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  • Re: Homebrew pi400

    From The Natural Philosopher@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Sep 25 18:41:58 2025
    On 25/09/2025 08:39, Andy Burns wrote:
    On 11/12/2024 Andy Burns wrote:

    Presumably, before too long there will be a Pi5x0 where the M.2 socket
    and associated components are fitted.
    Pi500+ now available, 16GB RAM, 256GB M.2 and much nicer keyboard

    Apart from the teeny keycap legends,

    <https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus>

    and a price above many a desktop PC. :-(

    Nonetheless its a nice bit of kit and because the OS is preinstalled, it competes with winders.


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  • From Pancho@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Sep 25 21:04:57 2025
    On 9/25/25 10:58, Andy Burns wrote:
    The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    Andy Burns wrote:

    <https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus>

    and a price above many a desktop PC. :-(

    I can see a compute stick with 1/4 the RAM and 1/4 the SSD for œ20 less,
    but not much else.

    Nonetheless its a nice bit of kit and because the OS is preinstalled,
    it competes with winders.

    I might consider getting one for my brother ...


    Loads of Beelink type N100s cheaper.

    Armbian on the oPi5 is getting much more stable, and there is a new,
    much faster version oPi rumoured. Potentially, kit that will have a more stable OS to begin with. Presumably due to the oPi getting a kicking for having poor software support.

    I wouldn't buy anything rPi at the moment.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Sep 25 21:31:03 2025
    On 25/09/2025 10:58, Andy Burns wrote:
    The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    Andy Burns wrote:

    <https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus>

    and a price above many a desktop PC. :-(

    I can see a compute stick with 1/4 the RAM and 1/4 the SSD for œ20
    less, but not much else.


    https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus

    Nonetheless its a nice bit of kit and because the OS is
    preinstalled, it competes with winders.

    I might consider getting one for my brother ...

    I instantly said to myself 'VIC 20'

    I sport of love it, But regretfully it doesn't make sense for me

    ExplainingComputers has a nice YouTube review - its fast enough for full
    HD streaming at less than 6W...

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  • From Daniel@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Sep 28 17:51:32 2025
    Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> writes:

    On 11/12/2024 Andy Burns wrote:

    Presumably, before too long there will be a Pi5x0 where the M.2
    socket and associated components are fitted.
    Pi500+ now available, 16GB RAM, 256GB M.2 and much nicer keyboard

    <https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus>

    I'm seriously considering it, only found out about it the other
    day. Incidentally i was considering doing a jimmy rig of a wireless full keyboard with a 3d printed bottom shell for my pi500. The pi400 is long
    gone. I took the mobo out and ceremoniously destroyed the keyboard. It's
    dust.

    The 500's keyboard is 90% better. THe spacebar is still a hunk of shit.

    I'm sort of nervous that the 500+'s spacebar is junk. Will it register a keypress if the thumb hits it on the far side? I don't know.

    I do like the nvme addition. If you read the most current copy of
    raspberry pi magazine, they go into detail about it, as well as an
    interview with the engineers who designed it.

    What bugs me is their intention to customize their keycaps and insist on
    a custom power button that most other keycap replacements lack. That,
    and nonstandard buttons for led controls, etc.

    They brag about being able to replace the keys, but can't replace them
    all. The enter key is also non-standard and replacement keys have to be fenagled to fit right.

    I sort of hesitate on getting the 500+. I saw somewhere a kit can be
    installed under the keys to make them less clacky. Any truth to that?

    D



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  • From Chris Schram@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Sep 28 18:57:41 2025
    On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 09:22:11 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

    Daniel wrote:

    The enter key is also non-standard

    At least it's ISO shaped.

    When will the rPi 500++ come out with in-built RTC battery and PoE?

    I was a bit surprised to find NO mention of the RTC in the 500+'s data
    sheet.

    Currently I am running a Pi4 with an RTC backed up with a fairly tiny supercapacitor. I read a claim (which I have not independently verified)
    that the supercapacitor can keep my clock running accurately for a month
    or longer with no external power applied.

    When the Pi5 was first introduced, both lithium battery and supercapacitor options were discussed for RTC backup, but since then I've read close to nothing of the supercapacitor option.

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  • From Danny Bee@1:105/420 to The Natural Philosopher on Wed Oct 1 06:43:43 2025
    Apart from the teeny keycap legends,

    <https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus>

    and a price above many a desktop PC. :-(

    $200 what kind of Intel desktop PC you can get for this money, outside mini PCs that yeah... similar performance actually but different platform and design goals and purpose.

    ... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

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