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Pi Zero W as alternative to Pi Zero W 2 during low availability (www.adafruit.com)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by paper_mint@retrolemmy.com to c/raspberrypi@lemmy.ml

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I've been wanting to get a Zero 2 but they're basically nonexistent. How likely do we think the Zero 1 to stay in supply? And are they worth getting or should I hold out for the Zero 2 to return? I kinda want to use it in a project but I don't want em to go dead before I can make a couple of units. thoughts?

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[–] paper_mint@retrolemmy.com 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, thats sorta what I figured. It is marginally cheaper, and hopefully it won't be as affected by the current market? either way it'll probably be fun to play around with and similar enough to the zero 2W that i could experiment with it for a bit and switch over when the 2W comes back in stock. I certainly dont need the processing power, I basically just wanted to load some minimal linux OS, and try to play low spec games on it. thanks for the heads up

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Any reason why it needs to be a zero? You can typically find the older pi models used for cheap on your local marketplaces.

[–] paper_mint@retrolemmy.com 1 points 3 days ago

The zero is a little cheaper, and I wanted to try making games that would run on it and eventually make a game console thing out of it. Part of the challenge is the lower spec i guess. If it's got more power than the n64 its good enough for me!

[–] dadarobot@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

if i remember from my time with a pi0, you can definitely run up to snes/gba games on it. think i played through ultima1 for the c64 on it during a cross country bus trip. you can also put a cheap usb wifi adapter in it to get it online.