m monopoly control. Now
that I say
it more than one would be even better.
-Carl
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From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org <mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org>
[mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org <mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org>] On
Behalf Of
David Corkin
Hans-Martin Mosner wrote:
> AFAIK the production board will have a number of (unbuffered) GPIO pins on a
> header, so the hardware-inclined should be
> able to use them.
That is great news! I could see lots of extra connectors on the alpha
board, but had read somewhere that the plan was to remov
he bush. A way to free the general computing
> public. An alternate internet free from monopoly control. Now that I say
> it more than one would be even better.
>
> -Carl
>
> -Original Message-
> From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of
Am 14.11.2011 23:20, schrieb Jecel Assumpcao Jr.:
> On the hardware side, having to do everything through
> USB adds a level of complexity that is a real problem. I know some
> people feel the best way to handle this would be to add something like
> the Arduino, but access to a simple parallel por
The Raspberry Pi people have my full support. Certainly I would like
children to have the same free access to their computers that the
Sinclair Spectrum/BBC Micro generation had and this is normally not the
case even if they have a PC of their own. But while the $25 price tag is
a necessary conditi
: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of
David Corking
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 10:56 AM
To: Fundamentals of New Computing
Subject: Re: [fonc] OLPC related
Loup Vaillant wrote:
> So at least, you can salvage your granma's TV, making the whole set a bi
Loup Vaillant wrote:
> So at least, you can salvage your granma's TV, making the whole set a bit
> less expensive.
Great news! (I don't think those connectors were in the video I saw on
the site.)
Thinking over what I wrote last night, I am getting much more excited
about the disruptive education
Nitpick:
Le 11/13/2011 10:54 PM, David Corking a écrit :
It needs the resources of the West (really the Global North) to make
it a programmable device - you need to beg or borrow a keyboard, a USB
hub, a mouse, a storage card, (an optional network connection) and a
screen with an HDMI input, or
The pricing and the processor of Raspberry Pi put it in the league of
the XO 1.75. It is an inexpensive platform for the Fedora and Ubuntu
communities to compile and run a complete desktop distribution for ARM
as dogfood - which is what OLPC needs in the wild.
It needs the resources of the West (
Don't usually spam here, but this seems like it may be of interest.
$25 ARM computer with USB/HDMI/SD ports, running Ubuntu Linux, aimed at
re-introducing computer science (rather than consumer-oriented computing) to UK
schools. By one of the authors of the original Elite game.
http://www.gee
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