[vcf-midatlantic] PiDP8

[william degnan]

Got it up and running g, need to clean up wires.
Cool!

Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On Dec 28, 2016 11:00 PM, "william degnan" <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Finished skewering the switches tonight....
>
> Bill Degnan
> twitter: billdeg
> vintagecomputer.net
> On Dec 28, 2016 8:30 PM, "william degnan" <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> processor
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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.
>>>
>>> On 12/28/2016 5:05 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>>
>>> sorry "bulb-effect" lighting mod.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 5:05 PM, william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> <billdegnan at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> the RPi Zero will not support the buld-effect lighting mod.
>>> b
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm a fan of the RPi 3, since it has the wifi/Bluetooth built in
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, December 28, 2016, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/28/2016 1:14 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I follow in your footsteps.  My plan was get the computer working
>>>
>>> first,
>>>
>>> so
>>> I know for sure what holes I need to make in the box, before I get
>>>
>>> started
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> into
>>>
>>> simH but you can also get into the GUI mode, has WiFi networking.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic
>>>
>>> <
>>>
>>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I did the same software setup.  Though there was a turnkey light debian
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> there
>>>
>>> from here" scenarios.
>>>
>>> Don't neglect the PiDP8 forum, some good experience information is
>>>
>>> posted
>>>
>>> there.
>>> Noteworthy is a mod to make the lights more realistic which I want to
>>>
>>> try
>>>
>>> soon.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot.
>>> Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do.
>>> Normal Person: So you go surfing?
>>> Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a
>>> lot...
>>> Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level.
>>> Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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