Guys, this thread was closed several days ago. Please see my list posting on this topic
73, Eric Moderator elecraft.com --- Sent from my iPhone 6S > On Apr 8, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Phil Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 4/8/16 4:45 PM, Brendon Whateley wrote: >> Phil, >> >> With all due respect, your use case is clearly different from those of us >> who are so enthusiastic. I've not had a Windows PC since XP was a new >> thing, and I have no interest in going back to Windows. Our house is all >> MacBook Pro and various Linux machines, including a growing number of RPi. >> So the fact that you are happy with running Windows on a Mac is unrelated >> to the fact that I want to dedicate a RPi to the shack duties and have >> another in my Go Box so that I can literally grab my KX3 and hit the road >> without messing with computer stuff. That way the shack RPi can be >> permanently attached to its monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. And the Go Box >> can be configured for a small bluetooth keyboard/mouse device I have. >> >> The RPi has the needed power for this use, and at $35 I can have several >> for different locations as needed -- something I am not prepared to do with >> MacBooks. >> >> What this thread is showing is that there is a growing number of people who >> feel that a RPi is a perfect solution for this use case, and if not that, >> then some other Linux machine. We are hoping that Elecraft will open source >> the utilities so that folks such as myself can help make this a reality. > I suspect open sourcing the utilities would be a mistake. >> >> Commenting on a thread to say "this doesn't apply to me, so I don't see why >> anybody else would care" is a little self centered and leads to an >> unfortunate tone which is so common in HAM communities -- it discourages >> new hams such as myself from getting involved, or asking questions. >> >> Regards, >> - Brendon >> KK6AYI > > Eric closed this thread, but I must reply since you put words in quotation > marks which I never wrote ("this doesn't apply to me, so I don't see why > anybody else would care") -- very disingenuous and misleading of you, and > amazing that you would do so. > > What I did say was "as a shack computer the idea of a separate computer unit > plus monitor plus keyboard seems a bit of a kluge." and nothing you said > relates to that statement. > > I also said: > > "So I just don't get all the enthusiasm for using an RPi (or BBB) as the > shack computer to support the Elecraft utilities, etc. No problem with > Linux (which I can run on the MBAir, and do run on my RPi2), just with the > physical arrangement." > > and part of your reply did address that. > > But inventing quotations which I did not say: Truly Troubling. > > Phil W7OX > > >> >>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Phil Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Regarding the RPi, I like experimenting with it but as a shack computer >>> the idea of a separate computer unit plus monitor plus keyboard seems a bit >>> of a kluge. >>> >>> Just now my shack computer is an 11" 2010 MacBook Air with 250GB SSD. It >>> runs both Windows 10 and OS X 10.11.4, so I can use the many ham apps (such >>> as EZNEC) unique to Windows and not requiring too much computing power. A >>> real plus is that it can sit in front of my K3 or KX3 and I can still see >>> the rig's front panel over the top of the computer's monitor -- and the >>> monitor is plenty large enough for the digital modes, and the keyboard is >>> full size. >>> >>> My most compact RPi set up now is an RP2 with a small keyboard with >>> trackpad and a 7" HDMI monitor. Due to the separate boxes that takes up >>> more space than the 11" MacBook Air, while having a smaller-than-normal >>> keyboard and a screen which is a challenge to use. >>> >>> So I just don't get all the enthusiasm for using an RPi (or BBB) as the >>> shack computer to support the Elecraft utilities, etc. No problem with >>> Linux (which I can run on the MBAir, and do run on my RPi2), just with the >>> physical arrangement. >>> >>> 73, Phil W7OX >>> >>> >>>> On 4/8/16 10:10 AM, Roger Klein wrote: >>>> >>>> Add me as well for running on the Pi, this would be useful to have. >>>> >>>> >>>> Roger N5RWK > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
