25 Feb
2013
25 Feb
'13
1:18 p.m.
On 02/25/2013 01:20 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
On 25 Feb 2013 18:26, "Zane H. Healy"
<healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
Yes, that would be my thought, too. I don't particularly care about the
extra RAM, but having Ethernet is a must (for me). Actually,
relatively-recent Slackwares run quite happily on my old Thinkpad with
(IIRC) 192MB, so I'd assume that 256MB is plenty on the Pi for Linux so
long as it's not running anything too bloated.
I can't remember now; does the 'Pi have RS232 built in (poss. with the
addition of external line drivers)?
cheers
Jules
The talk about the Acorn and RISC OS reminds me that I've been interested
in
one of these, primarily to run RISC OS. What is the recommended
version, price, and place to get a Raspberry Pi from?
I assume I want a "2.0 Model B 512Mb"? I've found a seller on eBay with
this and they include a case for $57.
If you want to keep it super cheap, try to find a Linux user upgrading to
the 512MB version. 256MB is a vast amount of RAM for Risc OS, whereas it is
not enough for a graphical Linux desktop. You really don't need half a gig
for Risc OS, unless of course you want to run Linux as well.