On Sat, 8/15/15, hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > cute, you should ship with fresnel lenses, then the reference is complete: > http://www.wikinoticia.com/images2//s2.alt1040.com/files/2011/11/Brazil2-800x528.jpg rotfl... I hadn't made the association until you mentioned it. I may have to mention the Brazil branch of development and show them the picture in class.
> On the other hand you shouldn't underestimate the usefulness of a > thinkpad (e.g. x61) for students. They are cheap these days if you get > them used, and this could get your university a badge for ecological > behavior. At least it would be in the same price league as rpi + LCD > + keyboard + mouse + case. True. The focus is more aimed at understanding embedded systems, microcontrollers, and SoCs more than Plan 9 per se, and I expect most students will use an existing HDMI or VGA monitor. Part of my motivation for this is as a less expensive alternative for any who don't have access to a spare monitor. Of course, they're not going to get the full embedded experience. There's just not enough time to develop a custom piece of hardware and get them comfortable with bare metal programming. (Hence why I"m calling the course Computing in the Small rather than Embedded Systems.) BLS
