Successfully booted my Pi Zero W into Raspbian tonight. Connected it to my living room TV (native HDMI) plus a keyboard and mouse. Now what? It's a little Linux computer.... although Corey says I shouldn't think of it that way. No need to serve tablet content at home :) so I could use (real) ideas about what to do with it. ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
Hi Evan,. I've used them for: streaming media devices, video game emulation, NAS when hooked up to an external hard drive, a wireless access point with DLNA server for my minivan, SDR (software defined radio), added a touchscreen and had an always-on family calendar+weather and traffic, got the small pi branded camera and made a simple astrophotography device, hooked one up to an LCD screen, put a frame around it and made a cloud-based digital photo frame.... Chris On Aug 21, 2017 11:23 PM, "Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: Successfully booted my Pi Zero W into Raspbian tonight. Connected it to my living room TV (native HDMI) plus a keyboard and mouse. Now what? It's a little Linux computer.... although Corey says I shouldn't think of it that way. No need to serve tablet content at home :) so I could use (real) ideas about what to do with it. ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
On Mon, 21 Aug 2017, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Successfully booted my Pi Zero W into Raspbian tonight. Connected it to my living room TV (native HDMI) plus a keyboard and mouse.
Now what?
It's a little Linux computer.... although Corey says I shouldn't think of it that way.
No need to serve tablet content at home :) so I could use (real) ideas about what to do with it.
I don't have a Pi Zero W, but I use Pi models 2 and 3 for media centers for my TVs. The backend is MythTV on my Linux server, and the frontend is Kodi/OSMC running on each Pi. I'm using a Silicon Dust HDHomerun Prime (3 digital tuners with a Cablecard) to feed mythbackend. The only Comcast hardware I have is the Cablecard, and they don't charge for that. I can watch/record any combination of 3 channels at a time. I can also watch live TV on any (modern) computer in the house. Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
Another question: Raspbian booted from the microSD card; I'm unclear whether it works that way each time or if it gets installed someplace.
It boots off of the SD card every time. Think of the SD card as the "hard disk". Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 11:52 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Another question: Raspbian booted from the microSD card; I'm unclear whether it works that way each time or if it gets installed someplace.
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
It boots off of the SD card every time. Think of the SD card as the "hard disk".
SSD ... got it, thanks.
What made me wonder is Raspbian seemed to take a long time to get started.
Don't confuse an SD card with an SSD. While both are flash based solid state storage, an SSD can be several orders of magnitude faster than an SD card. A typical consumer grade SSD can do around 500 MB/s. A typical off the shelf SD card will do 10 MB/s. There are SD cards which are faster, if you're willing to pay the price, but even at the highest bracket you're still only talking about 90 MB/s Here's a quick breakdown of the various SD card speed classes: https://www.sdcard.org/developers/overview/speed_class/index.html Devin -- Devin J. Heitmueller http://www.devinheitmueller.com
It boots off of the SD card every time. Think of the SD card as the "hard disk".
SSD ... got it, thanks.
What made me wonder is Raspbian seemed to take a long time to get started.
Don't confuse an SD card with an SSD. While both are flash based solid state storage, an SSD can be several orders of magnitude faster than an SD card.
Understood.
dude, you went thru this the last time you talked about your Pi Zero there are 100s of websites out there with 1000s of projects -- they are very easy to find, you don't need that much Google Foo to find them Nobody here is going to repeat all of them all, unless they are sorely without a life. Quit asking the obvious, you have to just sit your butt down and look them over to find something interesting And yes it can be thought of as a Linux computer, it's an embedded computer, [read about it] and it still has a full blown Linux install, not just some OpenWrt install [read the difference] what now you're not going to call your Apple ][ a computer anymore, because it doesn't have Mag Tape drives or Hard drives as big as a washing machine, pffft BTW, did you even finish your obligatory 'Blink the LED' project yet and your answer better offer a realistic reply other than 'No' if you want to get your hands dirty, and don't be a whimp, this is the only way it comes to life Dan
did you even finish your obligatory 'Blink the LED' project yet and your answer better offer a realistic reply other than 'No'
I suppose you think work, family, VCFed stuff, etc. can all wait because I must go blink lights. :) You admitted in private msg. that what I learned from the Lego project * is * blink-the-lights. Off to the gym. ________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation A 501(c)(3) educational non-profit Evan@vcfed.org +1 (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 7:11 PM, Evan Koblentz <evan@vcfed.org> wrote:
did you even finish your obligatory 'Blink the LED' project yet and your answer better offer a realistic reply other than 'No'
I suppose you think work, family, VCFed stuff, etc. can all wait because I must go blink lights. :)
I know you put a smiley at the end of your reply, but you keep using the same excuses over n over, either make time and not excuses
You admitted in private msg. that what I learned from the Lego project * is * blink-the-lights.
