Monthly Archives: January 2015

Great Raspberry Pi Projects – 1 : The Pi gets a 1980’s – Retro computer makeover :)

Posted on January 28, 2015 by nigel borrington

One of the really cool things about the Raspberry pi is all the home made projects you see people working on, I came across this project last night and just love what the owner of this Rasberry Pi has done … Continue reading →

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A list of Linux – Operating system Exams and Study Guides.

Posted on January 28, 2015 by nigel borrington

Having completed the installation of Linux on both the Raspberry Pi and the Cubietruck development boards, I am doing some planning for a study path from this point forward. I have worked with and studied Linux for many years but … Continue reading →

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Looking Back to the 1980’s, The Sinclair QL.

Posted on January 27, 2015 by nigel borrington

The year is 1984 and the personal computer business has only just been born, few people even have a mobile phone never mind an i-phone or a smart phone, fewer people even have an email address, blog or a face-book … Continue reading →

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So why Linux and not Windows for this project ?

Posted on January 23, 2015 by nigel borrington

So why use Linux and not Windows ? Is one question that maybe asked during the initial stages of this project, Well I thought in today’s post I would do my best to answer why not Windows? The real question … Continue reading →

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Operating systems, selection and install.

Posted on January 21, 2015 by nigel borrington

Selecting and installing an operation system. So far during this week, I have firstly been selecting and then installing two operating systems with all their needed services including ( applications, Network services and a development environments ). My last post … Continue reading →

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Developing a project – working Model

Posted on January 15, 2015 by nigel borrington

Before I go any deeper into this project I wanted to share the above working model. I often use an application called “freemind” which is a mind mapping program used to get your ideas about almost anything you may be … Continue reading →

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Completed the Raspberry pi b+ Build

Posted on January 15, 2015 by nigel borrington

Raspberry Pi Model b+ Yesterday I completed the construction of the Raspberry Pi model b+ system board, as the second (Hardware) part of the project I am putting together it is actually the main system board I am interested with … Continue reading →

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Cubie-truck Construction

Posted on January 13, 2015 by nigel borrington

Cubietruck Construction During this week my main aims in building some computer related projects and developing any related skills are to finish the construction of two developments board systems (The Cubie-truck and Raspberry pi ), including the selection and install … Continue reading →

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Introduction

Posted on January 8, 2015 by nigel borrington

Welcome to this blog !!!! Over the next few weeks and months, I hope to develop this space into a location full of helpful resources for anyone owning or thinking of owning one of the following types of pc development … Continue reading →

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