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Re: [LUG] Anyone managed to grab a slice of Pi?

 

Just got a confirmation email from them, expected delivery date:  W/C 16/04/2012

On 29 February 2012 11:58, Dan <benthad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Got up at 05:50 to be ready to hit the sites at 6am but no luck
> getting on to either RS or Farnell site despite desperate repeated
> attempts brought on by occasionally getting a page to load only to
> shortly time out.
>
> So, went back to bed for a bit.
>
> Just tried again on the Farnell site and managed to register and place
> an order. How long before I actually get it, time will tell.
>
> Good luck to anyone else trying to get one.
>
> On 29 February 2012 09:07, Dave Morgan <morgadave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 29/02/2012, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> So like many others I got up early to try and grab a slice of Raspberry
>>> Pi.  In the end I gave up.  It seems though that the foundation have got
>>> RS and Farnell involved for manufacturing and distribution so according
>>> to the static page on the RaspberryPi.org web site it should be quicker
>>> to get these devices manufactured and shipped out.
>>>
>>> So although I probably won't get one of the first 10,000 hopefully it
>>> shouldn't be too long before more are made available.  I also see that
>>> the model A (the cheaper one of the two) has been upgraded to 256MB ram
>>> too :-)
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>> I could not get onto the Farnell web site, but did regiser interest
>> with RS, assume I will get one of the 2nd or 3rd batches later on.
>>
>> Dave
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