I just ordered a Rpi-3. I love these things! I have an Rpi-1 and Rpi-2 aleeady. Both the Rpi-1 and Rpi-2 are running OSMC (Kodi). One is in the living room and the other is in the bedroom. The Rpi-1 is also running SBBS, which I mainly just use to lurk these message boards. I'd like to get around to completely customizing SBBS eventually. Ran SBBS back in the early-mid 90's with Fidonet, customed ANSI screens, and all thar fun stuff. I'm not yet sure what to do with the Rpi-3 when it arrives. Kind of leaning towards using it for emulation of NES/SNES/Genesis/N64/etc. I believe Jeff's TRS-80 Color Computer ("Coco") can also be made to run under it. The Coco'd were my first computers, so that could be fun. Maybe put everything on the Rpi-1 on the Rpi-2 and get a breadboard for the Rpi-1 and play with some hardware projects. Anyway, just starting an Rpi thread to see what others do with their Rpi's. They are so versatile!

-Misfit


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Misfit wrote to All <=-

some hardware projects. Anyway, just starting an Rpi thread to see
what others do with their Rpi's. They are so versatile!

I love the Pi! :-) I have 4 of this class of machine, all of them running Raspian Wheezy as the OS. They are:

1. R-Pi 1B+ - This one runs a D-STAR gateway (no RF yet, just a remotely linked dummy repeater), a USB server for sharing USB devices, and SBBS, which is the BBS I'm posting from.

2. Manana Pi - This is running Mystic BBS, which I'm using to test the latest alpha and am also hubbing my own ham radio based FTN.

3. R-Pi 2+ - This runs a set of VoIP ham radio conferences, as well as an AMPRNET (44.x.x.x) IP gateway. I plan on adding packet radio support as well.

4. R-Pi 2+ - This one also runs ham radio VoIP software, but the configuration needs a bit of work.


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Re: Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Vk3jed to Misfit on Sat Aug 06 2016 04:37 pm

Misfit wrote to All <=-

some hardware projects. Anyway, just starting an Rpi thread to see what others do with their Rpi's. They are so versatile!

I love the Pi! :-) I have 4 of this class of machine, all of them running Raspian Wheezy as the OS. They are:

1. R-Pi 1B+ - This one runs a D-STAR gateway (no RF yet, just a remotely linked dummy repeater), a USB server for sharing USB devices, and SBBS, whic

h

is the BBS I'm posting from.

2. Manana Pi - This is running Mystic BBS, which I'm using to test the late

st

alpha and am also hubbing my own ham radio based FTN.

3. R-Pi 2+ - This runs a set of VoIP ham radio conferences, as well as an AMPRNET (44.x.x.x) IP gateway. I plan on adding packet radio support as wel

l.

4. R-Pi 2+ - This one also runs ham radio VoIP software, but the configurat

ion

needs a bit of work.

... There is a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder.

Thats very cool! HAM is something I never got into (yet), but always wanted to. Now that I have the time, I just may get involved. I'm retired from the USAF, where I did Satellite Communications. I mainly worked with SHF equipment, but we had HF radios as well. That is awesome that you've integrated the Pi with RF.


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Vk3jed wrote to Misfit <=-

2. Manana Pi - This is running Mystic BBS, which I'm using to test
the latest alpha and am also hubbing my own ham radio based FTN.

I know this isn't totally related to the Pi (I have several)...

Is this ham radio based FTN available for other hams? I have been looking
for more ham radio related stuff for a bit now.

3. R-Pi 2+ - This runs a set of VoIP ham radio conferences,

as well as an AMPRNET (44.x.x.x) IP gateway. I plan on adding packet

radio support as well.

I also run an AMPRNET gateway. w6ray.ampr.org (or sjvbbs.ampr.org).
Currently, running JNOS on a Debian Jessie virtual machine (Virtual Box) on the main BBS machine (running Synchronet/Linux). I would be interested in additional forwarding partners.

The computer is here at home < 300 feet elevation while the TNC's and
radios are 30+ miles away at 7500 feet elevation. Once the system is completed, the computer will control the TNC's via 5 Ghz wireless link with
a TCP/IP <> serial gateway at the remote site. A similar setup was working before it was taken down for upgrades.

4. R-Pi 2+ - This one also runs ham radio VoIP software, but the configuration needs a bit of work.

Care to explain? I have some Pi's with nothing to do.


