Thanks for that, can leave things as they are then though I’m very keen to try out the latest generation of Pi to see how much power it has over the older one I currently own.
> On 14 Sep 2016, at 10:44 PM, Travis siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > > X-SpamDetect-Info: ------------- Start ASpam results --------------- > X-SpamDetect-Info: This message may be spam. This message BODY has been > altered to show you the spam information > X-SpamDetect: ******: 6.0 sd=6.0 Close nspam=0 nok=3 0.00 > 0.92(X-NotAscii:us-ascii) 0.89(X-LangGuess:English) 0.12(X-SpamContent:clean) > 0.20(dnswl_low) 0.20(X-Phrase:clean) 0.70(X-myrbl:unknown) Sane2 6.0 > X-SpamDetect-Info: ------------- End ASpam results ----------------- > > You realize you don't need windows IOT to do this. Many folks are doing this > kind of thing easily using raspbian, or any number of other setups. I tried > the windows 10 IOT on the pi, and found it worked well enough, but wasn't > very accessible, so went back to raspbian and pispeak. In fact, until I got > this 2007 macbook, I was using the pi as my main computer for well over a > year simply by running raspbian and pispeak. It worked very well, still gave > me access to all pi functions (for when I wanted to experiment) and still let > me use the pi as a full-blown computer. > > On Sep 14, 2016, at 7:17 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Thanks to another list member for sending me this, I now have a good excuse >> to upgrade my Raspberry Pi which i think is the Second Generation, I've had >> it for three years and I had planned to use it in my Doorbell system. >> The article linked to here describes how to install and run Windows 10 on a >> Raspberry Pi Forth Generation system and I think this may just be more >> practical for my needs. >> I don't think I'll be able to get the Raspberry Pi to actually talk as we >> know of our Windows, Mac and other computer systems talking but at least >> I'll have access to the pi via my network and most likely better access than >> I've had thus far. >> So what will my doorbell system do? Many things and I have the kit here >> ready to be built up. >> The Doorbell will send SMS text messages and email when the doorbell is >> pressed. >> Further to this you can add a camera to take a photo of the person pressing >> the bell and a fingerprint reader, the fingerprint of the person pressing >> the button can be matched with a text label - hence a name -. >> And all that's just to start with, the whole thing is completely >> programmable thus incredibly flexible. >> http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-set-up-windows-10-on-the-raspberry-pi/?ftag=TREe09998f&bhid=26102470044791535943560319891894 >> >> > > > -------------------------------------------- > This email was sent from my http://softcon.buyhostnow.com/ web hosting > account. > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
