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by Vindicator
Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:35 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: RPi 2.0 and future hardware
Replies: 48
Views: 9755

Re: RPi 2.0 and future hardware

<t>I agree with earlier post that the system staying as is for as long as possible may be the best course as for the original intent of the device as an educational device is that is be a stable platform.<br/> <br/> There will be a lot of documentation and tutorials generated for the education relea...
by Vindicator
Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:10 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Raspberry Pi Raq anyone?
Replies: 18
Views: 5053

Re: Raspberry Pi Raq anyone?

W. H. Heydt

I have an tk-800R unit that is similar to yours I have 4 older machine attached to it right now and it is hooked to a 19" Polaroid TV LOL.

Wish I could attach the PI to it but will suffice hooking it to the TV with HDMI directly.
by Vindicator
Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:57 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: New E-mail From element14
Replies: 33
Views: 6446

Re: New E-mail From element14

<t>Bureaucrats,<br/> <br/> My fear is they are as lazy as the ones I work with, I have been waiting for 3 months on one and 4 months on another machine for a $300.00 surge suppressor so I can fix each of these 1/2 million dollar machines and can not get them to order the suppressors, I built one sup...
by Vindicator
Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:39 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Logo on kids football shirt
Replies: 20
Views: 3577

Re: Logo on kids football shirt

<t>Grumpyoldgit said: <br/> <br/> <br/> The one that astonished me, and I think it came from the UK, was the burglar who vaulted over the garden gate to escape. The gate collapsed under his weight and he was injured. He successfully sued the owner for negligence as the gate was effectively faulty as...
by Vindicator
Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:39 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Sale on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 9
Views: 2913

Re: Sale on Raspberry Pi

Lynbarn there is no way to answer that one without a trollLOLOLOL
by Vindicator
Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:35 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Server distros?
Replies: 18
Views: 4909

Re: Server distros?

<t>I would add that the Linux thinking is it's weakness, setting up a lamp server is not as EASY as it seems unless you are a experienced Linux user (and I mean command line experience also)and each flavor of Linux has it's own hurdles to obtain that server configuration.<br/> <br/> The good news is...
by Vindicator
Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:58 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Found Internal USB hub for embedded projects
Replies: 14
Views: 12871

Re: Found Internal USB hub for embedded projects

Good find I can definitely make use of that.
by Vindicator
Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:24 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Shouldn't we just give the foundation a break now?
Replies: 96
Views: 14690

Re: Shouldn't we just give the foundation a break now?

<t>Sorry Tass I do not agree I believe the RPF was always going to sell the public to finance their project from the start.<br/> <br/> If they were not going to sell to the public then the media results would have been different.<br/> <br/> I think this whole thing has blossomed out of the RPF's con...
by Vindicator
Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:44 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Shouldn't we just give the foundation a break now?
Replies: 96
Views: 14690

Re: Shouldn't we just give the foundation a break now?

<t>Tufty I mentioned in a much earlier thread almost exactly what you have said and was called a troll by an admin and at the time of that post there was 125k + OF MAILING LIST and that was growing almost exponentially by the week, as well as the forum members 12k+ wanting 2 to 10 boards each for th...
by Vindicator
Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:34 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Recycling old electronics for PI's benefit
Replies: 34
Views: 10151

Re: Recycling old electronics for PI's benefit

Traditional mounting hardware is not going to work since the Raspi does not have mounting holes.

I would suggest double sided tape as a solution, it needs to be thick enough to hold the board of the bottom and the same thickness as the SD card socket would probably work best.
by Vindicator
Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:14 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Integrated keyboard case + usb hub
Replies: 15
Views: 11527

Re: Integrated keyboard case + usb hub

<r>I have an old AT style keyboard to put mine into and the hub is also going to be inside the keyboard as well as a 2.5 usb hard drive.<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://www.raspberrypi.org/for.....pi/page-10">http://www.raspberrypi.org/for.....pi/page-10</URL><br/> <br/> look on this page for my post an...
by Vindicator
Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:59 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: New RS Email - Compliance?
Replies: 100
Views: 23030

Re: New RS Email - Compliance?

<t>I share your frustration but not sure I would implicate RPF much less two major distributors in a vaporware scheme, they are real if absolutely disorganized at this point.<br/> <br/> Ponzi scheme? I think that is a little harsh.<br/> <br/> This is probably going to create even more delay but may ...
by Vindicator
Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:47 pm
Forum: Staffroom, classroom and projects
Topic: Why Pi when you can just run Linux?
Replies: 98
Views: 24602

Re: Why Pi when you can just run Linux?

