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Raspberry Pi vs a 60 in 1 for a Cocktail Cabinet
Rigby:
--- Quote from: DHTech on June 17, 2013, 01:33:55 pm ---I've read that the BeagleBone has microHDMI output with limited resolution.
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True. The BBB supports what the chipset supports, and the chipset is limited. The BBB would not be a good XBMC device.
If you can live with that limitation, though, it's a faster processor.
The next class up (two classes up?) has the very nice ODROID-X2 board which is full HDMI and supports Android and has a quad core 1.7GHz CPU. Even modern MAME/MESS would run acceptably on this thing, I'm betting. iMAME4ALL Reloaded would likely be excellent, since it supports OpenGL ES under Android.
Chris John Hunter:
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I think of one thing which is missing in this conversation is that there are different solutions for different situations. There is no one single perfect be-all-and-end-all MAME solution.
For example, people have tossed out the idea of older pentiums. But those have drawbacks such as increased power consumption, heat, size, incompatibility with newer storage devices, larger footprint, and so on.
On the other hand the Pi, while not the most advanced kid on the block is tiny, no moving parts, no heat issues, low power consumption.
It really comes down to what is more important to the person in question doing the build. In the case of the OP, he specifically mentioned no moving parts. So that mostly rules out an old P4. "
Exactly the point!
I agree with 90% of whats been said today. Common Sense chaps.
Horses for courses. Each to their own. I agree with BOB as well on this one. At some point some nifty compact cabs are going to come about because of these boards. I wonder what could be done if someone developed a one board pc specifically for this kind of setup, Mame and oldschool I mean.
BobA:
Here is part 2 of Ben Heck putting the raspberry pi in a hand held game console.
Part 2
Chris John Hunter:
--- Quote from: BobA on June 18, 2013, 02:13:32 am ---Here is part 2 of Ben Heck putting the raspberry pi in a hand held game console.
Part 2
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That's cool as ---fudgesicle--- and things will only get better with better versions of these boards appearing.
:cheers:
TheShaner:
--- Quote from: BobA on June 18, 2013, 02:13:32 am ---Here is part 2 of Ben Heck putting the raspberry pi in a hand held game console.
Part 2
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That was really kick ass. It really will be neat to see what these smaller form computers end up turning into as people jack with them.