Re: Christmas Pi

[Steve Morgan <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've recently built an IPPBX with one of mine (I have 3) which is
mainly us=
ed for redirecting unsolicited calls. Works brilliantly, costs peanuts.=20

It runs headless. It has its own web server and if I want console access,
S=
SH works just fine.=20

On the very rare occasion that I need a screen, I can use the TV. But
actua=
lly, I picked up a perfectly good Acer 22" monitor for =C2=A390.
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better than faffing with adapters.=20

Steve Morgan

On 16 Dec 2012, at 15:37, des g <des@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Saw there was a hdmi to vga convertor available for the Pi on cpc,
might =
be
> worth a look?
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> Cheers, Des.
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> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Martin Howell
> <martin.howell@xxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> I've been playing with one, I originally planned to use it to
drive a
>> screen in the hall to give calendar, weather and house status
>> information.  I have to say that the lack of a VGA output is a
major
>> blocker for me - I've got a number of spare PC screens to use, but
don't
>> want to invest in one with a HDMI plug'ole, and the picture from
the
>> composite video output is absolute pants with text pretty much
>> unreadable  (although there may be some tweaks to make it better).
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>> Its a good bit of kit if you can use it plugged in to the TV, or
without
>> a screen at all, but for anything else that needs a display it
ain't goo=
d.
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>> On 16/12/2012 10:11, pjqx wrote:
>>> Hi Guys,
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>>> in advance of ennui over Xmas I thought I might take the
plunge and buy
>> a Raspberry Pi to play with - I like the idea of hanging XBMC on
the bac=
k
>> of a TV screen.  Taken a look on Ebay and can see that the Blue
connecto=
r
>> ones (they seem to be the most recent) go for about =C2=A335 (the
seem c=
heaper
>> in RS components but they have no stock).
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>>> Before i take the plunge is there anything I should know?  I'm
almost
>> certainly not going to do anything more taxing than XBMC and the
like - =
no
>> programming for instance.
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>>> Seasons greetings etc.
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>>> Tim.
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