[Coco] Raspberry PI preference

[Rich Mellor]

At the moment, the choice is more about what is available.

I have experience of the Odroid C1, Banana Pi and Raspberry Pi (all 
various models) and it depends what you want to use them for.  The 
USB-OTG port on the Odroid C1 and Banana Pi are better at being used to 
emulate a USB printer for example in my experience.  The Raspberry Pi 4 
(and the Pi Zero) were the only models of the RPi which allow you to use 
the USB-OTG port as a host (previously it was just used for power!).  I 
am not sure if the Banana Pi M5 is good for that now as the 
specifications do not refer to an OTG port.

I have some Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ in stock now: 
https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/raspberry-pi-3-model-b%2B-c~~w-power-supply-%28bnib%29-62918

Otherwise, you end up paying through the nose for a Raspberry Pi (even 
second hand!)

Rich Mellor
www.rwapsoftware.co.uk

On 12/01/2023 06:27, Brian Goers via Coco wrote:
> I'll have to check that out.
> I want something that works not necessarily the newest.
> Thanks Gene
>
> On 1/11/2023 11:55 PM, gene heskett via Coco wrote:
>> On 1/11/23 21:24, Brian Goers via Coco wrote:
>>> Is there a best choice of Raspberry PI 3 or 4, to have better 
>>> operation, performance, programming, or function?
>>>
>>> Or does it depend on OVCC, XROAR of MAME?
>>>
>> I've got a pile of banana pi m5's which are dropping in price on 
>> amazon.   They run armbian a bit faster than an rpi4, for 70 
>> something a copy with 2 gigs of ram. More USB I/O than the rpi4b's. 
>> Same gpio, big single hdmi and gigabit ethernet. It should run 
>> anything that runs on the rpi's.
>>
>> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
>