Finally got the code to order mine today - 2 months or so after applying ...
Up to 6 weeks wait it says :-(
Morning all! First real chance I've had to play with Pi this morning.
Me too
First of all, I really need to get myself a HDMI telly. Composite vid is just not doing it for me. Firstly, on my telly at home it's only in monochrome, and here in my workshop on my 1084S it is also monochrome. It is in colour on an old portable TV I have, but wayy too blurry to be of any use.
Same situation here - though I have got it in colour now - it defaults to NTSC over composite, and you probably need to change it to PAL.
You need to create/edit a config file:
From the prompt type
"sudo nano /boot/config.txt"
and add the line
sdtv_mode=2
Then ctrl X to exit and save, then reboot.
Steve
Finally got the code to order mine today - 2 months or so after applying ...
Up to 6 weeks wait it says :-(
Those who are getting them like 2 weeks after ordering... Where you getting them from? If I can order from somewhere else and get one sooner, I'll have a happy Summer indeed...
I ordered mine the other day from Farnell, and received a confirmation pdf today by email.
Apparently I only ordered 1! and it's not coming til mid-August. That's far too long to wait to give to my bro for his birthday at the end of this month, so I'll be getting him something else (not to mention there's only one coming now so I want it).
In the meantime, I think I need to try to sell a couple of 8bit machines so that my missus doesn't leave me. After the recent CD32 purchase (it's so lovely), I'll be dead meat if she gets wind of this.
Well, I took a look in the freezer and found that I have something far better ..... I have an Apple Pi
All joking aside, I still havn't even been able to place an order yet![]()