[Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Neil Riley
In the latest issue of gamesTM, page 20, there is an article on the Raspberry Pi which is basically a £20 pc. This device is the size of a USB memory stick, has a USB port one end an a HDMI the other. The provisional specs are decent enough, a 700Mhz ARM11 , 256MB SDRAM, OpenGL ES 2.0, 1080p30

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Bryan Horstmann
On 03/08/2011 09:28, Neil Riley wrote: In the latest issue of gamesTM, page 20, there is an article on the Raspberry Pi which is basically a £20 pc. This device is the size of a USB memory stick, has a USB port one end an a HDMI the other. The provisional specs are decent enough, a 700Mhz ARM11

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Neil Riley
Bryan Horstmann b...@newlan.org 03 August 2011 10:00 On 03/08/2011 09:28, Neil Riley wrote: In the latest issue of gamesTM, page 20 Electronic Innovation and tinkering is a grand British tradition that's slowly died out since the days of Sir Clive Sinclair stalking the cobbled streets of

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Dilwyn Jones
In the latest issue of gamesTM, page 20, there is an article on the Raspberry Pi which is basically a £20 pc. If it comes with Linux, one of the Linux QL emulators (uQLx, QLay for Linux) with it... bingo, a £20 QL. If it is at the heart of it a PC, it might not be too long before somebody

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Bryan Horstmann
On 03/08/2011 10:42, Dilwyn Jones wrote: In the latest issue of gamesTM, page 20, there is an article on the Raspberry Pi which is basically a £20 pc. If it comes with Linux, one of the Linux QL emulators (uQLx, QLay for Linux) with it... bingo, a £20 QL. If it is at the heart of it a PC, it

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Tony Firshman
On Aug 3, at 11:04 | Aug3, Bryan Horstmann wrote: On 03/08/2011 10:42, Dilwyn Jones wrote: In the latest issue of gamesTM, page 20, there is an article on the Raspberry Pi which is basically a £20 pc. If it comes with Linux, one of the Linux QL emulators (uQLx, QLay for Linux) with it...

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Dilwyn Jones
On 03/08/2011 10:42, Dilwyn Jones wrote: In the latest issue of gamesTM, page 20, there is an article on the Raspberry Pi which is basically a £20 pc. If it comes with Linux, one of the Linux QL emulators (uQLx, QLay for Linux) with it... bingo, a £20 QL. If it is at the heart of it a PC, it

[Ql-Users] Bluetooth over serial

2011-08-03 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Just noticed a nice little posting on QL Forum www.qlforum.co.uk by Rich Mellor about a Z88 forum posting, concerning a serial bluetooth unit being developed for a Z88 by a user who also has a QL and hopes to add one to his QL. This would be of interest to me, so I could connect my phone to

Re: [Ql-Users] Bluetooth over serial

2011-08-03 Thread Memory Lane Computing Ltd
Interesting. You could probably use this as it stands (though I haven't checked it out) ... http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=387 Adrian www.memorylanecomputing.com -Original Message- From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com

Re: [Ql-Users] Bluetooth over serial

2011-08-03 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Memory Lane Computing wrote: Interesting. You could probably use this as it stands (though I haven't checked it out) ... http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=387 Adrian www.memorylanecomputing.com At just under £50 it seems interesting. Connects straight

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 03/08/11 10:42, Dilwyn Jones wrote: If it comes with Linux, one of the Linux QL emulators (uQLx, QLay for Linux) with it... bingo, a £20 QL. They demo it running Ubuntu Linux. I presume it may come with something like that when shipped. If it is at the heart of it a PC, it might not be

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 03/08/11 11:04, Bryan Horstmann wrote: I think from the later info this is a $20 computer £15 to us. There is also some info that WINE isn't an emulator but DOSBOX might be useable. WINE should be usable if the Linux onboard is a standard one. Ubuntu is fairly standard - and that's what

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 03/08/11 11:59, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Interestingly they proudly proclaim they are adequately funded and refuse to take advance orders until they can ship the device! I believe Eben used to work for Sinclair? Maybe he's remembering those days! ;-) There's a picture of a prototype unit

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Norman Dunbar wrote: The possibilities seem endless... Bingo. This is what will make it a success (I sincerely hope) unless the youth of today are too far down the road of everything on my phone for free to be rescued from never having to do stuff for themselves. I think it's aimed at least

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Jiri Dolezal
Doubt it. It's got an ARM processor - I've not (yet) heard of Windows for ARM chips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKc_XGuvNIk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Dilwyn Jones
- Original Message - From: Jiri Dolezal computer.resea...@centrum.cz To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC Doubt it. It's got an ARM processor - I've not (yet) heard of Windows for ARM chips.

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening, interesting, very interesting. I watched and noted the following: * This is something we are working on. So it is not generally available (yet). * He kept saying Windows client running on ARM (natively) I wonder if that is some sort of Citrix type thing rather than proper windows?

Re: [Ql-Users] Raspberry Pi the £20 PC

2011-08-03 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Norman Dunbar wrote: * He kept saying Windows client running on ARM (natively) I wonder if that is some sort of Citrix type thing rather than proper windows? No, it's a proper, native port. Notice how he says that they've re-compiled office for the ARM architecture. Windows NT used to be