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Von: "[email protected]"
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An: [email protected]
Gesendet: 22:34 Donnerstag, 1.März 2012
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Regards the $35 Raspberry Pi computer,
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can I power it with a battery, A: you need regulated 5V/700mA from any source.
There are accu-pacs who do that
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Load Slacko OS in, A: do'nt know. anyway, it has to provide drivers. So
probably not a good idea, if you are not that experienced.
Stick to the community standard
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attach wireless mouse and keyboard. A. Yes. see
http://elinux.org/RaspberryPiBoard#Hardware_.26_Peripherals
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connect it to the internet DSL modem and plug in a flat monitor?
A1: DSL: it depends
A2: Monitor: w. Composite RCA, HDMI
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Also will it be available in the USA and how soon?
A: Check Farnell and RS-components. they do the assembly and worldwide
distribution.
currently You can only signal your interest. The first batch is only 10k units.
Distributors have to check, how big the interest is, for their
production-planning.
This will probably take 1-2 months.
I expect interest in this little thingy to be in the 100ks to eventually
millions, depending on user-support.
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For me personally, the PPi is moderately interesting, because I normally work
on a lower hardware-level, but will jump on, if there is
a lively user-base.
The microcontroller-crowd is a very diverse lot, so it is difficult to predict,
how much interest it gets.
This is an intermediate device between GUI-based-users and low-level geeks.
In this respect it is probably not the best of both worlds.
Hope that helps
Guenter
