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Re: [LUG] New toy...

 

On 21/04/12 21:46, Rob Beard wrote:
> Quoting Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> On Sat, 21 Apr 2012, mark croft wrote:
>>
>>> On 21 April 2012 20:32, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://unicorn.drogon.net/rpi.jpg
>>
>>> lucky u , how u get that?
>>
>> I bought it from someone who had one to sell at a mutually agreeable
>> price.
>>
>> Got it talking to an arduino now and running my BASIC:
>>
>> http://unicorn.drogon.net/piduino.jpg
>>
>> Might even try to connect it to a colour TV tomorow... (no HDMI to
>> DVI-D adapter yet) Not sure if my big telly will display 80 column,
>> 640x480... Fortunately I have a double font size option just for this
>> purpose.. That'll be really retro - 40x24 text on a TV :)
>>
>> Gordon
>>
>
> Looks good.  I'll be interested to know what exciting things you
> manage to do with it.  I'm preparing for when I get a Raspberry Pi
> (whenever that will be, I read on the Raspberry Pi that they're hoping
> to fulfill orders by about June time or something like that).  I
> picked up a 22" LCD monitor today with DVI, just need to get a hub now
> and 'borrow' my kids USB charger (which IIRC is just powerful enough
> to power it).
>
> Rob
>
> Needs to be something like 5v @ 1000mA (I am sure however 1000mA = 1
> Amp)  but anyway.

Paul
>
>
>


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