Raspberry Pi - A credit card sized, linux based mini-computer for $30

HI HELLO!

I have a Pi 3 (I don't think it's even a 3+) and I'm considering upgrading to a 4 but I still have SO much to keep be busy with genesis/ps1/snes

my understanding is that while a lot of emulators you just configure them once and they're set, n64 requires a lot more hands on per-game tweaking to get it working the best

yeah im getting that impresh. right now my son and i are both deep diving into game boy advance stuff i never played (esp the pokemen)

oh shit! DEFINITELY play Mother 3 (you can find a translated ROM p easily), I also had a lot of fun w Mario vs Donkey Kong

hit me up via lixmail, i have a pretty complete r0m c0llection

unless you already have them all?

GBA was an amazing system

best Nintendo handheld until the Switch Lite

Switch Lite still too big tbh

we've been playing mother 3!

i get my ROMs from v1mm's, it's been v v reliable

was unfamiliar; thanks for that!

oh v1mm's is the best, that and the-eye are my go-tos

Raspberry Pi - A keyboard sized, personal computer for $70 "now thirty times as powerful as it was at launch"
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-400-the-70-desktop-pc/

pretty cool! although one of the advantages of the current rpi is that it's easy to hide inside of things if you don't want to show the computery parts.

but i'm sure there's a lot more going on with that update than the keyboard and it's physical size. which is why i say,

pretty cool!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CH6jn2WAH_i/?igshid=viivrs3vi8c0

An excellent Chonky case with a pi inside. Love dat keyboard too

The 400 is dplaying on my unfulfilled SAM Coupë / Jupiter Ace desires. Don't need but...

would be interesting to know how many hundreds of times more powerful they are than the spectrum i grew up with. and if the kids are similarly inspired or whether the complexity works against it.

inspired imo

some are, at least, imo

pi Jukebox decided to die yesterday, just stopped playing after a Dead Can Dance song. i was logged in at the time but i couldn't ls let alone shutdown nicely. pulled the plug but the sd card is now toast, laptop doesn't even see it.

still, something to do...

Pi 5 is the most capable yet, and the most expensive (and needs active cooling?). part of me thinks this is missing the point, but i guess you still have the zeros for the small stuff, even the picos. do i need a third? perhaps not.

(oh, places still have various model 3s and 4s in stock, more than enough choice)

It's weird but you can often find used computer kits that used rpi3 for the brains for cheaper than bare rpi3.

I guess less weird but still weird -- you can find full working laptops for even cheaper.

needing active cooling makes them pretty much useless

some of the new cases have fans built in (but will limit expandability, getting in the way of the pins)

the official word is "continual heavy usage" will cause thermal throttling and a fan will avoid that. also that the 5 is generally cooler than the 4 and faster even if throttling, so it's not as terrible as all that.