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Caveat: 60p RP2350 microcontroller on a board that sells for $40 and has 8MB of RAM (as opposed to the 520K that the RP2350 comes with). But that is only needed

Caveat: 60p RP2350 microcontroller on a board that sells for $40 and has 8MB of RAM (as opposed to the 520K that the RP2350 comes with). But that is only needed for Photoshop. The 520K is more than enough to emulate the Mac 128K.

utopcell 1mo ago
How much does the monitor cost?
- prmoustache 1mo ago
  You can get a used 15" or 17" monitor for free or next to nothing.
  - utopcell 1mo ago
    That kind of breaks the argument, doesn't it? You can get an old pc for free or next to nothing also.
    - prmoustache 1mo ago
      There is no argument, or you failed to articulate it anyway. I am not battling anyone's opinion, you ask for the cost of the monitor and that kind of 17" consumer monitor that you see in picture on the parent blog post cannot be bought new anymore, the only 15 and 17" screens on the market are POS tactiles screens, industrial ones with metal frames or portable ones. I am happily separating the cost of monitor in the desktop world anyway as user don't tend to replace them at the same frequency as the compute unit. For example, my dad only bought 5 different monitors in 40 years.
Lerc 1mo ago
These are only $10 and you get a screen https://www.waveshare.com/rp2350-lcd-1.47-a.htm?sku=30557 https://www.waveshare.com/rp2350-lcd-1.47-a.htm?sku=30557 You can use XIP to run code from Flash, so you can be get away with that in lieu of a decent amount of RAM. The screens are really fragile, I've stuck my fingernail through three and broke one with an inadvertent tap from a screwdriver. But they're only $10 and still work as a microcontroller.
yellers 1mo ago
I thought the same when I read "This was done (...) on a Raspberry Pi RP2350 chip, (...) for around 60p. Add the various extra parts (...) built today for a few pounds in one-off quantities. Call it the price of coffee and a cake in a European café today." "I opted for the Adafruit Fruit Jam (...)" ($39.95) Unless you're paying $40 for coffee and cake I'll call bullshit.
kotaKat 1mo ago
The Adafruit tax strikes again!

utopcell 1mo ago

How much does the monitor cost?

prmoustache 1mo ago
You can get a used 15" or 17" monitor for free or next to nothing.
- utopcell 1mo ago
  That kind of breaks the argument, doesn't it? You can get an old pc for free or next to nothing also.
  - prmoustache 1mo ago
    There is no argument, or you failed to articulate it anyway. I am not battling anyone's opinion, you ask for the cost of the monitor and that kind of 17" consumer monitor that you see in picture on the parent blog post cannot be bought new anymore, the only 15 and 17" screens on the market are POS tactiles screens, industrial ones with metal frames or portable ones. I am happily separating the cost of monitor in the desktop world anyway as user don't tend to replace them at the same frequency as the compute unit. For example, my dad only bought 5 different monitors in 40 years.

Lerc 1mo ago

These are only $10 and you get a screen https://www.waveshare.com/rp2350-lcd-1.47-a.htm?sku=30557 https://www.waveshare.com/rp2350-lcd-1.47-a.htm?sku=30557 You can use XIP to run code from Flash, so you can be get away with that in lieu of a decent amount of RAM. The screens are really fragile, I've stuck my fingernail through three and broke one with an inadvertent tap from a screwdriver. But they're only $10 and still work as a microcontroller.

yellers 1mo ago

I thought the same when I read "This was done (...) on a Raspberry Pi RP2350 chip, (...) for around 60p. Add the various extra parts (...) built today for a few pounds in one-off quantities. Call it the price of coffee and a cake in a European café today." "I opted for the Adafruit Fruit Jam (...)" ($39.95) Unless you're paying $40 for coffee and cake I'll call bullshit.

kotaKat 1mo ago

The Adafruit tax strikes again!