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"(_)[___]====(_)(_)=| \_(___________)_/__/=(_)===(_)~'

73 de Ray Quinn W6RAY
Visalia, CA USA DM06ih


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Misfit wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Thats very cool! HAM is something I never got into (yet), but always wanted to. Now that I have the time, I just may get involved. I'm retired from the USAF, where I did Satellite Communications. I mainly worked with SHF equipment, but we had HF radios as well. That is
awesome that you've integrated the Pi with RF.

Computers and RF go together pretty well, just have to do it right. :) And I've started a new net for radio hobbyists. :)


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Ray Quinn wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Vk3jed wrote to Misfit <=-

2. Manana Pi - This is running Mystic BBS, which I'm using to test
the latest alpha and am also hubbing my own ham radio based FTN.

I know this isn't totally related to the Pi (I have several)...

Is this ham radio based FTN available for other hams? I have been
looking for more ham radio related stuff for a bit now.

Yep, I can send you an infopack. :) I've structured it along similat lines to FSX_NET, with a minimal number of echoes (currently 4, of which one is a gated mailing list).

3. R-Pi 2+ - This runs a set of VoIP ham radio conferences,

as well as an AMPRNET (44.x.x.x) IP gateway. I plan on adding packet

radio support as well.

I also run an AMPRNET gateway. w6ray.ampr.org (or sjvbbs.ampr.org). Currently, running JNOS on a Debian Jessie virtual machine (Virtual
Box) on the main BBS machine (running Synchronet/Linux). I would be interested in additional forwarding partners.

I've just got the IP layer up using the Linux networking. Haven't put anything on top, yet.

The computer is here at home < 300 feet elevation while the TNC's and radios are 30+ miles away at 7500 feet elevation. Once the system is completed, the computer will control the TNC's via 5 Ghz wireless link with a TCP/IP <> serial gateway at the remote site. A similar setup was working before it was taken down for upgrades.

Very nice. :)

4. R-Pi 2+ - This one also runs ham radio VoIP software, but the configuration needs a bit of work.

Care to explain? I have some Pi's with nothing to do.

The software I'm running is Asterisk based, similar to AllStar, but slightly different. It runs a locally based network called VKLink.


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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Ray Quinn to Vk3jed on Sat Aug 06 2016 04:41 pm

Care to explain? I have some Pi's with nothing to do.

...And I don't have any Pis and am looking for a justification to get one!


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Poindexter Fortran wrote to Ray Quinn <=-

...And I don't have any Pis and am looking for a justification to get
one!

Just do it, they will find a use for themselves! :D


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Vk3jed wrote to Ray Quinn <=-

the latest alpha and am also hubbing my own ham radio based FTN.

Is this ham radio based FTN available for other hams? I have been
looking for more ham radio related stuff for a bit now.

Yep, I can send you an infopack. :) I've structured it along similat

w6ray at w6ray dot com

I can also host, hub, or whatever needed. What is one more network,
especially one amateur radio related. That is one of the main topics of the
US 99 BBS. (US 99 was a major north-south route that used to go from
Blain, Washington to Calexico, CA and was co-routed with the historic
Route 66. It is now California Highway 99 and is much shorter. Hwy 99
passes through the western edge of Visalia.)

I've just got the IP layer up using the Linux networking. Haven't
put anything on top, yet.

The computer is here at home < 300 feet elevation while the TNC's and radios are 30+ miles away at 7500 feet elevation. Once the system is completed, the computer will control the TNC's via 5 Ghz wireless link with a TCP/IP <> serial gateway at the remote site. A similar setup was working before it was taken down for upgrades.

Very nice. :)

The local ham radio club's Echolink/IRLP (WA6BAI 152747 & 8120) along
with a full DSTAR "stack", some DMR, and a whole lot more is also
located there at Park Ridge. I have seen your posts in the IRLP mailing
list for years. Node 8120 was originally 812 (2002).

The software I'm running is Asterisk based, similar to AllStar, but slightly different. It runs a locally based network called VKLink.

I have messed around with Asterisk briefly, but I don't have any hardware
for anything.


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,__| ______| |
,__/__]|| ________ | D8 |
|__!___!!`--'L_______\ |__________|() ___________
"(_)[___]====(_)(_)=| \_(___________)_/__/=(_)===(_)~'

73 de Ray Quinn W6RAY
Visalia, CA USA DM06ih


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Poindexter Fortran wrote to Ray Quinn <=-

Care to explain? I have some Pi's with nothing to do.

...And I don't have any Pis and am looking for a justification to get
one!

You could run Reality Check on it...



