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Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by justin66 »

qz2 wrote: post #59

Can we please have a Pi without a crappy storage interface. It's either a microSD card or something dangling off USB. An M2 SATA or NVMe would make this credible but 99% of the problems I've had with the Pi platform is storage related, either being knackered microSD cards, terrible performance or USB power problems.

> An M2 SATA or NVMe would make this credible but 99% of the problems I've had with the Pi platform is storage related, either being knackered microSD cards, terrible performance or USB power problems.

It sounds like literally all your problems would be addressed by using the official power supply and a USB-connected SSD - although your problems might very well be solved just by using the official power supply and a decent SD card.

SATA and NVMe interfaces are something some nerds who aren't the target audience for this hardware would like but they don't address the real-world problems you mentioned at all.

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Post by ant6n »

dunnevens wrote: post #279
JKCalhoun wrote: post #276

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does Chrome OS run on Raspberry Pi? How crazy is it that one of the Big Players come in, port their OS to the device, and more or less take it over as just another platform with a Start Menu?

There's a way to make Chrome OS run on Pi's, but it's insecure. Uses the Fyde version of Chromium OS. https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=227281

Weil that support the Linux add-on inside Chrome OS?

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by teekert »

ryukafalz wrote: post #296
teekert wrote: post #150

They keep adding the minecraft-pi window, which gets me excited. But it is no longer supported or developed: [0], let alone that you could use it to join any multiplayer server. Context: I run a Java Minecraft server (for my son who plays Java edition from Linux) with GeyserMC (which allows Bedrock clients to connect and play) so my son's friends can join from tablets and Wii's. It would be cool to be able to play fr…

> GeyserMC (which allows Bedrock clients to connect and play) Oh wow thank you for mentioning this, I had no idea this existed!

It works best without any other plugins but the community is very active and issues (which there definitely are, i.e., on a touchscreen you can still only place water/lava where the pointer would be on java) are addressed really fast.

If you drop the plugin into the plugin folder of your mc server (recommended server is paper) it should work after a restart.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by bofh23 »

Kim_Bruning wrote: post #68
bencollier49 wrote: post #11

This tugs all the heartstrings for me as it mimics the computers of the early 80s. My only criticism is that their use of micro-HDMI makes it very easy for children to wreck the machine. I've had this happen twice to me on RPi4s, and it's not a terribly pleasant experience. Now all I want from them is a custom edition with the function keys in red, the rest in black, and the body in beige.

If only it had the traditional orange F-keys. Then it would be perfect! references: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro#/media/File:BBC_Micr... or an actual ARM model: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Archimedes#/media/File:A...

If you’re feeling nostalgic just tweet some BBC Basic code to @bbcmicrobot.

BBC Micro Bot - 1000 Tweets of Code https://www.bbcmicrobot.com/ "BBC Micro bot runs your tweet on an 8-bit computer emulator."

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Post by MarcScott »

gwbas1c wrote: post #308

I haven't followed Raspberry Pi very closely... Just curious, what kind of software can these run? Does it have a functional web browser? Can it run GMail? Google Docs?

Yes. The Pi 4 and 3+ can run Chromium pretty well, although earlier models will struggle a little. All of G-Suite runs, although video conferencing is a little laggy in my experience. Often if you spoof your browser agent you get better compatibility with a lot of applications. I tend to tell sites that I'm using Chrome on ChromeOS, and things just tend to work. A tonne of FOSS software works, and the only real limitation is whether it has been compiled for ARM chips or not.

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Post by 0-_-0 »

mytec wrote: post #179
tromp wrote: post #46

I really want to like this, but the shrinking of the keys around the return key is a big turn off.

The pipe and backslash are beside the Z key as well, making the left side shift key narrower.

I think it copies the macbook layout, like so many other mini keyboards:

https://keyshorts.com/blogs/blog/37615873-how-to-identify-ma...

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by mark_l_watson »

I love it. I would buy one instantly if it supported USB-C monitors. It has been years since I owned a HDMI monitor.

Several years ago, as I was leaving a consulting gig in Singapore to return home, the team there gave me a Raspberry Pi as a gift. As an experiment, I used it as my only driver for three of four days (I still owned a HDMI monitor back then).

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by Mister_Snuggles »

A long time ago I had a Commodore VIC-20 which was a gift from my cousin. The IBM-compatible PCs were firmly entrenched by this time, so the VIC-20 was obsolete but still functioned.

I spent many hours playing with it. Once I discovered the User I/O port, I realized its true power. It wasn't a powerful computer on its own, but the fact that it could easily interface with the real world gave it abilities that the PC clones of the era didn't have.

This Raspberry Pi PC reminds me of that VIC-20. Like the VIC-20, it's got a User I/O port and encourages tinkering. Unlike the VIC-20 I had, this is a modern computer that can be used for everything that we expect a modern computer to do.

I hope this encourages a new generation of tinkerers!

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by ant6n »

slightwinder wrote: post #294
minerjoe wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

E-waste is a massive problem nowadays. Why not assemble the lab out of "old" computers? They might take a bit more electricity to run, but, at least in the US, you can get truckloads of computers that were destined for the scrapyard, for free. One local school here threw away 50+ small dell quad-core i5's in their quest to make sure they spend their money wisely. I've assembled a small lab, with many computers, laser…

Old Computers are usually rather big, heavy and a bit limited in their ability in terms of interfaces. Like they often have no sd-card-slot, bluetooth or wifi. And yes, they need more power. This RP400 is small, can be taken everywhere by kids, has all necessary interfaces to make something funny and can on worst even run from a manual energy-source (which of course is more relevant for a poorer country than a rich c…

It doesn’t have a battery, right? So you can’t just unplug it and replug it elsewhere without shutting down.
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