weird. the Raspberry Pi 400 had the potential to be (a) everything that Eben started the Pi project for in the first place, and (b) this generation's ZX81, only cheaper and SOOOO much better - but that never happened, and i can only assume it's because the Pi Foundation lost sight of what it was doing, and why, even way back somewhere around the start, when it somehow failed to make a machine that booted straight into an interactive, exploratory programming environment
anyway, they can currently be had for less than £60 - a quarter of the ZX81's launch price, after inflation! - and almost uniquely of the Pis, they don't need a whole load of additional kit before they're usable. just a power supply... and if you're VERY lucky, you might even be able to get that from a USB socket of the TV you plug one into ;-)
leah & tigers & bears, oh my!
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