Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
bpa wrote: > Same here. > > The odd part is they didn't seem to define "byte" - because there used > to be ambiguity, many network protocol standards used the term "octet" > for a 8 bit quantity. In French that's even the official word (at least in France it is). Main System: Touch; Marantz SR-5004 + TMA Premium 905 + TMA Premium 901 + Teufel Ultima 20 Mk 2 + BK Monolith+ FF + Lenovo T460 + Kodi + Pioneer PDP-LX5090H Workshop: iPad 32GB Wifi + Squeezepad (local playback activated) Wherever needed: Acer Iconia Tab A700 + Squeezeplayer Kitchen: iPhone 5s + iPeng (local playback activated) + NAD 312 + Teufel Ultima 20 Mk 2 Headphone (cozy corner): Lenovo T550 + Squeezelite-X + Cyrus Soundkey + Topping A30 + Focal Elear Car: TBC ... bakker_be's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ๐ข My Squeezebox Classic ๐
bpa wrote: > Since it was cold and no light - I'd try a new 3rd party PSU first - > just make sure you get the right voltage with enough amps. The wrong > voltage will fry the SB beyond repair. Thanks @bpa Can you get 3party new stuff for this unit? As the world situation is now It may take 3-6months to arrive from Europe. Bank statement of a little travel savings acc. from Europe takes 3 months. I might try Aussie Ebay. notechyet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116077 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
slartibartfast wrote: > In more than 20 years since then I have never heard anyone use those > terms. Same here. The odd part is they didn't seem to define "byte" - because there used to be ambiguity, many network protocol standards used the term "octet" for a 8 bit quantity. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
ftlight wrote: > Since December 1998: kibi, mebi, gibi, tebi, pebi, exbi, zebi, yobi > > https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.htmlIn more than 20 years since > then I have never heard anyone use those terms. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ๐ข My Squeezebox Classic ๐
notechyet wrote: > Tried another one and the cable works as I tested though no sign of the > unit showing any twinkle of live. By the way, I know why it felt warm > the other day. It was on top of another warm item. Since it was cold and no light - I'd try a new 3rd party PSU first - just make sure you get the right voltage with enough amps. The wrong voltage will fry the SB beyond repair. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116077 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
bakker_be wrote: > Well, ... According to the SI the drive manufacturers are actually using > the term correctly ;) https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html Since December 1998: kibi, mebi, gibi, tebi, pebi, exbi, zebi, yobi https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html ftlight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5294 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New modified SqueezeAMP batch?
philippe_44 wrote: > Yes it has always been my base for developing squeezeesp32 software And the current release seems pretty stable. I guess I meant 'step version' of the device, if they do incremental changes in the product. I don't develop or play with these so I don't keep up with that sort of thing. Your device is wonderful as a player. 2 Duets controllers, 1 X Boom, 1 X Radio 1 X Receiver + Edifier S1000DB 1 X Receiver + Yamaha RX-A2000, Polk M70 1 X Receiver + Boston MicroSystem CD Raspberry Pi 3 B+ HiFi Berry Amp2 7" touchscreen PiCorePlayer 7.0 Audioengine A5 ( passive mode ) Raspberry Pi 2 B, HiFiBerry Dac+ & Max2play SqueezeAmp 3 Monsoon MM-700 flat panels + Infinity sub HTC 10 w/ Squeeze Ctrl ReadyNAS 516 LMS 8.2.1 mark wollschlager's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22302 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
Paul Webster wrote: > and I have one of those drives sitting in a PDP 11/83 in my lounge! > wow! I leaned assembler in university on one of those. Right about the same time I was feeding punch cards to a CDC6600 (60 bit word) hoping my Fortran program would run:o Jim Redrum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ๐ข My Squeezebox Classic ๐
philippe_44 wrote: > I have a few fixed Classics that I offer in exchange of the broken one Thanks for the offer @philippe_44๐ I'd love to get another one though live in NZ, so would have to checkout postage. It is possibly the best electronic gadget I ever had, excluding mobile phones๐ Just a bit lost now without the Classic๐ข notechyet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116077 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New modified SqueezeAMP batch?
mark wollschlager wrote: > Is the base ESP32 the same? Just curious, the one I have is weak in the > wifi department ( within 5m of the access point ). It rarely has better > than 80% signal strength according to LMS. Yes it has always been my base for developing squeezeesp32 software LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio, 5xBoom, 2xDuet, 1xTouch, 1xSB3. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, Foobar2000, ShairPortW, 2xChromecast Audio, Chromecast v1 and v2, Squeezelite on Pi, Yamaha WX-010, AppleTV 4, Airport Express, GGMM E5, RivaArena 1 & 3 philippe_44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New modified SqueezeAMP batch?
