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Free Raspberry Pi Zero with purchase of MagPi Magazine

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  • 26-11-2015 10:20am
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    TheChevron
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    https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/

    Raspberry Pi Zero, made in Wales and priced at just $5. Zero is a full-fledged member of the Raspberry Pi family, featuring:

    A Broadcom BCM2835 application processor
    1GHz ARM11 core (40% faster than Raspberry Pi 1)
    512MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM
    A micro-SD card slot
    A mini-HDMI socket for 1080p60 video output
    Micro-USB sockets for data and power
    An unpopulated 40-pin GPIO header
    Identical pinout to Model A+/B+/2B
    An unpopulated composite video header
    Our smallest ever form factor, at 65mm x 30mm x 5mm

    Now, does anybody know anywhere that sells the magazine?
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    davo2001
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    TheChevron wrote: »

    Now, does anybody know anywhere that sells the magazine?

    http://swag.raspberrypi.org/collections/magpi/products/the-magpi-issue-40

    However currently out of stock :rolleyes:


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    Sappy404
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    TheChevron wrote: »


    Now, does anybody know anywhere that sells the magazine?

    Yer man on O'Connell St/GPO arcade has every magazine known to man :)


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    omega42
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    Dont know about the Magazine but you can the Zero here for £8 delivered and according to the MagPi store the Mag is £5.99 before delivery (or traipsing around looking for it) I'd go with the Pimoroni one. in fact I just did,damn


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    SlipperyPeople
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    damn was just in the process of ordering from Pimoroni along with some other bits for a new raspberrpi and got an updated out of stock message for the pi zero


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    cherryghost
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    hungoverbunny wrote: »
    damn was just in the process of ordering from Pimoroni along with some other bits for a new raspberrpi and got an updated out of stock message for the pi zero

    Still in stock here


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    SlipperyPeople
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    cherryghost wrote: »
    Still in stock here

    yeah I grabbed one of those.


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    EJ22
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    Just managed to grab one of these, they had gone out of stock temporarily this morning but when i seen this post i checked again to find they were back in stock


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    Special Circumstances
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    Not stocked by either Eason outlet in Limerick. :-(


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    Special Circumstances
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    cullenswood wrote: »
    What extras would I need on this to get it running Kodi?
    I don't think it would be worth the hassle tbh. More a "disposable" board for embedded projects. Although I always think of RPIs in terms of "maker" type stuff first and media second.


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    b0gg3r
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    Can anyone confirm if the magazine is in stock anywhere in Dublin?


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    Kimbot
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    Reids of nasseau street?


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    fdevine
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    jonny24ie wrote: »
    Reids of nasseau street?

    No longer Reads. It's now an Easons


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    ahlookit
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    b0gg3r wrote: »
    Can anyone confirm if the magazine is in stock anywhere in Dublin?

    Not in Easons O'Connell st today


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    MrShaneH
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    fdevine wrote: »
    No longer Reads. It's now an Easons

    ...and they don't have it


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    #16
    Special Circumstances
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    What a blast of nostalgia, desperately trying to find the issue of that magazine with the extra cool cover disk or free gift. 20 years at least. Amiga 500.


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    imitation
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    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    What a blast of nostalgia, desperately trying to find the issue of that magazine with the extra cool cover disk or free gift. 20 years at least. Amiga 500.

    Yeah, reminds me of the christmas edition of Amiga Format with a special christmassy version of cannon fodder.

    Id love to pick a copy of this but i guess even if it makes it over here it will be dang rare.


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    FobleAsNuck
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    no ethernet. no wifi. no bluetooth. need more cables due to smaller than usual ports. I'm out.
    it will be good for portable gameboy consoles and the like....

    ESP8266 wifi is sub $2, why wouldn't they include it?


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    davo2001
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    FobleAsNuck wrote: »

    ESP8266 wifi is sub $2, why wouldn't they include it?

    Because that increases the cost of a $5 device by 40% and would defeat the purpose of it.


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    Sappy404
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    FobleAsNuck wrote: »
    no ethernet. no wifi. no bluetooth. need more cables due to smaller than usual ports. I'm out.
    it will be good for portable gameboy consoles and the like....

    ESP8266 wifi is sub $2, why wouldn't they include it?

    Because giving away a Raspberry Pi for free is enough.


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    Special Circumstances
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    FobleAsNuck wrote: »
    no ethernet. no wifi. no bluetooth. need more cables due to smaller than usual ports. I'm out.
    it will be good for portable gameboy consoles and the like....

    ESP8266 wifi is sub $2, why wouldn't they include it?


    I did have the same thought. It's so small that adding plugging a load of stuff into seems wrong - set it up once then remote login after that via wifi.

    Also - is it even capable of powering a wifi dongle without a powered hub?

    I'm sure people will come up with cool uses for it but there is a bit of messing to connect to it.




    PS - cannon fodder, man - we were reminiscing about that and syndicate in the office here recently. Still got your old Amiga disks? http://www.armigaproject.com/


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    kungfual
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    Just picked one up in Tesco Dun Laoghaire - €6, few left on the top shelf separate from computer section ;)


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    sarah88
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    kungfual wrote: »
    Just picked one up in Tesco Dun Laoghaire - €6, few left on the top shelf separate from computer section ;)

    I just rang Tesco customer care before seeing your post and the fecker's told me that none of their ROI stores stock this. Will check a few of my local Tesco's. Thanks!:)


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    kungfual
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    sarah88 wrote: »
    I just rang Tesco customer care before seeing your post and the fecker's told me that none of their ROI stores stock this. Will check a few of my local Tesco's. Thanks!:)

    It didn't scan when I went up, the guy said it wasn't in the system so he couldn't sell it to me. I said can I wait til you put it in and he said come back in an hour. Went back and the girl that was there knew nothing about it, so just scanned the Good Housekeeping magazine she was reading at customer care and charged me €6.04.


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    kingbob387
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    Any other lucky members found one? :p


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    syklops
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    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    I don't think it would be worth the hassle tbh. More a "disposable" board for embedded projects. Although I always think of RPIs in terms of "maker" type stuff first and media second.

    Had kodi running on my Raspberry Pi A model for ages. What hassle do you mean?

    You need a mini SD card and your media you want to play. If you want network access of to use the kodi mobile remote you need an ethernet or Wifi dongle.
    The essentials pack which is about $6 should have everything you need.


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    DubDJ
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    Tried two tescos in the city centre and nothing there. Seems like it was lucky you got one in there.


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    #28
    Sir Osis of Liver.
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    Will it run Kodi or Openelec?


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    #29
    Special Circumstances
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    syklops wrote: »
    Had kodi running on my Raspberry Pi A model for ages. What hassle do you mean?

    You need a mini SD card and your media you want to play. If you want network access of to use the kodi mobile remote you need an ethernet or Wifi dongle.
    The essentials pack which is about $6 should have everything you need.

    Yeah but there's other boards will do the job without all sortsa gubbins hanging off em.

    I mean fair enough if you really really like adapters. Personally I'd put the price of the adapters toward extra performance but hey...


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    FobleAsNuck
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    Sappy404 wrote: »
    Because giving away a Raspberry Pi for free is enough.

    nobody is giving anything away, even at e5 they make money.


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    syklops
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    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    Will it run Kodi or Openelec?
    Its faster with more RAM than previous versions which run Kodi fine.


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