From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: "James A. Robinson" Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:44:10 +0000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1149021081b087053f2667a4 Subject: Re: [9fans] NEC building Raspberry Pi 3s into its displays Topicbox-Message-UUID: a5c66ae2-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a1149021081b087053f2667a4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Good point, thank you. The reason I keep talking about the RPi is that I know it's (mostly) supported and I can buy it from a reseller that I (mostly) trust. :) I was looking at putting together a system for a file server, and I've come to the conclusion that I'll have to build it myself, based on what has been written here and online about what is supported. If I could have just purchased a specific model of computer pre-built, I would have done that. 20 years ago it was fun to build my own plan 9 cluster from parts I assembled, these days I'm not as into that as I used to be! Jim On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 8:56 AM Michael Kockmeyer < Michael.kockmeyer@rwth-aachen.de> wrote: > I'm seeing that the PI is getting lot's of attention here on 9fans. > > I use a Fujitsu thin client as terminal. These (and other vendors) can > be bought on ebay extremly cheaply (half the price of a PI or cheaper), > have nice case, Gigabit ethernet, enough USB ports, decent cpu power, > replaceable and upgradable ram and a PCI slot. > --001a1149021081b087053f2667a4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Good point, thank you.=C2=A0 The reason I keep talking abo= ut the RPi
is that I know it's (mostly) supported and I can buy it = from a reseller
that I (mostly) trust. :)

I was looking at putting together a system for a file server, and I'v= e
come to the conclusion that I'll have to build it myself, b= ased on what
has been written here and online about what is suppo= rted.=C2=A0 If I could
have just purchased a specific model of co= mputer pre-built, I would
have done that. =C2=A020 years ago it w= as fun to build my own plan 9 cluster
from parts I assembled, the= se days I'm not as into that as I used to be!

= Jim

On Tue, Oct 1= 8, 2016 at 8:56 AM Michael Kockmeyer <Michael.kockmeyer@rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
=
I'm seeing that the PI is getting lot= 9;s of attention here on 9fans.

I use a Fujitsu thin client as terminal. These (and other vendors) can
be bought on ebay extremly cheaply (half the price of a PI or cheaper),
have nice case, Gigabit ethernet, enough USB ports, decent cpu power,
replaceable and upgradable ram and a PCI slot.
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