Is the base ESP32 the same? Just curious, the one I have is weak in the wifi department ( within 5m of the access point ). It rarely has better than 80% signal strength according to LMS. 2 Duets controllers, 1 X Boom, 1 X Radio 1 X Receiver + Edifier S1000DB 1 X Receiver + Yamaha RX-A2000, Polk M70 1 X Receiver + Boston MicroSystem CD Raspberry Pi 3 B+ HiFi Berry Amp2 7" touchscreen PiCorePlayer 7.0 Audioengine A5 ( passive mode ) Raspberry Pi 2 B, HiFiBerry Dac+ & Max2play SqueezeAmp 3 Monsoon MM-700 flat panels + Infinity sub HTC 10 w/ Squeeze Ctrl ReadyNAS 516 LMS 8.2.1 mark wollschlager's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22302 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
I used to use 8-inch ones on PDPs ... RX01 and RX02. They had a cartridge tape drive as well ... TK50/TK70 ... and I have one of those drives sitting in a PDP 11/83 in my lounge! Most would not know it was there as it is covered with a cloth and the record deck sits on top. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and cbc/radio-canada and, via the extra \"radio now playing\" plugin lots more - see https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?115201-announce-radio-now-playing-plugin Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
slartibartfast wrote: > I never used 8" disks but we did use zip disks You have to be ancient to remember them - they were used for IBM 360's microcode and v. early word processors (e.g. Diamond, Wang) > Does anyone still have a zip drive? Not any more - didn't use them much as they seemed a bit too much hit/miss. Later ones were a bit better with QIC tapes. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New modified SqueezeAMP batch?
Julf wrote: > I would be interested in 2, but is shipping from Canada? I am in the > Netherlands... Yes, shipping can be done anywhere, itยs always around 10USD LMS 8.2 on Odroid-C4 - *SqueezeAMP!*, 5xRadio, 5xBoom, 2xDuet, 1xTouch, 1xSB3. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, Foobar2000, ShairPortW, 2xChromecast Audio, Chromecast v1 and v2, Squeezelite on Pi, Yamaha WX-010, AppleTV 4, Airport Express, GGMM E5, RivaArena 1 & 3 philippe_44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
bpa wrote: > The anecdotes at the time tell of people who took off the "packaging" to > get to the floppy disk and then tried to put it into their Mac but > couldn't as they were too floppy. > 8" and 5.25" were real floppy disks.I never used 8" disks but we did use zip > disks. Does anyone still have a zip drive? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New modified SqueezeAMP batch?
