Subj : Re: a desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Tue Jul 25 2017 13:32:40

-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 24-Jul-2017 16:48 <=-

 NB>> something to keep the brain engaged as you figure out how to work
 NB>> things with it....

 MK> So far it seems all the same to me albiet much slower than either of
 MK> the x86_64 systems which have much faster cpu's. 

A faster cpu would make a difference in processing speed, of course.. ;)

 NB>> Sounds like something else to try your experiments now on

 MK> I talked about GPS on the raspi with the BC Robotics guru and he
 MK> claimed that the addon GPS chips got recalled due to issues with the
 MK> GPIO serial connection.  After thinking about it later it got me
 MK> wondering if it was the GPS addons, or the GPIO serial connection, or
 MK> the kernel's usb/serial port emulation.  The kernel issue I can test
 MK> out with the usb GPS dongle I happen to still have.  It is the same
 MK> one I used for the Michael Lake experiment. 

Sounds like a reasonable place to start...  :)

 MK> If that works it might make the raspi3 far more independent since it
 MK> could use that as a clock source which is sadly lacking on there and
 MK> currently relies on my network to take care of that issue. 

Makes sense... and that would be a nice thing, as well, indeed...

 MK> Anyhow much fun to be had that is for sure.  64 bit capabilities are
 MK> first which means losing all the bloat slackwarearm seems to think it
 MK> needed. 

Lean and mean....  ;)

ttyl     neb

.... I know my memory is around here someplace, now where did I put it?

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