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Schools that can't afford enough computers also can't afford new monitors and TVs with HDMI connections, which if I recall the raspberry pi requires.
by thejteam 14y ago
Schools that can't afford enough computers also can't afford new monitors and TVs with HDMI connections, which if I recall the raspberry pi requires.
- jiggy2011 14y agoThe Pi will work with svideo IIRC so you can plug it into an old TV. How well the window manager will work at that resolution on the other hand..
- peteri 14y agoActually the Window Manager seems to be OK (if a bit blurry). There may be problems with games going full screen for example open-invaders is a few pixels short on my PAL TV so only half of the score characters are visible, dunno if I should fix the display settings or fix the program. Biggest problem I can see is that Midori as a browser seems to struggle on things like Google+ Photos (This may just be an out of memory and hitting swap problem, I've not investigated) I haven't thought about what I'm going to do with mine yet (it was a gift from my father). It does come with Squeak so if thats useable on a CRT I may give that another go.
- nfriedly 14y agoI believe there was a menu option to handle TV's overscan in the text-only interface that appears the first time you power it up with Raspbian installed.
- thejteam 14y agoI just read the article and apparently it also has composite RCA. They should advertise that part more than the HDMI, it is more useful for their target audience.
- freehunter 14y agoThe foundation did say they were planning a whole host of accessories to go along with it, and were hoping the community would rally around some of their own. This likely includes cases, mice/keyboards, and possibly small, cheap monitors.