Off to the gym.
true that's the vintage version, but you're the one that opted to buy the Pi Zero
I'm going to buy a bunch of LEDs and make them flash "Dan you're driving me crazy." :)
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I'm going to buy a bunch of LEDs and make them flash "Dan you're driving me crazy." :)
well if you wire up a whole bag of Leds, flashing all at once you might go into an epileptic spasm, you don't need me ;) -- _ ____ / \__/ Scotty, We Need More Power !! \_/ _\__ Aye, Cap'n, but we've only got 80 columns !!
On Aug 22, 2017 7:15 PM, "Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 7:11 PM, Evan Koblentz <evan@vcfed.org> wrote:
did you even finish your obligatory 'Blink the LED' project yet and your answer better offer a realistic reply other than 'No'
I suppose you think work, family, VCFed stuff, etc. can all wait
because I
must go blink lights. :)
I know you put a smiley at the end of your reply, but you keep using the same excuses over n over, either make time and not excuses
You admitted in private msg. that what I learned from the Lego project * is * blink-the-lights.
Off to the gym.
true that's the vintage version, but you're the one that opted to buy the Pi Zero
Why not build a simh computer with it? My Pi Zero runs my PiDP8 quite nicely, but even with the pidp8, it's very easy to hook a z19 terminal to a PiZero, and then many museum exhibit can through simh look as if it's connected to the computer...altair, HP mini, PDP8, PDP11, SWTPC, VAx, etc. Seems the easiest most logical use for someone running a museum. I have directions on my site. Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net
On Aug 21, 2017, at 11:22 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Successfully booted my Pi Zero W into Raspbian tonight. Connected it to my living room TV (native HDMI) plus a keyboard and mouse.
Now what?
It's a little Linux computer.... although Corey says I shouldn't think of it that way.
No need to serve tablet content at home :) so I could use (real) ideas about what to do with it.
Apple II pi is probably my favorite use for the RPi http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/wordpress/?p=167 but I also find them indispensable for most of my vintage rigs. Don't forget the retropie gaming console (better with the model 2+). Eric
Successfully booted my Pi Zero W into Raspbian tonight. Connected it to my living room TV (native HDMI) plus a keyboard and mouse.
Now what?
It's a little Linux computer.... although Corey says I shouldn't think of it that way.
No need to serve tablet content at home :) so I could use (real) ideas about what to do with it.
Apple II pi is probably my favorite use for the RPi
Your comment made me remember that I asked the same question a few months ago and someone provided the same answer which I liked. Bad core in my head. :)
I've got several various Pi's running around here. The two most active are a Pi 1 that takes data frommy PWS (personal weather station) and uploads it to wunderground.com... and the other is a Pi 3 that runsretropi that I play retro games with under emulation. I'm going to pick up a 0 sometime and turn it into a project like: http://mrpjevans.com/ just to see if I can (and it looks cool, too). Christopher. From: Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: Evan Koblentz <evan@vcfed.org> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 11:22 PM Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: my own Pi Successfully booted my Pi Zero W into Raspbian tonight. Connected it to my living room TV (native HDMI) plus a keyboard and mouse. Now what? It's a little Linux computer.... although Corey says I shouldn't think of it that way. No need to serve tablet content at home :) so I could use (real) ideas about what to do with it. ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
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