Well i just got a new one. Retired the TV Raspberry pi 2 to use as a game console and the one I was using as a computer Pi 3B is now my TV box. Im currently using the pi 3B+ It has quad core 1.4ghz cpu and 512 mb or memory. using the Raspbian OS it is very comfortable with my tasks. Which include shitposting on facebook, shilling 4chan and of course lurking here. very pleased with it. Just an idea if anyone is looking for an inexpencive project.
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I build my own computers usually, but I've never understood what that was all about.
As a member of the PC GAMING MASTER RACE I look down upon the likes of console players with much disdain, however using pis for geek stuff is highly rated in the nerd community.
"And how we burned in the camps later thinking, what would things have been like, if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain, whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"
We're brothers at the top!Originally Posted by 5.56NATO
its a $50 computer that is the size of an altoids tin that has a large amount of support software and a number of different operating systems for different uses, they are a lot of fun and cheap.
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Salt Water Cowboy - Dolphin 38
What kind of operating systems and practical uses?
Then main regular computer OS is Raspbian which is Debian but customised for the pi. The second most popular is RISC OS. Which was originally on the BBC Micro. It has continued to live and progress since then surprisingly and the version for the pi is very modern. I tried it and it is very functional. You can also put old versions of Mac OS on it for fun but not for function.
Using it as a TV box there are two main operating systems which the names are slipping me. They are simply a dvr with access to all those streaming sites like solarvid and openload. If you want to pay money you can also have the cable channels work. It's through IPTV and mostly British channels. I did that for a while. The brit commercials are neat.
Lastly is setting it up as a retro video game console. The os is Retro pi and once installed you use USB game controllers... you can download packages of Roms which are essentially all the games ever produced for the NES, Sega Master System, Atari 2600, commodore 64 and the other game systems of that era. I am currently working on this with one of mine.
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Salt Water Cowboy - Dolphin 38
Now you've caught my attention, What kind of resolutions can this mini computer work with? I bought a neat little adapter for my Super nintendo that displays on a big screen TV 1080P/I . I have a commodore 64 and floppy drive sitting in the closet/ might be advantageous to have the games without having to bring out the big keyboard and floppy drive for the C64, or does the Raspberry need a keyboard?
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