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,__/__]|| ________ | D8 |
|__!___!!`--'L_______\ |__________|() ___________
"(_)[___]====(_)(_)=| \_(___________)_/__/=(_)===(_)~'

73 de Ray Quinn W6RAY
Visalia, CA USA DM06ih


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Ray Quinn wrote to Vk3jed <=-

I can also host, hub, or whatever needed. What is one more network, especially one amateur radio related. That is one of the main topics of the US 99 BBS. (US 99 was a major north-south route that used to go
from Blain, Washington to Calexico, CA and was co-routed with the
historic Route 66. It is now California Highway 99 and is much shorter. Hwy 99 passes through the western edge of Visalia.)

Cool, well if you'd like an infopack, let me know where to send it (netmail or email? and address?).

The local ham radio club's Echolink/IRLP (WA6BAI 152747 & 8120) along
with a full DSTAR "stack", some DMR, and a whole lot more is also
located there at Park Ridge. I have seen your posts in the IRLP mailing list for years. Node 8120 was originally 812 (2002).

My node was originally 639, now it's 6390. :-) I built it in September 2001, it went online a week before 9/11, and in that week, we actually did SSTV over IRLP tests here. :)

The software I'm running is Asterisk based, similar to AllStar, but slightly different. It runs a locally based network called VKLink.

I have messed around with Asterisk briefly, but I don't have any
hardware for anything.

I had some integration between VKLink and my EchoIRLP node, but I've taken that link down, because it relied on some very hackish C code (I'm not a C coder) for the intercommunication between systems, and that would often hang things up, if the daemon died or things got out of sync. Need a better way to pass commands and data between the two sides of the system.


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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Ray Quinn to Poindexter Fortran on Wed Aug 10 2016 06:54 pm

You could run Reality Check on it...

I've been playing in my free time (ha!) with running SBBS or Mystic on Linux. I'd like to get the BBS onto a VPS somewhere outside of my home network for a variety of reasons.

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Poindexter Fortran mumbled to Ray Quinn.. <=-

@TZ: c1e0
Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Ray Quinn to Poindexter Fortran on Wed Aug 10 2016 06:54 pm

You could run Reality Check on it...

I've been playing in my free time (ha!) with running SBBS or Mystic on Linux. I'd like to get the BBS onto a VPS somewhere outside of my home network for a variety of reasons.

I'm running mine off a Linode that costs about $40 a month. (www.linode.com). If disk space isn't an issue, you could easily run it on something that cost $10 a month.




Mike "DaiTengu" Miller
War Ensemble BBS
warensemble.com

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Re: Re: Raspberry Pi
By: DaiTengu to Poindexter Fortran on Thu Aug 11 2016 05:23 pm

(www.linode.com). If disk space isn't an issue, you could easily run it on something that cost $10 a month.

I can fit the BBS in 5-6 gigs of disk. I'm playing with a 512 mb VPS with 10 GB of disk for $12/year right now and it's comparable to my slow box at home. :)

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Vk3jed wrote to Ray Quinn <=-

Cool, well if you'd like an infopack, let me know where to send it (netmail or email? and address?).

I did send my email, but here it is again:

w6ray at w6ray dot com

September 2001, it went online a week before 9/11, and in that week,
we actually did SSTV over IRLP tests here. :)

I have done some SSTV on 20M, but not lately. I also have a fastscan transmitter on 434 mHz VSB. There is/was a repeater about 26 miles due east
at 5700 feet, but last I heard the owner (N6BYH) had it at home for repair
and upgrades. Looking forward to getting all my gear and antennas back up
at the "new" place. I can do what I want, pretty much.

I had some integration between VKLink and my EchoIRLP node, but I've
taken that link down, because it relied on some very hackish C code
(I'm not a C coder) for the intercommunication between systems, and
that would often hang things up, if the daemon died or things got out
of sync. Need a better way to pass commands and data between the two sides of the system.

I used to do some DOS batch files and I have done some very basic BASH scripting for personal use for shortcuts on the Linux boxes. While packing
for the move, I found some C++ material that I may take a look at (IF I can find it again).


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,__| ______| |
,__/__]|| ________ | D8 |
|__!___!!`--'L_______\ |__________|() ___________
"(_)[___]====(_)(_)=| \_(___________)_/__/=(_)===(_)~'

73 de Ray Quinn W6RAY
Visalia, CA USA DM06ih


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Poindexter Fortran wrote to Ray Quinn <=-

I've been playing in my free time (ha!) with running SBBS or Mystic
on Linux. I'd like to get the BBS onto a VPS somewhere outside of my
home network for a variety of reasons.

