The .NET environment for Linux you're looking for is called Mono. On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Jan-80 <ja...@scarlet.be> wrote:
> Hello, > > A happy New Year 2016 to all of you. > > I would like to use my old Raspberry Pi - an early Model B with only 256 > MB RAM - as a TPDD replacement. It would also allow anyone with any type of > old Raspberry Pi to do so. I am sure that, with the presentation of the > Pi2, a lot of hobbyists are going to sell their first-generation Pi's and > they can be picked up really cheap. > > Software: there have been 2 ways reported on this list on getting a TPDD > emulator to work on the R.Pi. A third one was never mentioned, but might be > possible also. Correct me if I'm wrong > 1. re-compiling Desklink from the original source for the Raspbian > environment. > 2. running the Windows.NET based version of Desklink in the > .NET-compatible environment of the R.Pi. (sorry, forgot the name) > 3. is it possible to run a Desklink in DOS-emulated environment? (Just an > idea of mine...) > > Hardware: come to think of it, some hardware stuff must also be considered. > 4. Serial link simple: a USB-to-serial adapter does the trick. I have one, > but don't know if it will work. How do I test this? > 5. Isn't it possible to use the I/O pins from the R.Pi as a serial port? > Does the TPDD need the control lines? > 6. If you use the R.Pi as a TPDD, you're likely to turn it off an on as > one. But the R.Pi is a computer, and you could ruin the filesystem by doing > so. Isn't it better to use a hardware on/off button instead of simply > pulling the plug? Like this one: > > http://www.raspberry-pi-geek.com/Archive/2013/01/Adding-an-On-Off-switch-to-your-Raspberry-Pi > > > Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus Jan-80 > > -- Disclaimer: Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer, my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental. Any resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic. The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god coefficient. (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this article.) Thanks /usr/games/fortune
