The original Raspberry Pi might feel like ancient history at this point. However, plans are such that it will remain in production until at least 2030, to support long-term users. While they're not as fast as newer models, they're still useful in 2025...
@hackaday wrong pic, this is the original one ;-)
@hackaday I am beyond flabbergasted you can still buy these. sneaking this onto the next digikey order, hope bossman and taxman doesn't notice
@hackaday The yellow composite out is still cool on the original Pi :)
@hackaday Still in use to retreive data from weatherstation.
@hackaday This one is a great project if you ever wanted your own arcade machine.
@hackaday That's not the original Raspberry Pi. The original had a smaller GPIO header and composite video.
@hackaday I have a Pi 4. The last time my PC went down (motherboard) I used it as an HTPC for a couple of weeks.
@hackaday i just wish they could fuck off with the micro hdmi ports.
@hackaday Mine still does useful work as a home automation bridge and SDR transmitter.
@hackaday I bet that would run this :- hackaday.io/project/199227…
@hackaday Needs the composite video output
@hackaday I've been using my Pi 1 now and then for different stuff. You will find issues, like some newer versions of python or node don't run on these boards.
@hackaday The OG Pi 1 had half the ram and only worked with the initial release of the OS.
@hackaday I still use it as an off the shelf option for testing chips before designing the rest of the system.
@hackaday Isn't thst the version 3? The "original" had a yellow video out port.
@hackaday Still running pihole without issue
@hackaday It’s still useful for teaching basic electronics and software programming at a much lower cost. @Raspberry_Pi
@hackaday IIRC, Debian just dropped installer support for it. So, only older Raspian builds are going to work.
