R260 computer - register for a Raspberry Pi from South Africa

Mine arrived 08:30 yesterday, which meant I had to spend a lot of time playing :)

I had a bunch of problems which all boiled down to an inadequate power supply, which, once remedied got rid of them. I'm now running a headless install using Putty & Xming, so PI has only a power connector, USB from PC) and a network connector.

I found that the SD I ordered needed updating, both bios & apps.
 
bekdik said:
Mine arrived 08:30 yesterday, which meant I had to spend a lot of time playing :)

I had a bunch of problems which all boiled down to an inadequate power supply, which, once remedied got rid of them. I'm now running a headless install using Putty & Xming, so PI has only a power connector, USB from PC) and a network connector.

I found that the SD I ordered needed updating, both bios & apps.
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Mine came at 9.30 yesterday :p

I just used a spare SD card I had. It works quite well. Haven't connected it to the internet yet, will do so once I get a connector for my Pi for my LCD screen.
 
Customs & Excise never cease to frustrate :(


Wednesday, July 11, 2012
16 Clearance delay JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA 03:20

Tuesday, July 10, 2012
15 Clearance delay JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA 01:17

Monday, July 09, 2012
14 Clearance delay JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA 08:03

Sunday, July 08, 2012
13 Clearance delay JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA 07:31

Saturday, July 07, 2012
12 Processed for clearance at JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA 10:40
11 Clearance delay JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA 10:40
10 Arrived at Sort Facility JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA 10:15
 
So I finally received my Pi. Ordered beginging of Jan.
R435 for the PI, but they now posting so had to collected from Post office, had to pay another R 191 in duties.

This for a Type B with case.
 
Meteor said:
So I finally received my Pi. Ordered beginging of Jan.
R435 for the PI, but they now posting so had to collected from Post office, had to pay another R 191 in duties.

This for a Type B with case.
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What a rip - I got my 3 pi's and only had to pay in about R150
 
I receive mine yesterday.. loaded up Raspbmc, but for the life of me cant get Openelec working..
 
Koosi said:
yes because it is a piece of junk...
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No it's not. It's a brilliant little computer and just because you lack the knowledge to get it working does not mean it is junk.
 
Bar0n said:
I have both the 256MB and 512MB Model Bs.
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So the Model B came out in both memory versions? I'm sure mine was the prior and I don't have it with me (Invoice doesn't give RAM details) I just found mine struggled with anything that used even the smallest amount of GPU power.
 
Fudzy said:
So the Model B came out in both memory versions? I'm sure mine was the prior and I don't have it with me (Invoice doesn't give RAM details) I just found mine struggled with anything that used even the smallest amount of GPU power.
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The onboard GPU can actually play Quake 3 and HD video, but you won't be able to play any modern games on it. The second revision of the Model B (the newer version) has 512MB RAM installed.
 
You have to see the Pi for what it is. The Pi foundation (or whatever they call themselves) made it very clear that it's an affordable computer for educational purposes to teach kids about programming and electronics. It excels in its purpose.

The fact that it can also be used as a media center, web server, minecraft server, or torrent box is simply further testament to its excellence.
 
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