New Raspberry Pi

I received my new raspberry pi as a birthday present.

I ordered the Raspberry Pi Model B Board with 8GB O/S Card from MCM Electronics for just under $40.

I already had a 1 amp, 5 volt micro USB charger from an old cell phone. While the minimum is 700 milliamps, everyone recommends at least 1 amp.

I connected it to our home network via ethernet. A wireless adapter is on the wishlist.

I didn't have an HDMI tv close to a network drop so I used the analog port to connect to an old tv. At first, no video appeared but then I needed to press 4 at startup so that the pi would output to analog NTSC.

I borrowed a USB mouse and keyboard from another computer in order to get things setup.

Everything working great so far.