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sms88
- Jan 1, 1970
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Got the Raspberry Pi yesterday. Today I got the Linux image onto the SD
card using Win32DiskImager which was a piece of cake. Plugged in a USB
keyboard & mouse, and a $3 800 mA 5V power supply and hooked it to an
HDMI TV. Booted right up.
I think the down side is that it supports only composite video and HDMI
so you can't use a cheap, spare, VGA monitor. I bought a 15" TV with an
HDMI port at Fry's for $69 when it was on sale last week
<http://sigmacusa.com/images/usermanual_LE15AB.pdf> and one advantage of
using an HDMI TV is that audio is also sent over the HDMI interface so
that's one less cable to deal with as well as no need for separate speakers.
card using Win32DiskImager which was a piece of cake. Plugged in a USB
keyboard & mouse, and a $3 800 mA 5V power supply and hooked it to an
HDMI TV. Booted right up.
I think the down side is that it supports only composite video and HDMI
so you can't use a cheap, spare, VGA monitor. I bought a 15" TV with an
HDMI port at Fry's for $69 when it was on sale last week
<http://sigmacusa.com/images/usermanual_LE15AB.pdf> and one advantage of
using an HDMI TV is that audio is also sent over the HDMI interface so
that's one less cable to deal with as well as no need for separate speakers.