and I also read the latest ubuntu mate 15.10 has a version for the
raspberry pie.
follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
On 11/13/2015 11:20 PM, Jacob Kruger wrote:
Thomas, it's way more than just an interactive fiction gaming unit,
but that was my sort of context-specific posting to this list.
It's a full debian linux PC that literally fits in the palm of your
hand, and in terms of portability, biggest issue would be needing to
use it with an external keyboard.
My primary reason for actually getting hold of one was since want to
try using it as a small, portable, low-end web server, and have got
80% of that process sorted - apache is installed, along with PHP
script processing, and now just need to still get MySQL support
installed, and good to go.
Check out the mainstream documentation page:
http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianDocumentation
And, the less than complete VI specific usage website:
http://www.raspberryvi.org/
Did also try out frotz interpreter, with wumpus.z5 yesterday, via SSH
terminal, working on unit, and worked pretty much perfectly though.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward"
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To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 3:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
device/unit
Hi Jacob,
Cool. Sounds like a nifty little gaming device you got there. The only
thing is while I do like interactive fiction games I'm not sure I'd
want to pay out the investment for something like this myself since I
only play interactive fiction games occasionally. If the /Raspberry
device had a broader spectrum of games I might actually consider the
investment in something like it since it would come in handy in times
like now when I may be in the hospital for an extended amount of time
with little to nothing to do. Dragging around a laptop isn't really an
option in my case and I don't have a smartphone so I could see
something like your Raspberry Pie being a nice little device between
those extremes.
On 11/12/15, Jacob Kruger <ja...@blindza.co.za> wrote:
Am currently playing around with a raspberry pi unit/device, which is
effectively a low-level full linux/debian operating system PC
implemented on
a piece of hardware roundabout the size of a box of cigarettes.
It took a little bit of effort to get it up and running/cooperating,
and
don't seem to be able to use orca screen reader with it's version of
a GUI,
which is x-windows, but, after installing speakUp console screen
reader, you
can switch between the multiple console windows, and thanks to
Thomas having
helped me out with the relevant commands a while ago, to install frotz
interpreter on a linux system - sudo apt-get install frotz - I now
have the
frotz interpreter installed on this unit, and since it runs off
micro-USB
cable for power - the same thing most modern smart phones use for
charging
their batteries - if I plug it into the portable cellphone charging
unit
have here, and plug in my earphones, then I could literally play
most IF
games anywhere/everywhere, without having to drain my phone's
battery, etc.
Does require connecting a USB keyboard, but, still - besides full-size
keyboard, it's a PC-in-your-pocket.
There's also at least one other raspberry-specific game I know of,
but, am
also planning to play around with python code on this unit, etc.
etc., so
let's see...<smile>
Overall, while it wasn't all that simple to get it up and running,
accessibly on my own, the total cost of what have here now is
roundabout
ZAR700 = +-$55, or thereabouts, but anyway.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
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