<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Yes, as Dave said the only fully supported board is the Pi. Any of the others are fine for experimentation but not to support a product. It would be a nightmare to support a product on any other board that is out there right now. Even the Beaglebone Black, while it was a good board to start on before we switched to the Pi, is not well supported at this point. Remember it was just over four years ago when we put out the first Allstar ARM software. At the time there was no Pi2 and the former Pi models did not work well. The Beaglebone with Archlinux did and the Pi2 and Pi3 did it better and we have been making improvements ever since.<br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="m_-9027534012590903878gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b><font size="4">73 Doug<br></font></b></div><b><font size="4">WA3DSP<br></font></b></div><b><font size="4"><a href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio" target="_blank">http://www.crompton.com/<wbr>hamradio</a><br></font></b></div></div></div>
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<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 7:27 PM, "Michael Durkin via arm-allstar" <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" target="_blank">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I use the odroid-X2&C2 with quisk sdrangel and gqrx with a softrock X2 and a LimeSdr..... </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 10, 2018 4:15 PM, Pete Fierro via arm-allstar <<a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" target="_blank">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_3858496319664050358quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi Dave& Bill<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> Thanks for the heads up.Im no way a Linux guru.Im learning as I go.My experience with the RPI s have been outstanding to say the least.I just happened upon this device when one of our tech committee guys brought it up at our recent meeting.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> Shame this banana is not what it could be.Just another one to experiment with but since reading your post,not interested now.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> Whoever though that these micro computers can be complete repeater/simplex controllers.I have two Rpis running my simplex & my repeater.Im still amazed.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">73</div><div dir="auto">Pete</div><div dir="auto">KD2ARB</div><div dir="auto">Node 41839 Simplex</div><div dir="auto">Node 43315 Repeater</div></div><div class="m_3858496319664050358elided-text"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 10, 2018 18:56, "Mr. Possum (Bill)" <<a href="mailto:flatpossum1231@yahoo.com" target="_blank">flatpossum1231@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399275">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"...</div><div id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399387"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399388">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... :)</div><div dir="ltr" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399403"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399431">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!<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399432"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399433">Bill - N5MBM</div><div dir="ltr" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399434"><a href="http://www.n5mbm.net" target="_blank">www.n5mbm.net</a><br></div><div id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399177"><span></span></div><div class="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389qtdSeparateBR" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399199"><br><br></div><div class="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yahoo_quoted" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399261" style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399260"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399259"> <div dir="ltr" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399258"> <font id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399257" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399256" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> David McGough via arm-allstar <<a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" target="_blank">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Pete Fierro via arm-allstar <<a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" target="_blank">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> David McGough <<a href="mailto:kb4fxc@inttek.net" target="_blank">kb4fxc@inttek.net</a>>; Pete Fierro <<a href="mailto:mrpjf150@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrpjf150@gmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, February 10, 2018 4:37 PM<br> <b id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399506"><span style="font-weight:bold" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399505">Subject:</span></b> Re: [arm-allstar] Banana Pi - BPI Single Board Computers Official Website<br> </font> </div> <div class="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389y_msg_container" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399462"><br><div dir="ltr" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399461"><br clear="none">Hi Pete,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Take a look at the reviews for any of these boards. Most (all?) of the<br clear="none">Banana Pi boards use AllWinner SoC chips which have ZERO manufacturer<br clear="none">support and a tiny user support community as well; at least in the USA.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">After spending hours and hours trying to resolve USB problems with Odroid<br clear="none">hardware and having the manufacturer NEVER release a solution, I'm rather<br clear="none">uninterested in most of the clone boards which are trying to grab some of<br clear="none">the glory, attempting to ride the Raspberry Pi 3 coat tails.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">For now, unless you're a Linux systems guru, have got man-weeks of time<br clear="none">available and just want to experiment for heck of it, the RPi3 is without <br clear="none">any doubt the small board of choice.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Just my $0.02, your mileage may vary!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">73, David KB4FXC<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yqt3180623022" id="m_3858496319664050358m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yqtfd60978"><br clear="none">On Sat, 10 Feb 2018, "Pete Fierro via arm-allstar" wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Anyone have any experience with a banana pi? Wondering if it will work for<br clear="none">> Allstar.I have yet to tinker with one<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Pete<br clear="none">> KD2ARB<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.banana-pi.org/" target="_blank">http://www.banana-pi.org/</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none">______________________________<wbr>_________________<br clear="none"><br clear="none">arm-allstar mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" target="_blank">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar" target="_blank">http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-b<wbr>in/mailman/listinfo/arm-allsta<wbr>r</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Visit the BBB and RPi2/3 web page - <a shape="rect" href="http://hamvoip.org/" target="_blank">http://hamvoip.org</a><br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>
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