of device, or one which can actually use a fully Open Source linux distro, or both

But that inst the point of the Rpi. You can always say 'for a few quid more'.

If you need something more powerful, get a Beagleboard or Pandaboard.

There does seem to be quite a large "misunderstanding" regarding the purpose and aim of the Raspberry Pi, its for education and learning, not for "super cheap linux workstation".