I would be interested in 2, but is shipping from Canada? I am in the Netherlands... "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
Grumpy Bob wrote: > They were floppy inside the hard plastic sleeve! The anecdotes at the time tell of people who took off the "packaging" to get to the floppy disk and then tried to put it into their Mac but couldn't as they were too floppy. 8" and 5.25" were real floppy disks. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
slartibartfast wrote: > I did hesitate before writing floppy [emoji1787] > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk They were floppy inside the hard plastic sleeve! Robert *Home: *Raspberry Pi 4/pCP7.0/LMS8.1.2/Material with files on QNAP TS-251A Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 > Rega Fono Mini; Naim CD3) 2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 X Squeezebox 3 (retired), 1 x SqueezeAMP *Office:* LMS8.0.0 running on Raspberry Pi3; Raspberry Pi 3 player with touchscreen/piCorePlayer/IQaudIO DAC and Amp *Portable:* Raspberry Pi 3B/pCP7.0.1/LMS8.1.2/Material, files on Seagate portable drive, powered via power brick Grumpy Bob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
bpa wrote: > Even worse those floppy disk weren't even floppy anymore unlike the > 5.25" ones !!I did hesitate before writing floppy [emoji1787] Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
slartibartfast wrote: > To confuse things even more 1.44MB Floppy discs were not 1.44 megabytes > or 1.44 mebibytes but 1440 kebibytes Even worse those floppy disk weren't even floppy anymore unlike the 5.25" ones !! bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
bpa wrote: > I thought a computer megabyte (1024x1024) used to be written as MB and a > kilobyte 1024 as KB to distinguish from SI kilo=1,000 but I think people > became careless with notation as PCs were used by "ordinary" people (and > maybe consumer protection demanded "correct" numbering) . > > Of course historically a byte were just the unit of manipulation and in > 1960s-70s could be anything from 6 bits to 9 bits and computer words > were 12bits to 36bits wide. > Disks for PDP-10 such as an RP06 had its capacity measured in Megawords > when a word was 36 bits wide.To confuse things even more 1.44MB Floppy discs > were not 1.44 megabytes or 1.44 mebibytes but 1440 kebibytes [emoji2] Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
Guessed there had to be lawsuit somewhere to force this issue. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/flashdrives.pdf bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
slartibartfast wrote: > Maybe now but historically a Megabyte was 1024 Kilobytes and a Kilobyte > was 1024 bytes. I thought a computer megabyte (1024x1024) used to be written as MB and a kilobyte 1024 as KB to distinguish from SI kilo=1,000 but I think people became careless with notation as PCs were used by "ordinary" people (and maybe consumer protection demanded "correct" numbering) . Of course historically a byte were just the unit of manipulation and in 1960s-70s could be anything from 6 bits to 9 bits and computer words were 12bits to 36bits wide. Disks for PDP-10 such as an RP06 had its capacity measured in Megawords when a word was 36 bits wide. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New modified SqueezeAMP batch?
I would love to buy one please. Non-battery version. Thanks @philippe_44 pufnstuf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New modified SqueezeAMP batch?
philippe_44 wrote: > Iยm ready to redo another batch.[/IMG] wow, I'm sure it's not because you found extra idle time :). You are a brave man Philippe! I just wish I needed one, I bought 2 more than I need last time!...I'll think about it :) Paul has the right idea tho.. Do you want responders to send you an email to sque*** like last time? Jim Redrum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New modified SqueezeAMP batch?
+1 for the full fat version. Yatsushiro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
bakker_be wrote: > Well, ... According to the SI the drive manufacturers are actually using > the term correctly ;) https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.htmlMaybe > now but historically a Megabyte was 1024 Kilobytes and a Kilobyte was 1024 bytes. Just like a billion now is 1000 million when in the UK at least it used to be a million million. Really a million dollars should be a Megadollar and a billion a Gigadollar to prevent confusion [emoji1787] Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB
slartibartfast wrote: > While looking at memory usage in top and htop I couldn't figure out why > they showed different numbers. It turns out top uses MiB (Mebibytes) and > htop uses MB (Megabytes). > I was totally ignorant of Mebibytes and they seem to be exactly what I > thought a Megabyte used to be before drive manufacturers decided to > redefine a Megabyte as 1000 kB ( and presumably a kB as 1000 bytes) so > their drives appeared to be bigger [emoji2]. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Well, ... According to the SI the drive manufacturers are actually using the term correctly ;) https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html Main System: Touch; Marantz SR-5004 + TMA Premium 905 + TMA Premium 901 + Teufel Ultima 20 Mk 2 + BK Monolith+ FF + Lenovo T460 + Kodi + Pioneer PDP-LX5090H Workshop: iPad 32GB Wifi + Squeezepad (local playback activated) Wherever needed: Acer Iconia Tab A700 + Squeezeplayer Kitchen: iPhone 5s + iPeng (local playback activated) + NAD 312 + Teufel Ultima 20 Mk 2 Headphone (cozy corner): Lenovo T550 + Squeezelite-X + Cyrus Soundkey + Topping A30 + Focal Elear Car: TBC ... bakker_be's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New modified SqueezeAMP batch?
I'll go for 1 please (battery power not needed) and will foist it on a family member who does not yet understand why they need to be converted to the Squeezebox religion! Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and cbc/radio-canada and, via the extra \"radio now playing\" plugin lots more - see https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?115201-announce-radio-now-playing-plugin Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
