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Geek Culture / Raspberry Pi unboxing and first run! (board revision 2, 512Mb version)

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Daniel TGC
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Posted: 20th Nov 2012 19:09
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Hi guys,

Finally got my Raspberry Pi today! Yay!



It's a cool little computer, so small my camera had a real time focusing that close up.
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Nickydude
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Posted: 21st Nov 2012 01:42 Edited at: 21st Nov 2012 01:43
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Thanks for the video Daniel. I'm slightly concerned about the stability of the sockets though, especially when plugging-unplugging-plugging-unplugging...

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MrValentine
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Posted: 21st Nov 2012 02:41
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I am keen to see what you make with this Daniel...

I am wondering what the waiting time is like now, and frankly I have no idea which company to order from...

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Daniel TGC
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Posted: 24th Nov 2012 18:49
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They are getting more boards in than before, I ordered from RS. Having said that, if you don't mind paying a little more for the first revision there's pi boards on amazon for around £35, I only paid £10 less and suffered a 4 month wait for it. So if you are keen to get started with it, there are faster ways.

@Nickydude

The sockets are very firmly in place, there's no movement at all on any of the sockets. The board doesn't flex, and the SD Card holder is firmly on the board.

If you are concerned about the way I unplugged and plugged the Pi in and out to reset, I've solved this by switching it off at the socket. I only pulled the usb lead out in the video so users can see what I was doing with the board itself. I've just ordered a case for £4 off amazon which will help protect the device a bit more. Once I've set it up with a dedicated set of leads and monitor there's really no reason to unplug anything, after all I don't do it with my desktop why should I do it to the pi? The only thing I should be swapping about is the SD Card.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 25th Nov 2012 13:30
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But can it play minecraft?

"You're not going crazy. You're going sane in a crazy world!" ~Tick
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Posted: 27th Nov 2012 23:59
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Its a bit low powered, arnt there new low cost mini computers coming out all the time, hasn't pi been surpassed now?


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Phaelax
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Posted: 28th Nov 2012 07:18
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I dunno if it's been surpassed for that price range.

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Posted: 28th Nov 2012 19:48 Edited at: 28th Nov 2012 19:49
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But think about price for 2nd hand stuff on eBay, and dont most people have an old low computer or parts from old computers lying around, Ive got a computer graveyard.


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Posted: 1st Dec 2012 10:18 Edited at: 1st Dec 2012 10:19
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just hear that they're going to be minecraft playable on the Raspberry PI. here's the link:

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2227703/mojang-lays-down-raspberry-pi-base-with-minecraft-preview
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Posted: 1st Dec 2012 11:36
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Minecraft, LOL, control life - conquer nature, and while your playing at living in real life, they drink sunny delight and munch on hot pockets, latters they drink cheap beer from supermarket, while watching pron on internets and crying themselves to sleep.
I made a film on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2-KRlfbNwY
see 26 seconds, image on the right, thats what people who play Minecraft think they are. Minecraft reality is 28 seconds, image on the right.


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Phaelax
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Quote: "just hear that they're going to be minecraft playable on the Raspberry PI. here's the link:"

I mentioned that above already

I still haven't figured out why minecraft is so popular. It's boring as heck!

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Quote: "It's boring as heck!"
Oh dear...

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yeah I was going to write. doh!! just figured that right afterwards. oh well. lol
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hey is it possible to make rasberry pi to run off some rechargable battery of some sort? because this thing has very good potential to make a portable device like an mp3 player.

dont hate people who rip you off,cheat and get away with it, learn from them
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That'd be a large MP3 player.

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Posted: 5th Dec 2012 03:31
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if its possible to give it at least 50 hours of battery life and at least 100+ gb of storage, the size would be worth it

dont hate people who rip you off,cheat and get away with it, learn from them
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