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Compu's Conquests
A guy I worked with had one of those many years ago to keep track of clients and stuff. On the road I would play solitaire on it. Smart phones killed them off.
No sir, this is a Raptor X. The velociraptors are those 2.5 enterpise-ish drives on a 3.5" ice pack to keep the drive cool.That's a Velociraptor 10,000 RPM drive!
I've read many accounts claiming the 3.5" heat sink is just a sales gimmick.
What do you guys think?

So? It's just a TI-84.

So? It's just an ugly TI-84 with a bunch of crap strapped to the back of it.

OH! It's a TI-84 with a Raspberry Pi inside it!
It's exactly that. Just a proof of concept. I thought the TI-84 would be a good case choice. After cutting the plastic with a Dremel for a little while the garage stunk so bad of burning plastic I put on a mask while I finished the project. The buttons are useless, just for show instead of having blank holes in their place.
What's inside it?


So? It's just a TI-84.

So? It's just an ugly TI-84 with a bunch of crap strapped to the back of it.

OH! It's a TI-84 with a Raspberry Pi inside it!
It's exactly that. Just a proof of concept. I thought the TI-84 would be a good case choice. After cutting the plastic with a Dremel for a little while the garage stunk so bad of burning plastic I put on a mask while I finished the project. The buttons are useless, just for show instead of having blank holes in their place.
What's inside it?

Interesting!
I like your turntable too, by the way!
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I like your turntable too, by the way!
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A TI84 with a raspberry Pi on it?
Damn. I know these second gen (third gen?) TI 80-series can run 68K ROMs and emulate a Mac on it, but damn. Somebody is/was planning to do something with this!
Damn. I know these second gen (third gen?) TI 80-series can run 68K ROMs and emulate a Mac on it, but damn. Somebody is/was planning to do something with this!
The TI-84 is just the case. I stripped the motherboard and screen and replaced them with the Pi and an Adafruit 2.8" touch screen.
That is just evil, CompuNurd! Evil!
When you conquer the world, I want my 10%!
When you conquer the world, I want my 10%!
Sorry that looks fugly, would hate to hold it as something would pop off.
I have seen raspberri pi systems shoved in just about everything so far... Game boys, Virtual boy, etc... actually, starting to feel like old and busted haha.
That is the fault of every evil world conquerer. Well, that, and James Bond.Sorry that looks fugly, would hate to hold it as something would pop off.
There are other Pi's, like the Banana Pi, and the Orange Pi. The Orange Pi comes in several form factors, and compatible to the Raspberry Pi's booting process (The Banana Pi is not 100%, you need to modify it a bit for it to work). And some boards can have a SATA Drive which is interesting within itself. It it just a matter of getting an Orange Pi of the right size and shape.I have seen raspberri pi systems shoved in just about everything so far... Game boys, Virtual boy, etc... actually, starting to feel like old and busted haha.
You guys think this is bad?
Take a look at this!
Take a look at this!
I'm not sure I see the point?
Though that tablet does look quite crammed full of stuff. Was that the point?
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Though that tablet does look quite crammed full of stuff. Was that the point?
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He says hospitals used it for displaying information like patient records and stuff like that.
Thanks for mentioning the Orange Pi, Elfen. I wasn't really aware of the project. It's very intriguing given its range of specs. I'm presently looking at the Orange Pi plus. It has a 1.6GHz quad core A7 SoC, 1GB RAM, 8GB eMMC flash, Micro SD, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet and more. Pretty substantial specs for $40.
Found this at an estate sale for $50, they originally wanted $175. The big companies that run estate sales usually way overprice stuff. The price tag, and this being buried in the corner behind a bunch of other stuff turned people away for the 3 days they had the sale, so I went 30 minutes until closing on the last day and haggled it to $50. I plan to set it up with an Audio Technica AT-LP120-USB turntable and hopefully a decent tape deck. It will be paired with these speakers: http://www.amazon.com/Infinity-Primus-Three-way-Floorstanding-Speaker/dp/B0046A8R3M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446257399&sr=8-1&keywords=infinity+primus

Compared to the 13" MacBook, this is a pretty hefty receiver.


Compared to the 13" MacBook, this is a pretty hefty receiver.


