OK whatever. I will scrounge and keep my price down. To each his own.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 9:32 PM Ken Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > Chuck, > > It seems you really want to convince me that monitors aren't expensive - > I'm not sure why, since everything I've written is "+ monitor". > > Yes, people can use their home TVs. > > Yes, older computer displays are abundant and in many cases freely > available. > > Your first post said: > > "And for the price of a RPi 400 you just need to add a screen and you are > off to the races..." > > You left out PS, mouse, hdmi cable & microSD card, and adding those to a > $70 RPi 400 takes you close to the $100 mark I mentioned. > > Ken, N2VIP > > On Jan 25, 2022, at 19:15, Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ken, in this case I do not have a junk box, but there is > an IT recycler (actually several) in town and they all > have monitors and are more than glad to part with them > for a few $$. I think if people will look around they will > find that most cities of any size will have them and a > lot of computer shops end up with a collection of mon- > itors for the which they will gladly part for a few $$. > > Even in more rural areas, I am going to bet that more > than one shop has monitors that they would like to be > rid of, they work but perhaps are not the best for the > usual video but for a Chirp/ RPi setup they would > work great. > > I see the IT recyclers here send them to grind up, so > many monitors and so little space. If they get a few > $$ for them that is more than they get when they are > sent to the grinder. > > When I talk about scrounging, it is not necessarily in > my junk box, if people will look a wee bit they will find > that there are a lot of ways to keep costs down. Most > TV's have HDMI inputs now and for Chirp they work > pretty well, even small ones. > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 2:45 PM Ken Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Chuck, >> >> My $100 number started with an RPi 400, not a 'traditional' RPI. >> >> RPi 400 - $70 >> Mouse - $7 >> Power adapter - $7 >> HDMI cable -$7 (microHDMI to standard HDBI) >> Name-brand MicroSD card - $7 >> >> That gives you $98 plus monitor, or simply get the RPi 400 'complete kit' >> for $100 and get a nice book also. >> >> Substitute a 2 Gig RPi 4 (assuming you can find one): >> >> RPi - $45 >> Case for RPi 4 - $5 >> Keyboard - $20 (I too like Logitech K400) >> Power adapter - $7 >> HDMI cable -$7 (microHDMI to standard HDBI) >> Name-brand MicroSD card - $7 >> >> That gets you to $91 plus monitor. >> >> Either path takes you close to $100, esp once you add in tax, s/h, etc. >> >> It's nice that you have a junk box that has all the needed items so you >> can 'scrounge' them, but it's disingenuous to assume everyone else has a >> similar junk box. >> >> Ken, N2VIP >> >> On Jan 25, 2022, at 06:14, Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I buy a Logitech K400 which has a touchpad on it for about $20 >> at Walmart or other places that sell them. I either use a repurposed >> TV or go to the local IT recycler and get me a monitor for $5-$10. >> You do not need that much SD card for Chirp so that will cost less >> than $10. So far I still am not near $100. Part of being a ham is >> learning to scrounge. Part of running a RPi is also learning to >> scrounge. For travel I carry a RPi the keyboard and an HDMI cable >> and use the HDMI port on the TV in the hotel. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 12:46 AM Ken Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You need to add a screen, a mouse, a power supply, and an SD card. >>> >>> The screen can get pricey pretty fast - money saved by buying a smaller >>> screen will soon be spent on a pair of 'readers' to use the smaller screen. >>> >>> I'm a big fan of RPi, but people like to gloss over the actual cost of >>> such a setup. >>> >>> An RPi 400 (Pi in a keyboard) setup can easily run $100 + monitor, >>> cheaper than a new laptop, but pretty close to low-end, off-lease corporate >>> laptops. >>> >>> Ken, N2VIP >>> >>> > On Jan 24, 2022, at 10:00, Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > And for the price >>> > of a RPi 400 you just need to add a screen and you >>> > are off to the races... >>> _______________________________________________ >>> chirp_users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >>> This message was sent to Chuck Hast at [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send an email to >>> [email protected] >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Chuck -- KP4DJT >> HamHotline # 11259 >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> This message was sent to Ken Hansen at [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> This message was sent to Chuck Hast at [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> [email protected] > > > > -- > > Chuck -- KP4DJT > HamHotline # 11259 > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Ken Hansen at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Chuck Hast at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] -- Chuck -- KP4DJT HamHotline # 11259
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