Raspberry PI

[Stonemonkey]

Hi Everyone, Happy new year.

I've not been around for a while and haven't been doing much but I saw this recently and thought it could be an ideal platform for the demoscene.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16316439

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

Anyway, all the best for the new year and I'll maybe see you around as I fancy getting back into doing some things.

Fryer.

[Shockwave]

I think that it will sell like hotcakes, it's the price of a dvd and will provide a fixed and cheap platform for developing on.. I'd be surprised if this isn't adopted by a lot of sceners.

Welcome Back Fryer, really good to see you here again

[benny!]

Yeah - cool news that you are back Fryer!!!

[Stonemonkey]

Thanks Nick, yep, the cost, fixed hardware, size and HDMI all make it ideal imo. I did a quick search but didn't see anything, has there been any discussion on it before?

[Shockwave]

Not as far as I can remember, save for the usual discussions about people trying to re-launch the AMiga or trying to sell PC's that look like Amigas.

This is definitely the right approach to take - cheap enough to take a risk on, standardised and able to plug into a TV and keyboard.. It's a perfect concept, I'll buy one when they are available.

[Moroboshisan]

Raspberry PI looks a VERY promising platform, actually they seems to be in an "advanced beta" phase of development. SOC platforms are getting more and more popular month after month. Let's see when the board reach stable production time.

quoting Shockwave 100%

I think that it will sell like hotcakes, it's the price of a dvd and will provide a fixed and cheap platform for developing on.. I'd be surprised if this isn't adopted by a lot of sceners.

[jace_stknights]

and as far away I remember, the ARM assembly is one of the beautifull to write! A friend of mine showed me some example on Acorn machine... was really nice!

I hope this board let us write some spicy code, like in the good old time...

[Raizor]

I first heard about this a year ago and have been patiently (and excitedly) waiting for it to arrive since. Sounds like a great platform to develop for, both for demos and handy little tools. I can think of loads of great things it could be made to do, especially with some kind of wi-fi enabled setup.

[Shockwave]

The thought of this has got a grip of me!
I am as excited as I have been about a new computer since I first saw an Amiga, I'm on the mailing list and I strongly suspect that this is going to become my platform of choice for releases when it becomes available..

Trying to imagine a BBC with a 32 bit processor and 700mhz makes me very enthusiastic

This is on an old A3010 (1mb and 40mhz IIRC);

[Hotshot]

Enjoyable Demo 

[Moroboshisan]

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/509

PRODUCTION HAS STARTED!!!... sounds sweet!

[jace_stknights]

The thought of this has got a grip of me!
I am as excited as I have been about a new computer since I first saw an Amiga, I'm on the mailing list and I strongly suspect that this is going to become my platform of choice for releases when it becomes available..

Trying to imagine a BBC with a 32 bit processor and 700mhz makes me very enthusiastic

This is on an old A3010 (1mb and 40mhz IIRC);

yep I'm also waiting since ages a new computer that will allow me to make some lowlevel code. x86 is sooooo awfull.

For a machine at 40mhz, it runs so fast!

[Shockwave]

That is really great news that they've started making them

I can't wait to own one.

[combatking0]

From their website, it looks like they're aiming for the educational market, as well as other markets.

I'll see if I can port some of my educational software to run on it

I've heard M$ will be preparing Windows 8 to run on ARM processors alongside the latest x64 CPUs. A £150 OS running on a £25 machine? I never saw that coming.

[Raizor]

I've not been this excited about anything hardware related for as long as I can remember. I just wish they'd hurry up and start taking orders

[Kirl]

Yeah, this looks really interesting but what should I expect in terms of speed?

[Raizor]

Yeah, this looks really interesting but what should I expect in terms of speed?

From Wikipedia

"In August 2011, fifty Alpha boards were manufactured. These boards were functionally identical to the planned model B,[16] only larger to accommodate debug headers. Demos of the board showed it running the LXDE desktop on Debian, Quake 3 at 1080p,[17] and Full HD H.264 video over HDMI.[18]"

That sounds pretty nippy and damn tasty to me

[Kirl]

Oooooo! 

[jace_stknights]

 

mhhh did someone make a beautifull case for this board? found this, but could be better : http://www.moovika.fr/raspberry-pi.fr/

[Raizor]

That's the first case I've seen Jace. Looks pretty nice to me.