Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
02-03-2012, 09:30
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
Well now I have registered an interest at both places selling it - and a delivery date (23rd March) from farnell.
I've got my 8gb sd card ready now and a blackberry charger for power
Just need to learn a little patience
When I DO get both I am going to give Peter one as he's always on about learning to program.
Nice
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03-03-2012, 23:27
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
After registering an interest on launch day I got an e-mail today from Farnell prompting me to pre-order. No delivery date though...
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04-03-2012, 08:13
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
Generic email from RS about the same time last night
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Dear Customer
Thank you for joining the Raspberry Pi revolution and registering your interest in Raspberry Pi’s Model B board from RS Components.
We have received extraordinary levels of demand for this product. To help ensure as many people as possible can experience the Raspberry Pi concept, we are limiting boards to one per customer, and we will send you further information on your request in the next seven days. Once we receive the boards into stock, they will be allocated on a first-come first-serve basis, in order of when requests were received.
Thank you for your patience; we will be in touch as soon as possible with more details.
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04-03-2012, 08:49
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Generic email from RS about the same time last night
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Just checked my mail and i have one as well.
Also checkout this superb case for the pi.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-cas...item43adba366a
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04-03-2012, 09:41
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
What time is on the email Sirius?
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04-03-2012, 09:45
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
I had the email from RS as 23.30
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04-03-2012, 09:58
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
What time is on the email Sirius?
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04-03-2012, 11:01
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
23:29 myself, hopefully the earlier emails will be the first in on the offers
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04-03-2012, 12:38
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
23:29 on my email as well. Personally, I'd love a custom case that looks like the old BBC Model B.
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04-03-2012, 13:05
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
23:30 on mine, looking forward to this. No idea what I'm going to do with it yet but starting to look into some projects.
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04-03-2012, 14:25
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
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23:29 on my email as well. Personally, I'd love a custom case that looks like the old BBC Model B.
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I did think of a bbc but I like my beeb and still use it so I wouldn't messs with it
I did see this and thought it was quite cool...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPPku_xbMZQ&feature=fvst
Trouble is I'm about a practical as a whelk that's been dead for six months so the chance of me managing anything more than a lego case is not likely
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04-03-2012, 18:53
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
The Raspberry Pi can help schools get with the program
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These cheap, programmable boards should be used to equip children for a future that will be shaped by computer software
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...mputer-science
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05-03-2012, 13:01
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
Meh.
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05-03-2012, 13:13
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
I think the idea is that it's not an allsinging and all dancing game bit of equipment and the scratch programming tool is designed to help children learn programming..
I worry though that most kids will throw it in the back of a drawer purely because of it's limitations and will stick with their ps3's, iphones..etc..
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05-03-2012, 14:56
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Re: Raspberry Pi - a revolution?
Hopefully the foundation will produce the material to use with the devices and the suppliers will get the nice clear cases around them.
Then schools can have computers that can be used for coding without needing expensive software. With the interfaces they can get projects where the computer can "talk" to things and be "talked" to. They can eventually programme the pi and then have it work with the other things without being connected to keyboards, monitors and the like. Mix coding with some engineering and build something "practical".
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