Subj : RPi experiment
To   : All
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Fri Apr 19 2019 09:24:48

Hello All,

Well, after a bit of confusion and a lot of time, the RPi 1 is up and running 
with Slackware/ARM.  It's no speed demon: it took nearly four hours to set up 
Slackware when on a normal desktop, it takes less then 20 minutes.  But it 
does work.  The RPis do not have a RTC on them so I have ntpd set up to run 
upon startup.  The experiment was successful so I've ordered a RPi 3+ (a 
quad-core 1.2gHz with 1GB RAM) which should be orders of magnitude faster than 
this RPi 1.

So hopefully the newer RPi I will be able to use for my shack computer.  I'll 
order a RTC chip to put onboard as with ham radio, timing stuff is sensitive 
and I don't want to make any mistakes.

This is just an excuse to tinker. :D

I am trying to get the shack cleaned up and organized so I can bring out my 
Kenwood TS-430S and use it next to my Yaesu FT-450D.  No sense in having it 
sit there and rot on a shelf.

Later,
Sean

.... Computers are unreliable but humans are even more unreliable.
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)

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