I had checked into relocating my packet BBS (running JNOS on Linux with AMPRnet tunneling) at a friend's site in Fresno, but with the new static IP addresses, things seem to be working just fine here. It runs in a Virtual
Box VM on the SBBS computer, both running Debian Jessie. I tried running it
on a Pi at work in the networking/phone cabinet, and it worked at first,
but I think the heat was too much for it.

My desktop and laptop both run Windoze 10, but I use SSH to log in to the
BBS computer, create a QWK packet and read it with MultiMail/Linux. I still like the command prompt. I started running a BBS on MSDOS 3.3 in 1989
(before that on a C= 128).

I know that seems strange as I drive a truck hauling heavy equipment for a living...



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,__/__]|| ________ | D8 |
|__!___!!`--'L_______\ |__________|() ___________
"(_)[___]====(_)(_)=| \_(___________)_/__/=(_)===(_)~'

73 de Ray Quinn W6RAY
Visalia, CA USA DM06ih


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Ray Quinn wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Cool, well if you'd like an infopack, let me know where to send it (netmail or email? and address?).

I did send my email, but here it is again:

w6ray at w6ray dot com

Ahh OK, that might be the issue, it wasn't of a standard format and you didn't preface it, I suspect. I rely heavily on recognising patterns. :) Anyway, got it now.

September 2001, it went online a week before 9/11, and in that week,
we actually did SSTV over IRLP tests here. :)

I have done some SSTV on 20M, but not lately. I also have a fastscan transmitter on 434 mHz VSB. There is/was a repeater about 26 miles due east at 5700 feet, but last I heard the owner (N6BYH) had it at home
for repair and upgrades. Looking forward to getting all my gear and antennas back up at the "new" place. I can do what I want, pretty much.

It's been years since I've done SSTV. I used to do it on IRLP, as well as on HF (mostly 40-20m) and had a load of fun. I also have a FSTV transmitter (1250 MHz FM), but have to get a suitable 24V supply going for the PA, a better Tx antenna and find a set top box that will tune the new DVB-T 70cm repeater output. I was able to monitor the analog 2415 MHz output in the past. Last time I trie, it didn't work, but the repeater may have been down for the upgrade.

I used to do some DOS batch files and I have done some very basic BASH scripting for personal use for shortcuts on the Linux boxes. While
packing for the move, I found some C++ material that I may take a look
at (IF I can find it again).

I can knock up a reasonable script, and I used to be good at DOS batch files too, because I was a BBS sysop (still am, but on Linux now ;) ) back in the
ay.


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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Ray Quinn to Poindexter Fortran on Wed Aug 10 2016 06:54 pm

...And I don't have any Pis and am looking for a justification to get one!

You could run Reality Check on it...

you are better off getting a 40usd dual core optiplex with 4 gigs of ram with free shipping off ebay.
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Re: Re: Raspberry Pi
By: DaiTengu to Poindexter Fortran on Thu Aug 11 2016 05:23 pm

I'm running mine off a Linode that costs about $40 a month. (www.linode.com). If disk space isn't an issue, you could easily run it on something that cost $10 a month.

you can get a lot more for a lot less at ovh.
soyoustart.com or something like that
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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Mro to Ray Quinn on Sun Aug 14 2016 01:30 pm

you are better off getting a 40usd dual core optiplex with 4 gigs of ram with free shipping off ebay.

I had one, gave it to my wife when her laptop died. The amount and quality of nice off-lease corporate crap is pretty amazing - got an HP Core 2 Duo, 4 GB of RAM, mouse and keyboard for $50 on Newegg, then bought 4 more gigs and an SSD for a decent little box for a fraction of the price of new.

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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Mro to Ray Quinn on Sun Aug 14 2016 01:30 pm

you are better off getting a 40usd dual core optiplex with 4 gigs of ram with free shipping off ebay.

That is if you don't get ripped off on ebay as some of those people post items, take your money and then send you nothing. I am speaking of experience as I got ripped off that way some years back.

Mojo

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That is if you don't get ripped off on ebay as some of those people post items,
take your money and then send you nothing. I am speaking of experience as I got
ripped off that way some years back.

would going thru newegg be more reliable than ebay?

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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Matthew Munson to MOJO on Sun Aug 14 2016 09:46 am

would going thru newegg be more reliable than ebay?

I think so. The returns policies are a little more consistent.