<t>I am not sure why you are seemingly against this Idea,<br/> <br/> 1. Most schools wouldn't let the children mess about in the OS which they can on the Raspi.<br/> <br/> 2. They can take it home and continue the adventure, (while my children always had older systems they could do what they wanted ...
by Vindicator
Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:16 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Simulated Starship Bridge
Replies: 11
Views: 7314

Re: Simulated Starship Bridge

<t>Content wise he has answered it as I would have.<br/> <br/> I would suggest you look to tiger-direct or newegg and get a cheap AMD dual core machine to build this as it eliminates the all the hurdles except one the price.<br/> <br/> for about 209 right now you can get everything you need and a 64...
by Vindicator
Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:25 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Simulated Starship Bridge
Replies: 11
Views: 7314

Re: Simulated Starship Bridge

<r>My understanding is that wine is not going to work since it is based on X86 architecture.<br/> <br/> Also looking at its web page they do not even really say what system specs are needed other than direct X 9 is required so that probably is not going to be a Raspi.<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://www...
by Vindicator
Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:42 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Why so power hungry?
Replies: 22
Views: 6791

Re: Why so power hungry?

<t>like you keep saying we will have to see, I agree with others that 700ma is probably running @ or near full potential and idling should consume a lot less, I have a USB extension that I have cut out the red wire and check the consumption with a multimeter in that way and it can be infused into Pi...
by Vindicator
Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:00 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Potential power source
Replies: 83
Views: 15285

Re: Potential power source

Does anyone here have 80 devices they need to charge at once, and if you do the least of your problems is a $200 80 port USB (LOL)especially since all it can do is charge.
by Vindicator
Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:42 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Elite presentation by David Braben
Replies: 4
Views: 1480

Re: Elite presentation by David Braben

Thank you for posting this it is very interesting and gives insights that I wish modern game writers would utilize.
by Vindicator
Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:30 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Will the rPi drive down the prices of systems with embedded devices?
Replies: 20
Views: 6753

Re: Will the rPi drive down the prices of systems with embedded devices?

<t>At my job I use a $2500 Laptop to talk to a PLC unit (SLC500) and the Raspi could easily do this except I do not think there is a Linux version of RSlogix and it would not certainly be ARM compatible but it would save the Army $2500 for a $900 dollar laptop at least.<br/> <br/> The RSlogix (from ...
by Vindicator
Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:23 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Which browser do you use?
Replies: 37
Views: 11385

Re: Which browser do you use?

Firefox preferred on most of my systems wife uses IE9 (I think it sucks) IE9 at work (because they suck) and do not have a choice.

SeaMonkey on my Puppy machine, I have also tried Ice Weasel.

Firefox is getting a little bloated maybe they want to make people mad like IE9
by Vindicator
Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:22 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Cheapish HDMI portable display
Replies: 42
Views: 15030

Re: Cheapish HDMI portable display

<r><URL url="http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....CatId=5987">http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....CatId=5987</URL><br/> <br/> This TV only has 720P but also has 2 HDMI and has a PC input also which is usually a VGA port. $120.<br/> <br/> the next TV down from it is $150 and is 1080P 1 S-Video 1 HDMI 1 ...
by Vindicator
Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:56 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Found A cheap monitor
Replies: 37
Views: 12357

Re: Found A cheap monitor

<t>The cable in your link is a passive cable and will not work with the Raspberry-pi you would need an active converter to get analog signal from the digital signal that is sent from the Raspi's HDMI port.<br/> <br/> If you read the notes on the page it confirms you need a converter to use this cabl...
by Vindicator
Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:18 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Found A cheap monitor
Replies: 37
Views: 12357

Re: Found A cheap monitor

<t>I have 4 monitors in my home and all of them support VGA/DVI, and out of 5 TV's in the house 3 support VGA and HDMI, all of the TV's have composite and all but 1 has component available<br/> <br/> The big problem is that to add VGA to the Raspi would likely cost most of what it would cost to buy ...
by Vindicator
Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:01 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Would Farnell or RS make the ALPHA board available?
Replies: 21
Views: 3879

Re: Would Farnell or RS make the ALPHA board available?

<t>Lynbarn said: <br/> <br/> <br/> It is not for the distributors to decide to make the Alpha boards, it is for the Foundation to decide if they want to make them available.<br/> <br/> <br/> I do not think he intends for them to do so without proper licensing.<br/> <br/> <br/> meltwater said: <br/> ...
by Vindicator
Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:58 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: SD Card with built-in WI-FI
Replies: 11
Views: 5331

Re: SD Card with built-in WI-FI

<r><URL url="http://www.embeddedworks.net/p.....tgodVgT3Kg">http://www.embeddedworks.net/p.....tgodVgT3Kg</URL><br/> <br/> Found this from Longueur's   post but again you would need another SD card as it has no memory and it cost what a Raspi does.<br/> <br/> WiFi dongle would be much cheaper and th...

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