Slice of Pi?

[John Rumm]

Sounds like they might show up soon!

[The Other Mike]

didn't order in the first 30 minutes.

Pity because I had a 'worlds first' use for one in June that looks like its no-go now.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , The Other Mike escribió:

Plenty of alternatives - Beagleboard, Arduino come to mind.

[Nightjar]

Another similarity to the BBC Micro then. I pre-ordered mine the almost moment they were announced, but they stopped taking orders very soon after that. My Model B was part of the first 10,000 made.

Colin Bignell

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , Nightjar escribió:

Which issue PCB did you get?

[Gordon Henderson]

Gordon

[The Other Mike]

Despite using Arduinos for years I wouldn't call them an alternative.

A Beagleboard at 5 times the cost of a Raspberry Pi (or 20+ times the price of an Arduino Pro Mini) is just way too expensive for what might be a disposable one off application.

[Adrian C]

Linear PSU & overheating ULA?

[Halmyre]

People are paying =A3200+ ?!? In the name of sanity...

-- Halmyre

[Clive George]

Hope they don't follow the same track on problems for early adopters - mmm, OS 0.1.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , Adrian C escribió:

Yep. Black PSU and crappy heatsink on video ULA that fell off if you so much as looked at it...

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , Clive George escribió:

I have "OS EPROM 0.10" on disc somewhere :-)

[Nightjar]

Even if I ever looked, it is not something I would be likely to remember

30 years later. I simply recall that the serial number was in the 9000s and that, for a while, I was one of the very few non-school customers to get one.

Colin Bignell

[Jules Richardson]

I think I have an ICL-built issue 2 machine in storage still which resembles that - with the added fun of crappy white plastic IC sockets which allow their ICs to fall out at the slightest provocation.

Them were the days...

cheers

Jules

[John Rumm]

At that money, it might be worth selling mine ;-)

[Mark]

Has anyone actually *got* one yet?

[Mark]

I thought lots of non school customers bought a bbc micro -- like me.

[Adrian C]

Is there a 'Use Before' or 'Best Enjoyed Before' date for Rasberry Pi?

I'm waiting for the hype to vanish...

[Mark]

I'm still waiting.......

[Jules Richardson]

They were pretty expensive machines to have in the home when compared to systems from various other manufacturers, given that typical use was for playing games on.

cheers

Jules