Game developer David Braben creates a USB stick PC for $25

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:24 pm

This is pretty cool.

http://www.geek.com/articles/games/game ... 5-2011055/

Doozle · Post by **Doozle** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:30 pm

Stuff like this and the RaspberryPi makes me wish I was in school doing ICT for this. It was always just Word and spreadsheets

Lye_Form · Post by **Lye_Form** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:38 pm

Electric_Head wrote:This is pretty cool.

http://www.geek.com/articles/games/game ... 5-2011055/

As a computer geek i think the Raspberry Pi stuff is pretty cool.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/raspberry-piand ... kit-652805

Rob11 · Post by **Rob11** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:31 pm

I was going to be using a Raspberry PI for my dissertation module but I couldn't get hold of one in time before my project proposal deadline was due in.

sigbowls · Post by **sigbowls** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:14 pm

its like a mp3 player

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:41 pm

But better.

sigbowls · Post by **sigbowls** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:56 pm

its probably not as good as a mac mini or can it do everything a computer can do?

Rob11 · Post by **Rob11** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:50 pm

signals wrote:its probably not as good as a mac mini or can it do everything a computer can do?

It can run various Linux distros (similar to the Raspberry PI), so it can pretty much do everything a computer can do and more.

Terpit · Post by **Terpit** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:02 am

Why is this guy wasting his time with this stuff when he could be making more Rollercoaster Tycoon sequels?

Sexual_Chocolate · Post by **Sexual_Chocolate** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:25 am

Terpit wrote:Why is this guy wasting his time with this stuff when he could be making more Rollercoaster Tycoon sequels?

og game. love it.

lowphat · Post by **lowphat** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:36 am

Would the Windows 8 Arm version run on Raspberry Pi?.. Hmmm

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:25 pm

Terpit wrote:Why is this guy wasting his time with this stuff when he could be making more Rollercoaster Tycoon sequels?

He just kind of up and disappeared from the game dev scene round 2003 I think besides being about OpenTTD i think.
Shame because he was hardcore, he coded most of RCT in ASM as I recall.
Edit: nix that I was thinking of Chris Sawyer.

Braben did however just start a kickstarter for a new sequel to Elite http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/146 ... -dangerous

Trichome · Post by **Trichome** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:30 pm

lowphat wrote:Would the Windows 8 Arm version run on Raspberry Pi?.. Hmmm

not by a longshot lool

Trichome · Post by **Trichome** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:44 pm

Trainrek wrote:
lowphat wrote:Would the Windows 8 Arm version run on Raspberry Pi?.. Hmmm
not by a longshot lool

wait arm is the mobile version i forgot haha in which case the raspberry pi does use an arm processor so maybe

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:06 pm

Love the various applications for Raspberry Pi people are coming up with... fuckin' satellites... fuckin' MIDI controllers... HELLZ YES sez I!

Moar satellites!!! Moar MIDI controllers! Moar Satellites That Are MIDI Controllers Too!

Also love the RapRep/fabrication/3d printing stuff that's starting to finally take off.

And this - well, seeing as I already have a portable studio on a stick [Reaper] no reason why I can't just have the whole fuckin' thing on a stick now.

Music! On a stick! O brave new world...

I really am excited about this.

wobbles · Post by **wobbles** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:58 pm

where can i buy one

street_legal · Post by **street_legal** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:09 pm

Doozle wrote:Stuff like this and the RaspberryPi makes me wish I was in school doing ICT for this. It was always just Word and spreadsheets

ye this

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:14 pm

@wobbles:

You can't buy the $25 PC USB stick yet - but I'll keep my ears open.

You can buy Raspberry Pi stuff (also cheap and powerful and lots of possibilities) here I think:

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisp ... =questions

test_recordings · Post by **test_recordings** » Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:47 am

Holy bejeezus that`s insane power for that package!

Terpit · Post by **Terpit** » Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:59 am

deadly habit wrote:Braben did however just start a kickstarter for a new sequel to Elite http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/146 ... -dangerous

Im not familiar with the original, think im too young. that kickstarter looks promising tho

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