Re: OT: What's a raspberry pi good for?

2017-01-21 Thread Largo84
Our model railroad club uses several of these for a variety of useful purposes. I haven't yet worked with them personally to program them, but I'm really intrigued by what we've been able to do with them. For example, we use one to emulate the master command stations that send digital signals

Re: OT: What's a raspberry pi good for?

2017-01-21 Thread gatesphere
On 1/21/2017 5:57 AM, Edward K. Ream wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Edward K. Ream > wrote: I was given a raspberry pi 3 for Christmas. It's still unopened. Anyone know a real use for it? ​Thanks for the replies. My

Re: OT: What's a raspberry pi good for?

2017-01-21 Thread 'Terry Brown' via leo-editor
On Sat, 21 Jan 2017 04:57:24 -0600 "Edward K. Ream" wrote: > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Edward K. Ream > wrote: > > > I was given a raspberry pi 3 for Christmas. It's still unopened. > > Anyone know a real use for it? > > > > ​Thanks for the

Re: OT: What's a raspberry pi good for?

2017-01-21 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Edward K. Ream wrote: > I was given a raspberry pi 3 for Christmas. It's still unopened. Anyone > know a real use for it? > ​Thanks for the replies. My concern is that the internet of things has security holes. For example, it's possible

Re: OT: What's a raspberry pi good for?

2017-01-20 Thread 'Terry Brown' via leo-editor
On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 07:02:43 -0800 (PST) "Edward K. Ream" wrote: > I was given a raspberry pi 3 for Christmas. It's still unopened. > Anyone know a real use for it? > > Edward I have two, I was using one as a media player on the TV, until the TV died and got replaced with

Re: OT: What's a raspberry pi good for?

2017-01-20 Thread Jacob Peck
I have several laying about my apartment, they're quite capable little devices :) - My personal webserver is a first generation RasPi 1 Model B (with the 256MB chip, before they changed). It's been working just fine for 2-3 years now, no issues at all! - I have one hooked up to my TV running

OT: What's a raspberry pi good for?

2017-01-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
I was given a raspberry pi 3 for Christmas. It's still unopened. Anyone know a real use for it? Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to