Raspberry Pi Zero (5USD) with Scratch (Re: Use of the Scratch program in the UK? (Re: [squeak-dev] The Inbox: Nebraska-tpr.42.mcz))

Frank Shearar frank.shearar at gmail.com
Thu Nov 26 20:11:29 UTC 2015


On 26 November 2015 at 19:32, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
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>> On 26-11-2015, at 9:11 AM, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFQmdUc5Vg&feature=youtu.be&a
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>> at 4:17 shows  the Raspberry Pi Zero (a 5USD computer) running Scratch
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> This months ‘MagPi’ magazine in hardcopy version includes a free P0 stuck to the front cover. I’m reasonably sure it’s the first time a full linux computer has been given away with a magazine, but I could be wrong.
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> See also https://vimeo.com/146893658 for the official release video, and indeed the foundation website blog at https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/
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> At 1GHz even a single-core bcm2835 runs Squeak/Cog/Spur quite nicely and Scratch can run Asteroids at 45+ fps, and PacMan (which originally managed <1fps on the original PiB with original Scratch image) trots along at ~12fps.
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> Using the ‘Shootout’ benchmarks Eliot favours for large non-UI testing, the P0 will score around half of the Pi2  - but with the Cog/Spur vm it is about 5X the orginal PiB system when this all started in2012. 40+ Dorado for $5 seems a pretty good deal.
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> Of course, the web is alight with complaints that it isn’t a quadcore multi-GHz Xeon with terabytes of ram and petabytes of ssd. Oh, and it costs too much, apparently.

Well, there are lots of people who can complain now, because
everywhere seems to be sold out. To the complainers: don't worry, just
send me your Pi0. I don't mind.

frank

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