Raspberry Pi 4 looks interesting.
|
Posts: 457
Threads: 30
Likes Received: 180 in 135 posts
Likes Given: 154
Joined: Oct 2016
Reputation:
100
Location: Pacific
04-Jul-2019, 02:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-Jul-2019, 04:11 PM by Bromf.)
Quote:But September is later than August? 
It is.....but given CORn have moved the goalposts from stock arriving 1 wk.... to arriving July 4th..... to arriving August 5th..... methinks that will continue.....
RS have a bigger organisation and connected-ness to the RPI Foundation and have given realistic time-frame....
CORn stock will probably arrive at the same time (or later  )....They've over-promised and under-delivered 3 times already so I've no confidence in their advice..... the cynic in me says that the initial time-frames were orchestrated to gain orders but, hey what do I know....
How hard was it for them to email the RPI guys for delivery date ? .......so moving it 1mth then 2 mths....someones out of the loop there and it's not like the units are coming by sea !! Airfreight does not take a month... or 2 months....
Then add that we didn't get email advice of the new delivery date... we had to log in to find out the bad news!!!.. hows that for sh*tty customer treatment...
Now they say I need to respond to an email they sent about power supply options....only they never sent any email....Ha! great way to duck an order by saying 'you didn't reply in timely fashion' when you couldn't 'cause you never got sent an advisory !!!
I agree with your earlier emoji... only upgrade to +7 Lol ie '7 kinds of...'
Posts: 3,025
Threads: 193
Likes Received: 1,257 in 818 posts
Likes Given: 688
Joined: Feb 2016
Reputation:
705
Location: Perth, WA
Snakeoil Operating System - Music, your way!
Posts: 3,025
Threads: 193
Likes Received: 1,257 in 818 posts
Likes Given: 688
Joined: Feb 2016
Reputation:
705
Location: Perth, WA
Just got an email two hours ago that the order has been shipped. Yay!
Snakeoil Operating System - Music, your way!
Posts: 457
Threads: 30
Likes Received: 180 in 135 posts
Likes Given: 154
Joined: Oct 2016
Reputation:
100
Location: Pacific
I to and fo-ed several increasingly heated emails to them yesterday and lo-n-behold mine is confirmed shipped today too.... that's put them back in my good books.
Thanks for the heads-up about the firmware
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt...5#p1490467
Posts: 3,025
Threads: 193
Likes Received: 1,257 in 818 posts
Likes Given: 688
Joined: Feb 2016
Reputation:
705
Location: Perth, WA
(05-Jul-2019, 12:34 PM)Bromf Wrote: I to and fo-ed several increasingly heated emails to them yesterday and lo-n-behold mine is confirmed shipped today too.... that's put them back in my good books. 
Thanks for the heads-up about the firmware
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt...5#p1490467 Yup. that's the one. Of all the boards I have tried so far, this shows the most promise. This might mean I am going to either deprecate the current existing Pi edition, or release a new one for Pi 4B.
Can't decide what to do yet, but for what's its worth, I am going to focus more on this Pi 4 and see what it's capable of.. More R&D in the months ahead.
Snakeoil Operating System - Music, your way!
Posts: 457
Threads: 30
Likes Received: 180 in 135 posts
Likes Given: 154
Joined: Oct 2016
Reputation:
100
Location: Pacific
The Pi4/4 has enough spare memory that one could hive off 3GB to a ramdisk and have a play-from-ram option...we know that 1GB runs the o/s just fine.
I"ve been trialing it on a Pi2b (using another Pi o/s  ). Once the Pi4/4 gets here I will do some serious investigating....
Posts: 457
Threads: 30
Likes Received: 180 in 135 posts
Likes Given: 154
Joined: Oct 2016
Reputation:
100
Location: Pacific
05-Jul-2019, 05:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-Jul-2019, 05:52 PM by Bromf.)
"Most recent updateReceived by Australia Post"
In the system bro...
Posts: 3,025
Threads: 193
Likes Received: 1,257 in 818 posts
Likes Given: 688
Joined: Feb 2016
Reputation:
705
Location: Perth, WA
(05-Jul-2019, 05:50 PM)Bromf Wrote: "Most recent updateReceived by Australia Post"
In the system bro...  Yup. Will get mine next week!
