pi-top V2 not yet RISC OS compatible

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Nov 22, 2017 1:16pm Chris Evans (457) 1614 posts	The new pi-top V2 uses a different API to monitor the battery, turn power off and adjust the screen. We’ve asked pi-top for the necessary information but they never supplied it for the original pi-top, so I’m not holding my breath. (A user reverse engineered it enabling us to provide RISC OS support) There is a github page that has links to what seems to be the relevant Linux code but it 404!

Dec 2, 2017 10:08pm Erich Kraehenbuehl (1634) 181 posts	How can i find out, if it is a Pi-Top V2, or earlyer?

Dec 4, 2017 11:32am Chris Evans (457) 1614 posts	On the V1 the touchpad is to the right of the keyboard. Also the pi installed to the right. On the V2 the touchpad is in front of the keyboard and the Pi is to the left. The V2 was only launched late October 2017

Dec 4, 2017 9:41pm RISCOSBits (3000) 143 posts	How can i find out, if it is a Pi-Top V2, or earlyer? Whereas I was going for… If it’s a v1, you need one of these and if you have a v2 there’ll be nowhere to put it! ;-)