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echo: rberrypi
to: JAN PANTELTJE
from: RICHARD OWLETT
date: 2020-02-18 03:59:00
subject: Re: Selecting compatible

On 02/18/2020 12:51 AM, Jan Panteltje wrote:
> On a sunny day (Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:09:13 -0600) it happened Richard Owlett
>  wrote in
> :
>
>> On 02/17/2020 08:53 AM, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>>> On a sunny day (Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:21:14 -0600) it happened Richard Owlett
>>>  wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> The references I was given did not make it make simple to select
>>>> mutually compatible components -- the required information being
>>>> scattered among multiple tables or URLs.
>>>>
>>>> I propose to create a single spreadsheet {likely distributed in the TAB
>>>> delimited variation of a CSV file}.
>>>>
>>>> I have two specific questions:
>>>>     1. Has this been done before?
>>>>     2. Is there an already existing site that would accept it?
>>>>        {Their submission requirement could affect my layout.}
>>>>        {I'm still working on column headings that would balance
>>>>         coverage and simplicity ;}
>>>>> Just for the record
>>> what you say makes no sense whatsoever for me
>>> Your OP was to connect a touch display to a raspi
>>
>> *NO* *NO* *NO* *NO* *NO* *NO*
>>
>> My original subject line was "Simple matrix of Raspberry Pi components".
>> As majority of replies were *Off Topic* I modified the subject line and
>> clarified my goals with *TWO* sentences and asked *TWO* questions.
>
> OK my misunderstanding :-)

In early 60's, the chairman of the university's freshman writing course
declared my composition skills hopeless ;<

>
> Anyways .. spreadsheets .. it will be obsolete by the time you have it.

I am restricting myself, at least initially, to items
defined/specified/sanctioned/??? by Raspberry Pi Foundation.

> These days if I want an sort of overview of what is on the market I just
google,

Search engines are not designed to yield the information in a useful
format. The charts at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi are an
unsatisfactory approximation of what I want.

> if I actually want to buy I ask ebay.
> China has made anything and everything, and it _changes_ day by day.
> The housing for my Pi 4 comes from ebay / China... liked it
> more than what was in the local shops..
>

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