[HH] $8 computer with Linux installed...

Federico Lucifredi flucifredi at acm.org
Tue Dec 1 11:30:47 EST 2015


I have one of the alpha boards in the lab…. what is interesting (especially looking at the new Raspberry Pi Zero), is the on-board Wifi.

Best -F


> On Dec 1, 2015, at 11:27 AM, Brough Turner <broughturner at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Just saw this http://getchip.com/ mentioned on the Battlemesh list, 
> although I see it was also on Ars four days ago:
>    http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/11/remember-that-9-computer-for-one-day-only-itll-be-8-plus-shipping/
> and apparently on KickStarter at some time in the past.
> 
> CHIP—essentially a cheaper, better Raspberry Pi—runs a 1Ghz R8 ARM processor and hums along with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of flash storage. It also has a full-sized USB port and a composite video out, so it can work with older televisions. 
> 
> Fascinating!
> 
> Thanks,
> Brough Turner
> 
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