27 Feb
2013
27 Feb
'13
6:01 p.m.
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From: "Jim Stephens" <jws at jwsss.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi
On 2/27/2013 2:35 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
There aren't that many I know who used the 8080 and 8 bit, and on that
learned them either. I knew a lot of people who used them and even could
mix and match boards, but seldom if ever could tell you what each board
really did to implement its purpose, as most on this list could.
They got along just fine bumbling along with horrible early spread sheet
programs, word processors and terminal emulators to name what I saw a lot
of people do.
jim
People buy computers and other electronics because they have a use in mind
for them. not to rip them apart and find out how they work. The reason
computers got so cheap is because the vast majority of people who are not
geeks had a use for one that didn't include taking the cover off ever.
The Raspberry Pi might be a full blown computer to people here, but it is
just a building block to others who want a tiny machine to stick into some
project of theirs. Knowing how the thing works at a deeper level doesn't
help them do what they want most of the time.