Snakeoil Operating System - Music, your way!
Posts: 457
Threads: 30
Likes Received: 180 in 135 posts
Likes Given: 154
Joined: Oct 2016
Reputation:
100
Location: Pacific
10-Jul-2019, 08:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-Jul-2019, 08:31 AM by Bromf.)
My Pi4/4 arrived a couple of hours ago...... currently playing web-radio to usb dac and watching temperatures.... seems to be hovering around 54'C.
Still tossing up whether to do the firmware upgrade... there are a few posts about usb troubles after..... might use a fan until everything is sorted.
Powering with an official Pi3 supply via the micro-usb to usb-C adapter that came with it. That is supposed to be good unless total load on usb out is over 500mA.... then I'll just add a hub..
Posts: 3,025
Threads: 193
Likes Received: 1,257 in 818 posts
Likes Given: 688
Joined: Feb 2016
Reputation:
705
Location: Perth, WA
(10-Jul-2019, 08:29 AM)Bromf Wrote: My Pi4/4 arrived a couple of hours ago...... Mine will be a while.... Next monday.
(10-Jul-2019, 08:29 AM)Bromf Wrote: currently playing web-radio to usb dac and watching temperatures.... seems to be hovering around 54'C.
Still tossing up whether to do the firmware upgrade... there are a few posts about usb troubles after..... might use a fan until everything is sorted. You can revert to the older running firmware allegedly.. So should be safe  ?
(10-Jul-2019, 08:29 AM)Bromf Wrote: Powering with an official Pi3 supply via the micro-usb to usb-C adapter that came with it. That is supposed to be good unless total load on usb out is over 500mA.... then I'll just add a hub.. Side note, if you or another experienced problems with powering, it's because you're using a USB-C laptop adaptor (or similiar). Use a normal 5V 3A charger and things will be fine. For more info, read here.
Snakeoil Operating System - Music, your way!
|
Users browsing this thread: 2 Guest(s)
|
Latest Threads
|
Android Firefox issues with forum
Last Post: agent_kith
10-Jun-2025 04:45 PM
» Replies: 21
» Views: 1796
|
[split] Possible To Load Snakeoil OS in ...
Last Post: Snoopy8
09-Jun-2025 06:43 AM
» Replies: 14
» Views: 1338
|
Snakeoil 1.4.3 (High End U3)
Last Post: hkphantomgtr
05-Jun-2025 03:58 PM
» Replies: 67
» Views: 8115
|
Snakeoil with Ubuntu Desktop ?
Last Post: Snoopy8
02-Jun-2025 09:38 AM
» Replies: 8
» Views: 809
|
Add IR remote control using Flirc USB in...
Last Post: Snoopy8
31-May-2025 03:50 PM
» Replies: 5
» Views: 588
|
Work In Progress: 1.4.4
Last Post: hkphantomgtr
29-May-2025 11:44 PM
» Replies: 44
» Views: 4479
|
SQ difference - Raspberry Pi vs x86_64?
Last Post: Snoopy8
27-May-2025 02:16 PM
» Replies: 42
» Views: 4872
|
Snakeoil 1.4.0 (High End)
Last Post: aabman
25-May-2025 11:35 AM
» Replies: 93
» Views: 13717
|
new install issues
Last Post: carlodim
23-May-2025 09:56 AM
» Replies: 42
» Views: 3902
|
Is this project still alive?
Last Post: agent_kith
20-May-2025 03:11 PM
» Replies: 10
» Views: 1047
|
SnakeoilOS Mission Statement
|
Our mission is to create a free to use computer OS that is easy to install, intuitive to operate and play music that will connect and engage with you emotionally.
SnakeoilOS gives you the freedom to spend more time on listening, enjoying and exploring music. Wasting time on computers is now a thing of the past! Everything is constantly evolving/improving. Please check back often for updates.
If you like this project, do show your support with a small token donation. All donations collected will be used to run this website, and for purchasing new equipment for the project.
|
|
|