RPi with 512mb Memory?

Good Morning,

I ordered a Pi on Friday last (31/8). I noticed this morning that there is now 512 mB model, so I rang the 1300 no and spoke to a VERY helpful lady called Siri.

She confirmed stock availability and as my order had not yet been processed she changed it for the new one.

I paid the difference between the original invoice cost and the new price (ca $3.50).

It now 11.40 am and she promised a Pi to my hands by close of trading today!!

I have also checked out the prices for peripherals at Jaycar: HDMI to DVI cable is $25 as is the wireless dongle, So it is better to shop at element14.

BTW I have a new apple iphone charfer which is rated at 1 A  5V; guess this will work with the pi when it arrives. Now looking for powered USB for it.

Hope this helps,

Larry North

Larry North wrote:

 

Good Morning,

 

I ordered a Pi on Friday last (31/8). I noticed this morning that there is now 512 mB model, so I rang the 1300 no and spoke to a VERY helpful lady called Siri.

She confirmed stock availability and as my order had not yet been processed she changed it for the new one.

I paid the difference between the original invoice cost and the new price (ca $3.50).

 

It now 11.40 am and she promised a Pi to my hands by close of trading today!!

 

I have also checked out the prices for peripherals at Jaycar: HDMI to DVI cable is $25 as is the wireless dongle, So it is better to shop at element14.

 

BTW I have a new apple iphone charfer which is rated at 1 A  5V; guess this will work with the pi when it arrives. Now looking for powered USB for it.

 

 

Hope this helps,

 

Larry North

Can you show us this RPi when it arrives later today.  We need to confirm if there is a 512mb model in the wild.

Happy to..now you have me bemused.

i am in Sydney, is this a discussion boardnot in Australia?

here is the web page I looked at this morning before changing my order.:

http://au.element14.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?id=2081185&Ntt=2081185&COM=raspberrypi-group

Regards

Larry North

This is Australia based.

Larry North wrote:

 

Happy to..now you have me bemused.

 

i am in Sydney, is this a discussion boardnot in Australia?

 

here is the web page I looked at this morning before changing my order.:

 

http://au.element14.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?id=2081185&Ntt=2081185&COM=raspberrypi-group

 

 

Regards

 

Larry North

That is not the 512mb model...that is a 256mb model.

What you said before:

[q] so I rang the 1300 no and spoke to a VERY helpful lady called Siri.

She confirmed stock availability and as my order had not yet been processed she changed it for the new one.

I paid the difference between the original invoice cost and the new price (ca $3.50). [/q]

Did you get a confirmation email?  Your case sounds a bit strange.

Hello,

Well it arrived and then I recieved a rather apologetic phone ecall from the young lady.....it would appear that the page advertising 512 mB was ''a mistake' (her words).

Look, I am more than happy with the pi, they did not charge for the extra 256  mB and i have it up and running.

I am about to set a static ip and set it up for ssh the who knows!

However, I would like to get a wireless nic if anyone has any ideas. The netgear one I have does not seem to work (yet?)

BTW, i easily solved my power and usb problems. I have an old Dell led 19 inch monitor which has 4 powered usb ports. I ahve one for the pi power, one for a keyboard and one for a mouse. Works a treat.

I have seen similar monitors for ca $30 in op-shops.

Gosh, this is fun!

Larry North

On the wireless front:

I use a Edimax nano card that I bought from Jaycar. http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=YN8309

As you said before, you live in sydney...be careful.  I think that Jaycar are just changing over to a different no-name one.  FYI: The Gore Hill store has already done this and has none of the above in stock.  Do some calling around and see if you can find one.

This particular model has a self-installer script that someone on the RPi.org forum has posted.  http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=6256

Really easy to install (if you have a one-off ethernet connection).

Hope this helps.

Fergus,

many thanks.

I have found a really good series of tutorials by Cambridge uni for freshers (ie 1st year students) to introduce the concepts of operating systems and unix usin the pi.

I am new to using posts etc, so am unsure where to put thelink.

it is

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/

Apologies if it is in the wrong place. Please direct me to where it should be.

regards

Larry North

Larry North wrote:

 

Fergus,

 

many thanks.

 

I have found a really good series of tutorials by Cambridge uni for freshers (ie 1st year students) to introduce the concepts of operating systems and unix usin the pi.

 

I am new to using posts etc, so am unsure where to put thelink.

 

it is

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/

 

Apologies if it is in the wrong place. Please direct me to where it should be.

 

regards

 

Larry North

I think @MorgaineDinova was running something relating to useful links.  I don't know how to get in contact with her though.

Fergus,

I have purchased the following wifi dongle from dx.com at 1/3rd the cost;

http://dx.com/p/ep-n8508gs-ieee802-11b-g-n-150mbps-usb-wireless-network-adapter-dongle-black-94225

It works perfectly and can be installed with the script.  Also if you use Raspbmc or Openelec it can be installed by using their Wifi Manager.  I have ordered 2 more as I have 3 RPis.

See ya...........

Peter

Message was edited by: Peter Long

Glad the above worked.

Glad the above worked.