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On 17/01/12 18:24, Mark Evans wrote:
Good point - I've got a 4 core whizz bang machine that can do 7GigaFlops but my picture is still on the screen when I've left the room using an off the shelf 'web cam'-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 16/01/12 08:29, Kai Hendry wrote:Aren't folks getting a little _too_ excited by Rasberry PI? I must say it's getting a absurd amount of coverage from BBC et al.Better than their spending licence fees on "bonuses" IMHO.It's a toy, an education device. The specs are super low, yet people ask me if repeatedly if Webconverger will be ported to it. You can't hope to browse in a modern manner on 256megs of RAM I'm sorry to say. It's not even great for driving a Webcam. http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/raspberry-pi-as-autonomous-surveillance-system#p9283Until it's actually available to lots of people it's hard to be sure what it can and can't do well. The webcam issue might be down to a specific camera or lack of the right driver. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8VvMIACgkQsoRLMhsZpFd54wCeOdMeXX0IY41VHI9vITzUXugy wGUAn3zr6I9k7P+edHOOMy8rHeYK5Zos =/zfT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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