[vcf-midatlantic] PiDP8

[william degnan]

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On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> Oh?!  Crap! Going to look up why.
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> On 12/28/2016 5:05 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
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> sorry "bulb-effect" lighting mod.
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> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 5:05 PM, william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> <billdegnan at gmail.com>
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> the RPi Zero will not support the buld-effect lighting mod.
> b
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> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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> I'm a fan of the RPi 3, since it has the wifi/Bluetooth built in
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> On Wednesday, December 28, 2016, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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> On 12/28/2016 1:14 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
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> I follow in your footsteps.  My plan was get the computer working
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> first,
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> so
> I know for sure what holes I need to make in the box, before I get
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> started
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> on it.  I used Debian Jessie, which is the latest version of Debian and
> then installed the special simH Oscar made on top of that.  It boots
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> into
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> simH but you can also get into the GUI mode, has WiFi networking.
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> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic
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> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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> I did the same software setup.  Though there was a turnkey light debian
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> version that boasted a fast boot
> talked about in the instructions, I wanted the whole Jessie distribution
> so that things weren't
> missing that I have come to expect...  to avoid those "you can't get
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> there
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> from here" scenarios.
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> Don't neglect the PiDP8 forum, some good experience information is
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> posted
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> there.
> Noteworthy is a mod to make the lights more realistic which I want to
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> try
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> soon.
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> Normal Person: So you go surfing?
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