The Raspberry PI – The Sinclair Spectrum of the 21st Century

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Gary Newell
Oct 29, 2012

The Raspberry PI is the Sinclair Spectrum of the 21st Century giving another generation of budding computer enthusiasts and potential programmers the chance to experiment without their parents looking over their shoulders for fear of their child rendering the family laptop useless, losing all the precious photos and the presentation that dad spent days writing.

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Gary Newell

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