[arm-allstar] Banana Pi - BPI Single Board Computers Official Website

[Mr. Possum (Bill)]

David - I had a similar experience...  I thought it had some impressive specs for what it was.  I got one on a lark, just for fun, diddled with it for a couple of weeks, had all sorts of nit picky issues.  It now resides in an old beat up "Amazon" box on a shelf we call "the bone yard of used computer junk"...
Pete - Refer to the above comment.  I now have over 20 Pi's doing things in several counties...  I just moved all my static web page hosting duties to a little tower of 4 Pi's with external redundant storage and retired 5 out of 6 of my old power hungry rack mounted windows servers...  The lights in the shack now seem a bit brighter now - for some strange reason, lol... :)
So what's that tell ya...?  I gave it a fair shot and it didn't cut the mustard.  I like stuff that just simply works, reliably.  The Pi fit the bill and then some!  It's a shame the Banana Pi didn't work out...  It makes a cool looking paperweight though!

Bill - N5MBMwww.n5mbm.net


      From: David McGough via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
 To: Pete Fierro via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> 
Cc: David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net>; Pete Fierro <mrpjf150 at gmail.com>
 Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 4:37 PM
 Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Banana Pi - BPI Single Board Computers Official Website
   

Hi Pete,

Take a look at the reviews for any of these boards. Most (all?) of the
Banana Pi boards use AllWinner SoC chips which have ZERO manufacturer
support and a tiny user support community as well; at least in the USA.

After spending hours and hours trying to resolve USB problems with Odroid
hardware and having the manufacturer NEVER release a solution, I'm rather
uninterested in most of the clone boards which are trying to grab some of
the glory, attempting to ride the Raspberry Pi 3 coat tails.

For now, unless you're a Linux systems guru, have got man-weeks of time
available and just want to experiment for heck of it, the RPi3 is without 
any doubt the small board of choice.

Just my $0.02, your mileage may vary!

73, David KB4FXC


On Sat, 10 Feb 2018, "Pete Fierro via arm-allstar" wrote:

> Anyone have any experience with a banana pi? Wondering if it will work for
> Allstar.I have yet to tinker with one
> 
> Pete
> KD2ARB
> 
> 
> http://www.banana-pi.org/
> 

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