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 , 256MB SDRAM, OpenGL ES 2.0, 1080p30
H.264 high profile decoder,
Composite and HDMI video output, USB 2.0, SD/MMC/SDIO memory card slot.
It comes with a simple Linux
based Operating system. Developed by David Braben (!) and Dr Eben
Upton of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
The idea of the device is to plug it into a USB hub
Back to the article and back on topic... It mentions Sir Clive
"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 Cambridge in his little three-wheeled
buggy......[snip]"
Aimed at Education it is awaiting Government support.
Interesting!
Neil
Simon first broke this news at the beginning of June Neil and there
have been a number of update posts with more detail since.
Bryan H
UK
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