No better forum to post this in: Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

[Totally_Lost]

Howdy,

I have possessed / owned one for a couple of months, now. A buddy sent it to me as a gift, along with a ton of accessories. Apparently, because some relative of his never used it, after it was purchased.

Anyway, I'm just getting started using this one. Definitely not the newest unit out there. But, it works well, so far. I installed Windows Core IoT on one Micro SD and Raspbian on another. Learning what I can do with both, I hope, in the upcoming weeks - months. I know very little about it, so far. But, I can see buying the most current model not so far down the road.

So, anyone here run a RPi2, or other, similar device?

 

[voyagerfan99]

I have a RPi3B that I bought and use to run RetroPie.

 

[beers]

I have a bunch of them, might pick up a b3+ for the dual band wifis.

Windows IoT seemed super limited to me

 

[Cromewell]

I have a 1B and a 3. My Pi3 runs retropie, and my 1b I use for monitoring my internet connection and nagging my ISP when they have down time or packet loss over threshold.

 

[voyagerfan99]

my 1b I use for monitoring my internet connection and nagging my ISP when they have down time or packet loss over threshold.

Haha I love this!

 

[Twiki]

Few months back I built a RPi3B gaming console with Retropie and bought an SD card loaded with 4500+ games over 12 game consoles. I put it all in a Nintendo mini case with dual fan heatsink and a stronger PSU.

I set up my 32" TV on a swivel mount over my bed and built a shelf under it. I also have a DVD player in the setup. I have an Invacare bed I bought at an estate sale for $100. It is electrically adjustable. Gets real comfy.

 

[Darren]

Long time no see @Twiki

What's with the $20? Lol.

 

[Twiki]

Size comparison.

 

[Twiki]

Found a site called 8bit Blast and got interested in an image file that contained 17,000+ C64 roms. The image file in total has 100,000+ roms for 40 consoles. Really interesting to see consoles like Amiga, Amstrad, Coleco and Intellivision to name a few.

I wanted C64 games because I was a diehard C64 nut. Because of this I'm going down the memory lane with my favorite games like Bonecruncher and Time Tunnel.

By the way, I used to write games on my C64 using basic, compiler and assembly. I sold a game to Compute! magazine called Brick The Wall. It was put in a 64/128 game collection book. Sadly I didn't get any royalty because the books didn't sell much.