Bristol Jam spreads the Raspberry Pi love: Photos
Summary: Fans of the cheap, Linux-based computer met up in Bristol to show off devices based on the Raspberry Pi, one of a number of events intended to bring enthusiasts together.
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Fans of the Raspberry Pi computer descended on Bristol last week to show off innovative creations based on the $35 (£25) Linux device.
The inaugural Bristol Raspberry Pi Jam event took place at the Bristol and Bath Science Park on 20 August.
Among the devices on display was TwitBeeb (above), a 1981-vintage BBC B computer hooked up to a Raspberry Pi and running Twitter. Creator Barney Livingstone explains on his website that the educational intent behind both the BBC Micro and the Raspberry Pi made them an "obvious pairing".
"They share a common heritage," he said, noting that some of the team behind the BBC Micro worked on architecture for ARM, which supplies the chip in the Raspberry Pi.
Despite a capacitor in the power supply failing during the course of the evening, TwitBeeb proved popular in the Raspberry Pi Jam demo room.
Image credit: John Honniball
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Pi is nice but...
Its a sign of the times
Later it was 68000 - Amigas, making music and demos and posting on the BBS, then LAN parties playing Doom and the explosion of Teh Internets, followed by well, nothing really.
Sitting in front of an Xbox on my own, playing games with my friends, or sitting in front of the PC posting endless bollocks on Faceplant. On my own...
I'm really glad to see the Pi doing what it was meant to do, even though the foundation has had to cater to its customers and provide codecs so it can play [pirated] Windows media... But it would be nice to actually meet someone who'd heard of one outside my usual circle, I might put on a jam myself... Old school lol.