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Sounds like a neat bit of kit. For anyone unfamiliar, it's essentially an ARM-powered PC, in the form factor of a keyboard. [0] > I was able to unbrick it I know it's a nitpick, but if it can be repaired, it's not bricked. [0] https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400-unit/
Sounds like a neat bit of kit. For anyone unfamiliar, it's essentially an ARM-powered PC, in the form factor of a keyboard. [0] > I was able to unbrick it I know it's a nitpick, but if it can be repaired, it's not bricked. [0] https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400-unit/
Edit: To be more constructive, how about a definition for “bricked” as “unable to be recovered by the intended users of the device through reasonably expected efforts.”
Sounds like a neat bit of kit. For anyone unfamiliar, it's essentially an ARM-powered PC, in the form factor of a keyboard. [0] > I was able to unbrick it I know it's a nitpick, but if it can be repaired, it's not bricked. [0] https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400-unit/
How would you called a device that meets a fate like that? Stuck? Blocked? Unaccessible?
ahhh I'm eagerly awaiting this to come out! Adafruit and PiShop don't have it yet :/
The RPi400 with Pico-8 seems to tick the same boxes, so I got one for my 10yr old. He's loving it. Perfect use case.
[0] https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Books/Write%...
Sounds like a neat bit of kit. For anyone unfamiliar, it's essentially an ARM-powered PC, in the form factor of a keyboard. [0] > I was able to unbrick it I know it's a nitpick, but if it can be repaired, it's not bricked. [0] https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400-unit/
In my opinion if the fix is not know at the time it could be considered bricked, at least temporarily until the fix is discovered. How would you called a device that meets a fate like that? Stuck? Blocked? Unaccessible?
Sounds like a neat bit of kit. For anyone unfamiliar, it's essentially an ARM-powered PC, in the form factor of a keyboard. [0] > I was able to unbrick it I know it's a nitpick, but if it can be repaired, it's not bricked. [0] https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400-unit/
In my opinion if the fix is not know at the time it could be considered bricked, at least temporarily until the fix is discovered. How would you called a device that meets a fate like that? Stuck? Blocked? Unaccessible?
I don't think something like this is ideal for running a full-blown Linux/Chromium/Firefox desktop environment though - it's just too slow for the bloated web sites of today. And using a mouse isn't exactly "sit-in-front-of-the-tv" friendly.
I like the idea of running something like BMC64 ("a bare metal C64 emulator for the Raspberry Pi with true 50hz/60hz smooth scrolling and low latency between input & video/audio") but unfortunately it doesn't work on the Raspberry Pi 400 yet.
USB-C is so outrageously bad in this regard. I have a smartphone on my desk, connected via USB3 for debugging. At some point it started reconnecting if I just slightly touch the phone or cable, which is extra fun if it happens mid-deployment.
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In my opinion if the fix is not know at the time it could be considered bricked, at least temporarily until the fix is discovered. How would you called a device that meets a fate like that? Stuck? Blocked? Unaccessible?
I agree; I think bricked is a fine word for this, even if it's reversible. Once you give up it's permanently bricked.