by Neal | 9 Aug 2012 | Slider, Tech
Since getting my second RasPi I’ve been eager to give the old Acorn operating system RISC OS a bash on it. Acorn’s processors (ARM) are of course now the most used chips in the world, all Apple iPads and iPhones as well as most other smart phones use ARM...
by Neal | 22 Jul 2012 | Slider, Tech
Just ordered a Pibow (http://www.pibow.com) – this is a wonderfully colourful case for the Raspberry Pi. Cases for the un-cased Raspberry Pi are not uncommon, there are loads on ebay. However this looks really good, and also gets a good write-up on the Raspberry...
by Neal | 15 Jul 2012 | Slider, Tech
After lots of messing around I eventually got the CUPS server working properly on my Raspberry Pi. The main reason for doing this if you remember is so I can access my two printers from any machine in the house, but without using a server which is on 24/7 costing a...
by Neal | 7 Jul 2012 | Slider, Tech
A bit of an update about my progress turning by Raspberry Pi into a CUPS server. Friday: I last left it with the Raspberry Pi with CUPS installed and the admin pages appearing in the browser on the Pi. The issue was that I couldn’t access the admin window from...
by Neal | 1 Jul 2012 | Slider, Tech
Spend a bit of time this evening deciding on future uses for the excellent Raspberry Pi. One use which has been mentioned in the internet is to use it as a very cheap and low power print server. This would require CUPS being set up on it, and VNC to remotely maintain...
by Neal | 4 May 2012 | Tech
After a long wait, my Raspberry Pi turned up today. So, just before Anne came home and wanted the TV, I booted it up to see what it can do.The Raspberry Pi is a bare board PC running an ARM chip, and is designed to get programming and computer science back into the...
