Scratch

"an unprogrammed computer which you program to fit your needs" I'll agree that you can program it to fit your needs but saying it's "unprogrammed" would mean that there is basically nothing. Trust me, it's programmed. I think scratch can be installed onna Raspberry pi already 

er  what your are saying theres no OS on it
Well there is one - linux 
you should be able to use most linux programs on it.
and no you can't turn it to a ds

pinnipediator wrote:

Yes you could. All it is is sockets. You just need to program it. If you put an os on it, you've pretty much turned it into a computer. If you attatch it to a computer and use a programming language to program it, you can make it do almost anything, if you can program it. It isn't meant to be turned into a games system, but it is theoretically possible. (I think)
Anyway, the main thing i want to know is : can you use scratch to program it?

Yes you can.

A website wrote:

Demand for a new miniature computer designed to interest children in coding sent the websites selling the product crashing earlier today - just hours after it went on sale.

The Raspberry Pi runs from a Linux operating system.The Raspberry Pi – which costs just £22 - is being hailed as a revolutionary new device that could create a new generation of programmers.

It is a rudimentary open circuit board that, once connected to a monitor, mouse and keyboard, works as a conventional computer.

The operating system includes a version of entry-level computer language program “Scratch”, which was originally devised at the world renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Using this, Pi is designed to get children into computing coding, a trend that was sparked by the BBC Micro and Sinclair Spectrum in the 1980s.

All proceeds from the project are going to charity as the circuitboard was created by volunteers headed by computer technician Eben Upton.

It triggered so much excitement that two websites selling the Pi crashed this morning. The websites of component companies RS and Premier Farnell were unable to cope with demand – although the sites appeared to be back up and running by midday. But the official Raspberry Pi website had to revert to a static site as high traffic levels overwhelmed it.

“We didn't realise how successful this was going to be,” said Mr Upton. “This means we can scale to volume. Now we can concentrate on teaching people to programme.”

“The £22 model on sale today [Wednesday] is actually the pricier version of Raspberry Pi - a stripped-down £16 model will go on sale later this year.”

The circuitboard can be plugged into older analogue television sets as well as digital counterparts and it harnesses power from mobile phone chargers.

Once the setup is complete users can boot up the open-source Linux operating system included on the inserted SD card. The Pi also contains an Ethernet port, allowing it to connect to the internet.

Guys, have you checked this video?
Raspberry Pi running MIT Scratch
http://www.scratch.mit.edu/ext/youtube/?v=QbtXX1ctrvM
Is seems a little bit slooow, but it works!

Well since Raspberry Pi is just a computer, and it comes with a recommended OS of Fedora that works fine on it, and Scratch works on Fedora, it should be fine 

As for programming Raspberry Pi with Scratch, I don't think you realise that Scratch isn't really like C or Java, you can't make an OS with it or anything.

Last edited by jji7skyline (2012-05-05 06:02:25)

pinnipediator wrote:

What about python? Randomely off subject, but it's a question! I am beginning to feel a bit limited by scratch, and i'm going to use python a bit as well as scratch.

jji7skyline wrote:

Well since Raspberry Pi is just a computer, and it comes with a recommended OS of Fedora that works fine on it, and Scratch works on Fedora, it should be fine 

Therefore Python should work fine, too 

pinnipediator wrote:

I happened to notice your signature.
Hmmmm.....
A signature that is actually useful and says something, unlike most which make your computer crash because they take so long to load, and then aren't any use when you get them loaded.

My signature? Thanks.    Although many other people do have signatures with just text, too...

People post on a variety of topics so their signature can't always be relevant