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tater1337

OH! i forgot to ask the most important question is the Pi 4 faster than the atom machines? salesman-speak says yes, but I havent seen real benchmarks against hardware yet (too early?) probably gonna have to fine some useless task for the netbooks, like IP webcam hosts (that will end up costing more ...

tater1337

no, installing *nix does NOT make netbooks faster Have you tried them running from ram, speeds them up no end - take a look at SliTaz & Tiny Core - small fast distros - they should bring them back to life - or at least sell them off, or give them away. 8-) they live just fine, just the *nix does no...

tater1337

I have 3 netbooks that are collecting dust due to poor performance. should I try gutting them and shoehorning a Pi 4 or just send them off to recycling and get a pi-top? no, installing *nix does NOT make netbooks faster (with 3 i can side by side and see the OS is not an issue)(SSDs do, but not by m...

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was recycling some stereo equipment and got these two items displaytech 64128 a Kyocera kcs057qv1aj-g20 the displaytech 64128 a looks like it should work via https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=66317 but maybe I am wrong on that(teh 64128a has a 20 connector, not 18 pin)? on the Kyoce...

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I wish there were more resources for this :? I have a invacare pronto m71 with SPJ joystick and a mk5 controller I picked up at a garage sale. my plans are to put a robot arm similar (but much larger) to a mearm and have the pi run everything. so far I've been shopping almost daily for parts and I a...

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Suggest you to double check using Raspberry Pi Configuration to make sure SSH is enabled. was the first thing i did once the got the timeout error. one thing i noticed is that the router is not reporting the IP (but does show the mac address) but the ifconfig does show the ip. i think that is a rou...

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had my pi3 collecting dust while i worked on other projects including getting a new router. set up pi3, got the wifi working, did update and upgrade with no problems, tried to SSH using putty and putty gives a timeout error. any suggestions where to look first? once i get this fixed i want to use it...

tater1337

oh, I wanted to remind everyone, the question here isn't if it was possible to get the monitors to run, but if it was wise to instead of getting a few HDMI monitors instead? I was looking more for opinions about resolution, screen formats, and such

tater1337

FWIW, this Dell E156P monitor (similar to one of yours perhaps?) worked with the HDMI-toVGA converters I've tried: https://www.cpmspectrepi.uk/raspberry_pi/MoinMoinExport/HDMItoVGAandAudioConverter.html https://www.cpmspectrepi.uk/raspberry_pi/MoinMoinExport/HDMItoVGAandAudioConverter2.html https:/...

tater1337

a few months ago a friend of mine sent me the release about the Pine64, I just came across it while cleaning up my email inbox. overall I tend not to hop on the latest bandwagon like a neophyte. I tend to let announcements like that sit and then see how they stand up after a few months. but it got m...

tater1337

W. H. Heydt wrote:Monitors with DVI input also work. And, indeed, check your existing VGA monitors to see if they have DVI as well (many do, and have for some years). Then all you need is an inexpensive HDMI to DVI cable.

these don't, that might signify the age of them
also they are the 3:4 format not widescreen

tater1337

I have a compaq 5017 and a dell e151fp VGA monitor(s). I did not pay anything for these 19" square monitors, but if I want to use with of them for a raspberry Pi, I'll need to buy adapters the thing is, there is a pawn shop nearby that on occasion has 19" widescreen HDMI monitors for about $20-25(pl...

tater1337

go to a hobby shop and ask around, they might have a few damaged cars in a scrap pile for you to look over

tater1337

I have 5 Pi's now, 3 zeros, a pi 2 and a pi 3 what would be a good way to keep track of them, Mac addresses? serial numbers? currently i am only running one at a time, but i am slowly collecting stuff needed to have all of them running at once. most i'll be running headless, and I'd like to be able ...

tater1337

bot most of those logic probes use the vcc for supply power, and i think they expect 5v.....if you used one on a pi, youcould use the usb 5v, then measure the datapins and get 3.3v as high, but with the logic circuits in the probes work with 3.3v rails?

tater1337

I am currently looking at running a bunch of N64 roms, along with one or two NES, along with a couple arcade games. I assume i'll need at least two different type controllers(although the analog one could double for the nes), but what does the pi community suggest? are cheap chinese usb controllers ...

tater1337

if they would just set up pre-orders Narrow the field down a bit, who is 'they'? retailers, the ones that only seem to want tot take my money when they only have items in stock, instead of just putting me on a waiting list if they would just set up pre-orders then they'd have a better idea of what ...

tater1337

if they would just set up pre-orders [sic] ... How does a "pre-order" differ from an order or a back order? I don't see either option at any of the online retailers. I've had to order both my Pi zeros from outside the US and have them shipped over the pond to here because there is no way for me to ...

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SonOfAMotherlessGoat wrote:What do you plan on doing once you locate (within 10 Metres or so, 3 M if you're lucky) the stolen Pi?

unleash the robot hounds of vengeance?

nah....just notify the police and let them deal with it

tater1337

Since you have a power source (the solar panels) I suggest you use a GPS tracker in geofence mode to send an SMS if the panel is moved away from it's home position. This is cheap enough and should tell you exactly where the panel is. Something like this: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Nzg4WDc5Mw==/z/92M...

tater1337

if they would just set up pre-orders then they'd have a better idea of what they need for production runs, rather than this overdemand/undersupply

tater1337

all good ideas, let me expand upon this, some(most) solar panels have a junction box attached to them, I was planning on putting another junction box on the panel with a pi zero in it. Camouflaged to look like it should be there. since the panels are not near wifi, any wifi signal would tell them th...

tater1337

will the old TTL/CMOS logic probes work with 3.3v logic levels or does one need to buy a new probe?

tater1337

I've seen that 2.4a power supplies are recommended, but if i was to wire a bunch of I2C devices i would need something a bit heftier, correct? anyone know of US sources for 3a to 5a USB supplies? maybe I should say reliable USB supplies, as I have a few that say 2.0a that still give me the rainbow s...

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I was thinking of using a pi in a remote area but would be a little worried about someone walking off with it. anyone thought of some way of tracking down a Pi that went somewhere it shouldn't? where i would be putting it there is no power, so it would be run off solar, and there would be no wifi. I...

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