Livecode blows a Raspberry?

[Richard Gaskin]

Ken Corey wrote:

 > On 29/02/2012 16:30, Richmond wrote:
 >> That would be great fun:
 >>
 >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17190918
 >
 > I've got one on order, and it's meant to be arriving the 16th
 > of April. I'll certainly be trying out LiveCode apps on it!

Unfortunately that won't be possible without two changes:

1. The Pi has only 256 MB RAM, and LC requires more.

2. Pi runs on ARM and currently there is no ARM Linux engine for 
LiveCode, though there is a request for it in the RQCC:
<http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1559>

:(

Limited to x86 as we are, thus far the smallest, cheapest, low-power 
system I've been able to part out is based on a Mini-ITX motherboard 
with a Via PV530:
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157209>

The Passmark scores for the PV530 are roughly on par with the Atom 230; 
I have a system here running that Atom and LC performs okay on it for 
basic tasks.

Using that Via mobo as a base, with RAM, case, and small SSD I've got a 
parts list at NewEgg that totals US$152, which is low but nowhere near 
as low as the Pi.

FWIW, the Pi is reported to run Python well, so you can still dig into 
it with a nice scripting language.

Please keep us posted with how it works for you.

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