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mikerr

Don't we already have that in the form of the pre-soldered headers version ?
Pi Zero W is £13.99 and available in quantities of 20

(not actually been in stock for a while though )

mikerr

Can anyone name any other product where there's such an 'insane pricing scheme', where purchase cost increases the more one buys ? It's quite common with "loss leaders" or "special offers" to be limited to just one per customer at the stated price, similarly you can then also buy multiples at the "...

mikerr

The Pi's need to be connected at a particular point in the setup so that the PiServer can see them on the network, in order to set them up. I found that I needed to get to the 'Add Clients' screen, then power on my Pi to get the PiServer to detect it. You can re-run the setup tool later to add more...

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On the PiServer itself you can chroot into the install and make alterations, apt-get install etc The default images are setup as follows: the root filesystem read-only ( NFS ) home folders read/write ( SSHFS ) and logfiles in tmpfs (ramdisk) /Home is actually the Piserver's own home directories The ...

mikerr

A pi zero (or original B) isn't too fussy on power - it'll work fine with 4v-5v and 200mA which covers any "bad" Usb cables. You really can stick it on any USB and expect it to work e.g TV Usb sockets, or a PC hub A point to make is low voltage won't damage anything but high voltage will... The pi3 ...

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He's just frustrated ... we're stuck without more info though. My guess is that the non-working USB drives are formatted with NTFS, not FAT32 Solution is either format as FAT32, or install NTFS support: sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g Using latest image from here will help too ( a 2-3 year old image is...

mikerr

You can emulate x86 using qEMU and run windows 95 but it's not exactly fast - maybe usable for some things.

XP was unusably slow when I tried.

Try finding a Linux alternative to whatever you are trying to run.

mikerr

It's far easier to use a modem with this built in,
But if you want to go the nuts and bolts route with discrete electronics:

https://hobbyprojects.page.tl/Caller-ID.htm

mikerr

What's missing is a mid range $25 model IMO

That was the B+ for a few years (I was buying qty at £19 inc), but its price has crept way up now...

mikerr

What does /proc/cpuinfo say ? (is revision all zeroes?)

mikerr

Does the newer Pi2 behave like the Pi3 ? Yes, new pi2 1.2 with BCM2837 will work without SD, mine are all "old" pi2's though. https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=155167&start=450#p1223596 What about the Zero's and A+ over USB attached to a hub via the usbbootgui implementation a...

mikerr

Raspbian is the operating system used on the Raspberry Pi itself (ARM) " Raspberry Pi Desktop " or more fully "Raspberry Pi Desktop for PC and Mac" is an x86 operating system to run on PCs, and laptops with the same "look and feel" and same applications as raspbian on the pi. https://www.raspberryp...

mikerr

You can order multiple RPI Zeroes with presoldered headers from modmypi ( 20x ) and pisupply (no limit ?)
but you pay an extra £4-5 each for that:

Pi Zero: £4.80 ... with headers £9.95
Pi Zero W: £9.60 ... with headers £13.99

mikerr

One fun fact is that it isn't limited to pi3's Pi3 is the only one that can network boot with no SD, but other models benefit by using an SD containing just a single file ( bootcode.bin ) https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/ Using this I successfully have all my ...

mikerr

Calculate how much you want to gamble ! It's an interesting alternative to government owned currency. I always thought it would be just be the first, quickly and die to be replaced by a different, better cryptocoin (litecoin for example fixes many flaws) - that's why I didn't put much money into it ...

mikerr

broe23 wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:57 am
Is it even worth it at twelve grand a bitcoin.

You don't need to buy a whole bitcoin ( currently at $12,000)
bitcoin is bought & sold in fractions, so you can buy as little as $20

Is it worth it ? Well like any stocks and shares its a calculated risk.

mikerr

The magazine version is old, best to download the new stretch version and burn that to a DVD.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/r ... i-desktop/

I did just that to install on an old macbook which wouldn't boot from USB.

I can post you a DVD if you're in the UK ?

mikerr

If your TV has Picture in Picture you could view 2 at once too ?

My Panasonic TV has several PiP modes, one a side-by side mode with the screen split in half horizontally.

mikerr

A normal servo goes to a selected position, then stops. A continuous rotation servo is controlled in a similar way, but : - sent a position of "centre" it will stop (at e.g. 90) - sent a position away from center (e.g. 75 or 150) it will rotate continuously, - rotate direction will depend on which s...

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I recently replaced 10 old PCs used for web browsing "temporarily" with pi3's
with the plan being to put in a batch of brand new PCs shortly afterwards.

But in the mean time the users liked the "new" quiet PCs (Pi's) and so I left them in - no complaints

mikerr

Once you have TVheadend setup, you can use Pidvbip as the front end:

https://github.com/mikerr/pidvbip - requires the mpeg codec - but this one doesn't:
https://github.com/mikerr/pidvbip-cpu

It doesn't do media playback and addons etc like kodi ... just streams TV nothing else.

mikerr

I ask, as now the Pi GPIO Expander for x86 RPD setups is out, it makes it a cheap and easy way to use GPIO with these setups now, over the extra cost of the Pi3 an rigging these up in education and clubs. The PiZero is now a viable Educational tool :-D Note the GPIO expander will also work with mod...

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esingolo wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 24, 2017 2:29 am
I just made a bootable USB for pixels x86 but it keeps telling me. Selected boot image did not authenticate?.

You might have to disable "secure boot" in the bios ( how to get into the bios varies - but try ESC or F2 on startup)

mikerr

Seems it might be a problem with current batch
- someone else mentioned this on twitter today.

You can force a new Mac address like this:

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ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 02:01:02:03:04:08

Or to survive reboots stick the last bit in /etc/network/interfaces

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iface wlan0 
hw ether 02:01:02:03:04:08

mikerr

Could you please provide a x86_64 version of your: "Debian with Raspberry Pi Desktop" found here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspberry-pi-desktop/ ... Also it would be nice if there were a repo or something somewhere where PIXEL could be installed on existing installations or where it co...

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