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agonizing. It's now generally available, even locally, which is great.
Some have commented on the non-openness of some of the firmware bits in
the GPU and register-level docs of the ARM architecture, but by and
large, it was and still is, a great hit. Still making thousands a day.
The last quote was fun - sounds like some old CP/M machines hanging
around? :-)
"I would like there to be some engineers who got their start with the
Pi, who have a dusty old Pi in the attic that they will get down one day
to see if it still works and reminisce about it," Upton said.
Dan.
On 13-01-17 04:17 PM, Bill Reid wrote:
> http://www.zdnet.com/we-thought-wed-sell-1000-the-inside-story-of-the-raspberry-pi-7000009718/
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Interesting read. <br>
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From an end-user perspective, the wait to get one after ordering
was agonizing. It's now generally available, even locally, which
is great.<br>
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Some have commented on the non-openness of some of the firmware
bits in the GPU and register-level docs of the ARM architecture,
but by and large, it was and still is, a great hit. Still making
thousands a day. <br>
<br>
The last quote was fun - sounds like some old CP/M machines
hanging around? :-)<br>
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"I would like there to be some engineers who got their start
with the Pi, who have a dusty old Pi in the attic that they will
get down one day to see if it still works and reminisce about
it," Upton said.</span><br>
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Dan.<br>
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