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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Matthew Munson to MOJO on Sun Aug 14 2016 09:46 am

That is if you don't get ripped off on ebay as some of those people
post items,
take your money and then send you nothing. I am speaking of
experience as I got
ripped off that way some years back.

would going thru newegg be more reliable than ebay?

I do not know for sure on that as I have not checked there. Sometimes when money is tight I look around for a good deal that I can afford. I will have to look and see if they have any good deals on used stuff there.

Mojo

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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Poindexter Fortran to Mro on Sun Aug 14 2016 06:38 pm

you are better off getting a 40usd dual core optiplex with 4 gigs of ram with free shipping off ebay.

I had one, gave it to my wife when her laptop died. The amount and quality of nice off-lease corporate crap is pretty amazing - got an HP Core 2 Duo,
4 GB of RAM, mouse and keyboard for $50 on Newegg, then bought 4 more gigs and an SSD for a decent little box for a fraction of the price of new.

my workplace 'recycled' about 500 of those 620's 745's and better. it was a crime.
i wanted to put linux on them and have the company sell them and give the money to charity.
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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Mojo to Mro on Sun Aug 14 2016 10:56 pm

you are better off getting a 40usd dual core optiplex with 4 gigs of ram with free shipping off ebay.

That is if you don't get ripped off on ebay as some of those people post items, take your money and then send you nothing. I am speaking of experience as I got ripped off that way some years back.

i usually go with someone with a good rep and stick with that one guy.
i cant really use ebay now because i was kicked off paypal. i CAN use it, but i dont want to.

i almost got an engagement ring off ebay but i found out they drilled out the diamond and filled it. so good thing my paypal no workie.
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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Matthew Munson to MOJO on Sun Aug 14 2016 09:46 am

That is if you don't get ripped off on ebay as some of those people post items, take your money and then send you nothing. I am speaking of experience as I got ripped off that way some years back.

would going thru newegg be more reliable than ebay?

OH..... let me tell you about that time when i got a cybertron pc from newegg and it was freaking scratched up with a razor blade on the plexiglass and the motherboard was fucked and the windows cd code was taken. it was an open box.

i got the refund but newegg wouldnt give me back the 30 dollars shipping charge.

they never really looked at it first.

i told them give me that money or they lose a customer for life. they told me no. i was buying 3+ things from them a week for many years. now i use amazon and i've never been happier
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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Poindexter Fortran to Matthew Munson on Mon Aug 15 2016 06:43 am

Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Matthew Munson to MOJO on Sun Aug 14 2016 09:46 am

would going thru newegg be more reliable than ebay?

I think so. The returns policies are a little more consistent.

amazon beats them
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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Mro to Ray Quinn on Sun Aug 14 2016 01:30 pm

you are better off getting a 40usd dual core optiplex with 4 gigs of ram wit

h

free shipping off ebay.

Granted, there are many single boards that beat the RPi spec-wise, but what will always keep me coming back to the RPi is the community around it. That, in my opinion, makes the device. For me, the RPi is reminiscent of the 8-bit computing days of decades ago and the satisfaction achieved by doing more
with less.

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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Matthew Munson to MOJO on Sun Aug 14 2016 09:46 am

would going thru newegg be more reliable than ebay?

Newegg was my first-line goto back in the day, but now it is Amazon Prime. Newegg just seems expensive these days, not to mention shipping and tax. It is hard to compete with Amazon Prime's free two day shipping and tax free (for most products) and their excellent return system. The very few times that I did return products, Amazon refunded me as soon as te product was enroute
back to them. UPS even comes to your door with a return label to pick up your return. For replacements, Amazon sends out the replacement product immiedietly and gives you 30 days to return the product to be replaced. I've bought my share of stuff off eBay also, but follow general common sense: seller's feedback rating, location, amount they sell. I've always just did a BIN on eBay, as didn't want to get into silly bidding wars. There are somethings I'd never buy off eBay, stuff that common scams such as phones (claiming to be unlocked but are locked because they are stolen), guitars, jewelery -- the "pawn store" type crap.

