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25 dollar computer coming
remus:
Hmm,
If the device came with more 4 USB ports + 1 ethernet port it would be better value I think.
Better to design in the ports than try to buy a hub later.
Imagine running a usb mouse and keyboard + ethernet + few other usb devices such as printer and external hard drive through ONE primary port....
caminati:
Some other updates, don't know if regarding events interesting/new to any ear:
Raspberry Pi prototype has now a page on wikipedia:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
Since wikipedia is usually quite strict on admittance of a topic (notability, etc...), this is not likely to be a total hoax.
However, to get such a product to final users is a long and troublesome road...
On that very page, you will find a link to a podcast interview to a guy involved with the project.
Can't hear it right now, as I already said my machine is usb-centric and modular. Too modular, I still have to get some usb device for sounds =)
Download:
Thanks for the helpful information
mpayne:
Good idea to email the developer. Seems to me that they are porting this to become a bigger type of mobile gadget as it is running on something from that end of the field. It would be interesting how the developer and manufacturers would react to such a suggestion, though as what has been raised earlier, it is not that friendly to start with tinycore if you are just new to linux.
vinceASPECT:
Hell
fascinating device....really because of it's price.
i feel Debian or Angstrom linux are best for this. TCL does not have an arm build does it?
WHen you consider a USB to NIC adapter is 50 cents new on ebay.com.....and also a cd quality
USB sound card is 50 cents new on ebay. You can see how easy this device is to get going. A 4 port usb hub is 99 cents.
I have all these devices running on a hub here. (this laptop is only USB 1.1 socket)
That single socket carries "5 meg bit DSL" and a "USB CD sound card" and "keyboard" and "mouse"
and "webcam."
So you can get this tiny PC up and running for 29.99 dollars.
HDMI already carries sound, so you could get sound in that alternative manner.
But if you were using the composite video signal, then SOUND could come from a USB soundcard.
I don't think people realize the potential of this device. Image young kids skyping around the globe
meeting new friends. Going on web video talkers. Learning from wikipedia. Using online web tools that
require no install or CPU power. (there are lots of them...music production tools, graphics tools...google documents)
http://www.aviary.com/tools
It also plugs into a conventional TV....the TV does not need to have HDMI....this device outputs
a composite video signal also. That signal just needs the correct cable to plug into the
sockets on a standard TV.
A keyboard new is about 3 dollars. Mice are a dollar.
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-Ethernet-Network-Adapter-NIC-RJ45-Card-10-100-A1-/280635453633?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41572d30c1
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-3D-AUDIO-SOUND-CARD-ADAPTER-VIRTUAL-5-1-ch-/110522675143?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19bbaa2fc7
I just think Angstrom or Debian is better for it.
love to see it be released and come out.
Vince.
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