Has anyone tried to use/implement a HP48/50 on a Raspberry Pi? The R-pi runs on 700 MHz with a possibility to overclock to 1000 MHz, so it would be quite nice since the R-pi costs much less than the original.
My extreme wet dream is a commandline interface in/on the Pi with all the, indeed, superb functions of the HP50g. Just hook up to the Pi/HP (with ssh) and run all of the ordinary HP functions!
The R-pi costs about 650 SEK here in Sweden, say 100 USD with 16 GB Ultra 10 SD-card and power adapter. HDMI and Ethernet cables not included.
Benefits of the R-pi/HP50 combo would be that a Large HDMI-display can be used, i.e.24''. It runs on open source Linux distros and one is able to swap SD-cards and reboot with a new setting. The memory can be expanded with a single cheap SD-card of sufficient size.
There are images of the HP-50g ROM around, but I am an engineer, but no computer one, although computerized :)
How many have tried the R-pi? If you haven't, do.
Cheers from Matti in Sweden