I've received my email from Farnell and they've taken payment. Apparently more will be shipping today so could have mine in the next few days to a week if lucky.
Well done on getting yours so early Simon! (and I was up at 6am on the Farnell site) Andy Monday, April 16, 2012, 12:13:41 PM, you wrote: Simon> No special treatment, just some luck in getting an order Simon> through on the Farnell website (just before 8am). Perhaps enough people Simon> switched to trying phone orders when they opened that the Simon> website recovered very briefly? It was pretty much inaccessible before and Simon> after that, as anyone that tried will remember! Simon> Si Simon> On 16 Apr 2012, at 11:51, war...@wdlee.co.uk wrote: >> That's very cool! :-D >> >> God knows how long it'll take before they start shipping RPs to general >> customers though, after all the promo stuff with schools and >> such... how'd you get hold of one this early? :-D >> >> >> >> Quoting Simon Owen <simon.o...@simcoupe.org>: >> >>> Seems like a promising start: http://simonowen.com/raspberrypi >>> >>> Speed is fine with the normal SDL build, even with demanding titles like >>> MNEMOdemo1 part 2. It ran at about 450% with the >>> emulator turbo button held (max speed but video capped at 5fps). >>> >>> The OpenGL version ran very slowly in X, as though it was missing hardware >>> acceleration. That will be needed for the 5:4 aspect >>> ratio feature, to make it look more like the original display. >>> >>> There wasn't any sound from the 3.5mm jack, and I did see some warnings >>> about not being able to find a sound device. My monitor >>> doesn't have speakers so I haven't checked whether there's anything over >>> HDMI, but I doubt it. I'm using the latest Debian build from >>> 13th April, so I'll need to look into drivers etc. >>> >>> I had to head off to work so it's just a brief look for now... >>> >>> Si >>> >>> >> >>
