[sclug] Pi has arrived!

[John Stumbles]

On 18/11/12 14:06, Neil Haughton wrote:
> Much excitement here - my Pi has finally arrived, after a delivery period
> that would have made even Clive Sinclair blush. The good news is that I was
> 'upgraded' to a  512Mb model and I expect I have the advantage of a whole
> heap of other improvements since I first ordered it (which was when
> exactly? Well before the start of my memory frame!)

How come it took so long? I ordered one from CPC weeks ago and, although 
they quoted delivery around Nov 5th, it arrived 2-3 weeks before that. 
512M as well.


> My burning question is: has anyone of you actually used on of these in a
> real project, and if so, for what? I don't need to learn to programme (or
> at least I hope not - it's my living) so it needs to be something genuinely
> useful. My first thoughts are possibly a low power consumption NAS with
> Raid, but I am open to other useful ideas. I know there are websites full
> of project ideas, but I'd like to hear what sclug people have done.

I've been asked to put up a wi-fry link (802.11 augmented by Chinese 
cookware or similar parabolic-ish dishes) over a couple of hundred 
yards, which seems a suitable use. Need to find some tuits now ...



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John Stumbles                                       http://yaph.org.uk
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