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BirdDog
Assistant Professor
9 years ago

Got a Raspberry PI 3

Bought the kit with pretty much everything other that mouse/keyboard. What a fun little computer in a small box. There is even a Ubuntu Mate image for it. Using it as an OSMC/Kodi media player for no...
MarkJFine's avatar
MarkJFine
Professor
8 years ago

BirdDog wrote:

A very fun micro computer that is much more powerful than my first 8088 based computer. Things sure have advanced since then.

Wait... more fun than one of these?

 

Yes, it's stowed safely under the equipment table. I just can't bear to part with it.

BirdDog's avatar
BirdDog
Assistant Professor
8 years ago
MarkJFine wrote:

BirdDog wrote:

A very fun micro computer that is much more powerful than my first 8088 based computer. Things sure have advanced since then.

Wait... more fun than one of these?

 

Yes, it's stowed safely under the equipment table. I just can't bear to part with it.

 

Tech has advanced so much, hope it continues.

 

Wife did a cancer fundraiser back in '88 and cell phones looked like this. She pulled some major strings to even get them to use. Was much more expensive back then for the phones and airtime.