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Psycho Xeno
10th September 2011, 00:16
Discovered this not long ago. It is a mini computer that is in alpha, atm but is scheduled for sale in November. It was made specifically to run Linux and be affordable to pretty much anyone.

The price point is $25 for the thumbdrive sized model and $35 for the credit card size model.

Sucker pumps out 1080p video using HDMI, composite is also a choice. Has a SD card slot in place of a HDD. Runs at body temp under load and they got Quake 3 demo to run on it networked in the office.

CCard model:
(Forum wont let me add pics from url?)
Top:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DSCF1808.jpg

Bottom:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DSCF1809.jpg


Provisional specification:



700MHz ARM11
128MB or 256MB of SDRAM
OpenGL ES 2.0
1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
Composite and HDMI video output
USB 2.0
SD/MMC/SDIO memory card slot
General-purpose I/O
Optional integrated 2-port USB hub and 10/100 Ethernet controller
Open software (Ubuntu, Iceweasel, KOffice, Python)




Site:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/


I have plans for a couple of these babies. I want to put one in my truck and another in my livingroom as media boxes. I'm going to take another and put it in my brothers car with a webcam so he can record his drags at the strip.

Froberg
10th September 2011, 00:48
596

image attachments are working fine for me.. are you doing it wrong? :p

Psycho Xeno
10th September 2011, 03:41
Well now its doing it, it said that it was not a valid address every time I tried earlier.

Froberg
10th September 2011, 12:19
All that said, it's pretty cool! :o