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[stan4th]

Hi,
some of you may find this interesting - again delete if this is not acceptable!! It's a very small, cheap computer!!

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[Nevyn]

some of you may find this interesting - again delete if this is not acceptable!! It's a very small, cheap computer!!

Rasberry Pi Homepage

Been following this over the past few months - at $25 - $40 for a Linux computer on a credit card sized machine you just have to get one.

There's some more on the BBC web site and on Click they have it booted and connected to a TV.

Regards,
Mark

[Mario Vernari]

Either they want to sell under price, or it's something to attract the people. I don't think they could be able to sell a similar board as low as $25. Since they're promising 128MB of RAM (which is a heaven), the core should be an ARM9. Chris, time ago, stated that a similar board would cost over $100. It looks much more a good way to advertise. Cheers

[CW2]

Since they're promising 128MB of RAM (which is a heaven), the core should be an ARM9.

According to the Wikipedia, the processor is Broadcom 2763 (ARM11 @ 700 MHz), with Hynix SDRAM mounted on top of it (PoP).

[Mario Vernari]

I should have written: "the core should be *AT LEAST* an ARM9". Anyway, the focus was on the price. Cheers

[CW2]

I should have written: "the core should be *AT LEAST* an ARM9".
Anyway, the focus was on the price.

Mario, no problem. I also wonder if they can keep the advertised price. Although I was more interested in the USB stick-sized prototype (with camera), the current alpha board is not that compelling... (unless it really costs four times less than competition : -)

[Nevyn]

Mario, no problem. I also wonder if they can keep the advertised price. Although I was more interested in the USB stick-sized prototype (with camera), the current alpha board is not that compelling... (unless it really costs four times less than competition : -)

I think they are aiming for credit card size in the final version.

Regards,
Mark