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What's Your Pi Plan??

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Hi!

 

Just curious about what people were planning on using their Raspberry Pi's for once they started getting them!??

 

Current plan- SFF Media PC / NAS etc mounted onto the VESA on the back of my TV

 

Later plan- Replace car stereo etc with RPi

 

Probably not the most origional use there but still, godda start somewhere!

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  • I'm thinking a model A may suit my needs, but I'm going B anyways.

     

    My main plan is to set it up as an S/NES emulator on the back of my TV. Will try and draw board power from the service USB port on the TV, HDMI out, and only need a bluetooth dongle plugged into the board. Input will be a PS3 controller via bluetooth (hopefully I will figure out a way to get two working simultaneously!). Will be nice to play all my classic games from one source with virtually endless and immortal saves, and without using the now antique systems and carts.
    It might warrant gutting the PS3 controllers to and putting them inside the shell of an SNES controller (sans analog sticks and shoulders) for maximum win!

     

    Also, like much of everyone else, I want to set up XBMC and see if it will make a suitable replacement for my current Media PC. This all depends on if a few key pieces of software can be used in Linux or replaced, and if I can find a nice storage solution.

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  • I'm thinking a model A may suit my needs, but I'm going B anyways.

     

    My main plan is to set it up as an S/NES emulator on the back of my TV. Will try and draw board power from the service USB port on the TV, HDMI out, and only need a bluetooth dongle plugged into the board. Input will be a PS3 controller via bluetooth (hopefully I will figure out a way to get two working simultaneously!). Will be nice to play all my classic games from one source with virtually endless and immortal saves, and without using the now antique systems and carts.
    It might warrant gutting the PS3 controllers to and putting them inside the shell of an SNES controller (sans analog sticks and shoulders) for maximum win!

     

    Also, like much of everyone else, I want to set up XBMC and see if it will make a suitable replacement for my current Media PC. This all depends on if a few key pieces of software can be used in Linux or replaced, and if I can find a nice storage solution.

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