I think the cover is one of those things they might have added after the first
release. I will point out all I did was use a 40 pin ribbon cable connector
with no cable and stuck it on. So no big deal.
Ken
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Subject: [raspberry-vi] My Raspberry Pi 400
Hello folks
My Pi 400 just arrived. These are my immediate first impressions.
Quite impressed by the rigidity of the whole assembly. Holding on to each end,
cannot detect any movement when I gently try to twist it. I have no doubt a
very strong person could though. But that would be true of almost any standard
PC keyboard. I would avoid sitting on it if I was to, for example, lay it on my
bed for some reason.
Was a bit nervous about the quality and feel of the membrane keyboard, but it
feels nice. Every bit as nice as the Caseflex Bluetooth keyboard I have.
I saw one review that says there is no cover over the GPIO bus, but mine has a
rubber cover which is a push fit. When it is removed it is a separate piece. So
I will stick some sellotape (Scotch tape) over it to prevent me losing it.
Don't see myself using the GPIO on this Pi.
The arrangement of the keys will take some getting used to if I want to do a
lot with it, other than over SSH. The description Tim Chase gave me and which I
am going to put on the Web site will help me there. I hope it will help others
too.
I have not stoked it up yet. That comes later.
For an additional £5, I got a nice sleeve for it, which feels as if it would
give pretty good protection when the Pi is slung into a ruck sack and carted
about, for example.
Thanks to thepihut.co.uk for a fast delivery and a very competitive price.
I went for just the Pi, no additional 'starter kit' bits.
Mike
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Michael A. Ray
Analyst/Programmer
Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there
is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery
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