[NTLK] Einstein on Raspbeiiy Pi

[Alex Perez]

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>Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:06:05 -0400
>From: Lloyd Conway <doc_retro at juno.com>
>Subject: Re: [NTLK] Einstein on Raspbeiiy Pi
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>  I also just got one of these and was wondering the same thing - how to turn it into a Newt-like device.  That'll have to wait for more free time to be available, but the idea of running Einstein on it is worth looking into.
>Regards,
>-Lloyd Conway
>Charlotte, Michigan
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>"I have a Raspberry Pi and it is quite cool just how powerful it is for
>such a tiny inexpensive package.  Haven't had time to do much of
>anything with it yet, though."
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>I haven't heard if there's any touchscreen hardware compatible with
>it.  As far as video it only comes with composite and HDMI video outs,
>so not quite ready to be a handheld out of the box.
>

This is factually incorrect. There is a MIPI DSI port on the Raspberry 
Pi, with the intention that ribbon cable can be direct-attached. See 
http://elinux.org/RPi_Screens#DSI_port 
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>Steven"
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If you're going to use Einstein on the Pi, make SURE you are using 
Raspbian, since it supports hardfloat.
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