[chirp_users] Windows 10 and 11 S Mode

[Chuck Hast]

Yes that is certainly true.


On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 7:47 PM Martin Cooper <mfncooper at gmail.com> wrote:

> In many places, you don't need to pay for a monitor at all. Check your
> local Freecycle list, or the free section of Craigslist. People are giving
> away monitors (and TVs) all the time.
>
> Martin.
> KD6YAM
>
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 5:17 PM Chuck Hast <kp4djt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ken, in this case I do not have a junk box, but there is
>> an IT recycler (actually several) in town and they all
>> have monitors and are more than glad to part with them
>> for a few $$. I think if people will look around they will
>> find that most cities of any size will have them and a
>> lot of computer shops end up with a collection of mon-
>> itors for the which they will gladly part for a few $$.
>>
>> Even in more rural areas, I am going to bet that more
>> than one shop has monitors that they would like to be
>> rid of, they work but perhaps are not the best for the
>> usual video but for a Chirp/ RPi setup they would
>> work great.
>>
>> I see the IT recyclers here send them to grind up, so
>> many monitors and so little space.  If they get a few
>> $$ for them that is more than they get when they are
>> sent to the grinder.
>>
>> When I talk about scrounging, it is not necessarily in
>> my junk box, if people will look a wee bit they will find
>> that there are a lot of ways to keep costs down. Most
>> TV's have HDMI inputs now and for Chirp they work
>> pretty well, even small ones.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 2:45 PM Ken Hansen <ken at n2vip.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Chuck,
>>>
>>> My $100 number started with an RPi 400, not a 'traditional' RPI.
>>>
>>> RPi 400 - $70
>>> Mouse - $7
>>> Power adapter - $7
>>> HDMI cable -$7 (microHDMI to standard HDBI)
>>> Name-brand MicroSD card - $7
>>>
>>> That gives you $98 plus monitor, or simply get the RPi 400 'complete
>>> kit' for $100 and get a nice book also.
>>>
>>> Substitute a 2 Gig RPi 4 (assuming you can find one):
>>>
>>> RPi - $45
>>> Case for RPi 4 - $5
>>> Keyboard - $20 (I too like Logitech K400)
>>> Power adapter - $7
>>> HDMI cable -$7 (microHDMI to standard HDBI)
>>> Name-brand MicroSD card - $7
>>>
>>> That gets you to $91 plus monitor.
>>>
>>> Either path takes you close to $100, esp once you add in tax, s/h, etc.
>>>
>>> It's nice that you have a junk box that has all the needed items so you
>>> can 'scrounge' them, but it's disingenuous to assume everyone else has a
>>> similar junk box.
>>>
>>> Ken, N2VIP
>>>
>>> On Jan 25, 2022, at 06:14, Chuck Hast <kp4djt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> I buy a Logitech K400 which has a touchpad on it for about $20
>>> at Walmart or other places that sell them. I either use a repurposed
>>> TV or go to the local IT recycler and get me a monitor for $5-$10.
>>> You do not need that much SD card for Chirp so that will cost less
>>> than $10. So far I still am not near $100. Part of being a ham is
>>> learning to scrounge. Part of running a RPi is also learning to
>>> scrounge.  For travel I carry a RPi the keyboard and an HDMI cable
>>> and use the HDMI port on the TV in the hotel.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 12:46 AM Ken Hansen <ken at n2vip.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You need to add a screen, a mouse, a power supply, and an SD card.
>>>>
>>>> The screen can get pricey pretty fast - money saved by buying a smaller
>>>> screen will soon be spent on a pair of 'readers' to use the smaller screen.
>>>>
>>>> I'm a big fan of RPi, but people like to gloss over the actual cost of
>>>> such a setup.
>>>>
>>>> An RPi 400 (Pi in a keyboard) setup can easily run $100 + monitor,
>>>> cheaper than a new laptop, but pretty close to low-end, off-lease corporate
>>>> laptops.
>>>>
>>>> Ken, N2VIP
>>>>
>>>> > On Jan 24, 2022, at 10:00, Chuck Hast <kp4djt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > And for the price
>>>> > of a RPi 400 you just need to add a screen and you
>>>> > are off to the races...
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