Re: DVD-RAM, Raspberry Pi and other toys - Was: can't create an UDF file system on a CD-RW
On Thu, 2012-10-18 at 09:31 +0100, Dom wrote:
> On 17/10/12 22:37, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > Apologize Pierre, it wasn't intended to capture your thread.
> >
> > On Wed, 2012-10-17 at 13:56 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> >>
> >> Raspberry Pi is cool (not my cup of tea, but cool nonetheless). It
> >> looks like it is selling for 35 USD, which is what I always heard
> >> quoted.
> >
> > I suspect I'm too old and sluggish, when I was young I played with
> > hardware and programmed Assembler and unbelievable, even C. Today I
> > don't have those abilities anymore. Yes, it's cool, but I suspect I
> > wouldn't use it, I would be to lazy to learn, or I would learn and then
> > spend more time with Computers, then I really would lose any real world
> > social contacts, would feed myself with more junk foot. At some point
> > it's better to stop ;).
>
> You're never too old :-)
>
> I bought a Raspberry Pi soon after they first came out, and it is great
> fun to work on. My C skills are weak, but I've managed to create a few
> small apps for it. Also, I used to dabble in ARM assembler back when I
> had a BBC Micro, and a little later. I do like the fact that it is
> possible to write small native apps to run on the "bare metal" system
> without any OS required.
>
> As for the price being different to the original quotes - the $25 price
> is for the "model A" which isn't available yet (due around Christmas, I
> believe). The "model B" currently selling has 2 USB ports, compared to
> the one port on the A, and the A doesn't have ethernet. Also, current
> model Bs now have 512MB of RAM, instead of the original 256MB (I suspect
> the model A will have 256MB).
:)
So you encourage me to drop social contacts and to eat more junk
food ;)?
:D
Ralf
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