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What was the book?

Here's a list of keywords to search for clones: Udoo Bolt V3 Asus Tinker Onion Omega ClockworkPi Rock64 Odroid Beagle Potato BananaPi Orange Pi NanoPi Atomic Pi LattePanda

Have a look here [1] for a neat table

[1] https://fossbytes.com/best-raspberry-pi-alternatives-x86-arm...

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I looked randomly into one of these 'alternatives', the Atomic Pi. It seems to be completely useless for my purposes (https://hackaday.com/2019/06/06/the-atomic-pi-is-it-worth-it...).

I'm starting to think waiting until Q2 is a good idea.

For my kids setup I actually went with a Pi Zero 3 (It's a RPi but without the USB or Ethernet ports. It's hot-glued to the back of a monitor. She's 7 and all I need is for it to run a python program that she practices typing on. They are in much better supply than the full 4GB RPi-v4 boards. You need to break out the USB with a powered hub and any connection must be by WiFi/Bluetooth, so it's harder to set up (although I did it by using an "overlay" to make the USB be a temporary TCP port to get set up).

Thanks!

The book is 'Computer Coding Games for Kids: A unique step-by-step visual guide, from binary code to building games' by Carol Vorderman

https://www.codewizardshq.com/coding-books-for-kids/

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