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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Misfit to Matthew Munson on Mon Aug 15 2016 07:44 pm

Newegg was my first-line goto back in the day, but now it is Amazon Prime. Newegg just seems expensive these days, not to mention shipping and tax. It is hard to compete with Amazon Prime's free two day shipping and tax free (for most products) and their excellent return system. The very few times that I did return products, Amazon refunded me as soon as te product was

i love prime. also if you dont like something you send it back for free in most cases. i got my engagement ring off of amazon because it was fulfilled by
them but from a jeweler in texas and if i didnt like it i could return it.

i got it and had it checked out and it was a steal. i saved 2 thousand dollars on the ring.

i buy stuff every week and send back what i dont like. i love it.
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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Mro to Misfit on Mon Aug 15 2016 08:35 pm

i love prime. also if you dont like something you send it back for free in most cases. i got my engagement ring off of amazon because it was fulfilled by
them but from a jeweler in texas and if i didnt like it i could return it.

i got it and had it checked out and it was a steal. i saved 2 thousand dollars on the ring.

i buy stuff every week and send back what i dont like. i love it.

Amazon is to expensive I find stuff I buy al the time cheaper else where. Plus it is to much to have to pay for prime. I do not spend that much cause I do not have a endless supply of money to be able to buy and benefit from it with them.


Mojo

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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Mro to Poindexter Fortran on Mon Aug 15 2016 04:03 pm

amazon beats them

I certainly like the way Amazon manages their third party sellers returns. I've *never* had a problem with a return through a reseller.

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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Mojo to Mro on Mon Aug 15 2016 11:35 pm

Amazon is to expensive I find stuff I buy al the time cheaper else where. Plus it is to much to have to pay for prime. I do not spend that much cause I do not have a endless supply of money to be able to buy and benefit from it with them.

i have a friend invite me for prime. i used to pay for it but they jacked up their price. you do need to do some price comparing and you will pay more sometimes, expecially if the other guy has a sale.

overall you will save one way or another [no tax usually].
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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Mro to Mojo on Tue Aug 16 2016 06:26 pm

As I'm still taking a class here and there, I still have an .edu email address. You can get Amazon Prime for just $50/year if you register/renew/etc from an .edu address. If you don't have an .edu, check out the OpenVMS community.
VMS is open to hobbyists these days and some schools have staff that are cool about giving VMS accounts on their "pet project" VMS machines. Most are Alphas, but there are still some VAX's out there in the wild. There is a guy over in Germany running several VAX's (VAXen?) in his basement in a cluster. I "grew up" using VAX/VMS (BITNet/DECNet/etc) back in the day (80's) as a teen. My sister let me use her dialin account and it went from there...

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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Mro to Ray Quinn on Sun Aug 14 2016 01:30 pm

you are better off getting a 40usd dual core optiplex with 4 gigs of ram wit

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free shipping off ebay.

Granted, there are many single boards that beat the RPi spec-wise, but what will always keep me coming back to the RPi is the community around it. That, in my opinion, makes the device. For me, the RPi is reminiscent of the 8-bit computing days of decades ago and the satisfaction achieved by doing more with less.

I can totally agree there, although now the RPI3 preforms really well, but the community and support for the system is pretty good. I was going to use the Beagle Bone Black and I had a couple because they had better performance than the early raspi as well as more GPIO but their OS build and power consumption and lack of support for usb hardware drove me to stay with raspi.


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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Misfit to Mro on Tue Aug 16 2016 10:37 pm

project" VMS machines. Most are Alphas, but there are still some VAX's out there in the wild.

I've got a friend that's still running Windows NT 3.51 on a DEC Alpha. The thing will not die.

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For those interested in the Raspberry Pi here is a link to a article and a special offer I seen while reading the news.


https://www.yahoo.com/tech/raspberry-pi-3-bundle-saves-184747335.html

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Hello,

Got the RPi-3 where I want it and moved all the RPi-1 stuff over to RPi-2, so now left with an RPi-1. Time to get breadboard and components to play with. :-)

The RPi-3 sure runs warmer than its predecessors. Just using passive cooling for now, but may go active.

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Re: Raspberry Pi
By: Misfit to All on Sun Aug 21 2016 16:54:00

Have fun playing with it. I still dont know why it overheats though.
Could it be a fault in the design?

-HSF3232

Got the RPi-3 where I want it and moved all the RPi-1 stuff over to RPi-2, s now left with an RPi-1. Time to get breadboard and components to play with. :-)

The RPi-3 sure runs warmer than its predecessors. Just using passive coolin for now, but may go active.

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Re: RE: Raspberry Pi
By: HSF3232 to Misfit on Mon Aug 22 2016 03:00 pm

Have fun playing with it. I still dont know why it overheats though.
Could it be a fault in the design?

I've noticed that it doesn't heat up nearly as much if it isn't overvolted any, but then I havent been sucessful in overclocking it much. The predecessors, including the RPi2, handled it much better. Oh well. :-)

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