This presentation was given by Martin Bailey on 25th May 2016 and covers an overview of the sub-£30 Raspberry Pi computer.

My BBC Micro PSU went pop and billowed a load of smoke, yet was still working. It was a known issue - blown capacitor. Fortunately there are kits on ebay for around £4 with the three capacitors that often fail.

Written by  Martin Bailey

People are often asking me advice on various things to do with technology, and over the years I’ve collected a number of tools to solve particular problems. So for this presentation I thought I’d put together my top twenty of everything. Well, everything IT related anyway. Some are free, some are paid-for, and some are more gadget than software - but all are my weapons of choice to get specific jobs done.

We hear the term Operating System, or OS regularly - whether it is for a laptop running Windows or a smartphone, but what is an Operating System and why is it important?