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by dhardingham
Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:23 pm
Forum: Retro-Printer Module Bugs & Issues
Topic: Boot Issue with Raspberry Pi 3B+
Replies: 10
Views: 23640

Re: Boot Issue with Raspberry Pi 3B+

So here are the pictures of how I attached a small diode and a piece of wire between GPIO pin 1 on the bottom of the Raspberry Pi 3B+ and GPIO pin 1 on the top of the RetroPrinter. Note that I have cut into the connector on the bottom of the RetroPrinter, to break the pin 1 connection. Everything ...
by dhardingham
Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:24 pm
Forum: Retro-Printer Module Bugs & Issues
Topic: Boot Issue with Raspberry Pi 3B+
Replies: 10
Views: 23640

Re: Boot Issue with Raspberry Pi 3B+

Sounds like someone is getting a little confused with Raspberry Pi model names and versions. The Raspberry Pi 3B+ was released on March 14th 2018 (Pi day). The distinctive features of the 3B+ are the metal heatsinks covering the CPU and the Wifi chip. The version number for the 3B+ is V1.3. Anything ...
by dhardingham
Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:42 pm
Forum: Retro-Printer Module Bugs & Issues
Topic: Boot Issue with Raspberry Pi 3B+
Replies: 10
Views: 23640

Re: Boot Issue with Raspberry Pi 3B+

After trying several different images, Rapberry Pis and microSD cards, I'm convinced that the Pi 3B+ fails to boot because of a hardware issue.

I've always been convinced that this was a hardware issue, so I decided to build a test rig using an Adafruit T-Cobler Plus and an Adafruit Cobler Plus. I ...
by dhardingham
Sun Feb 03, 2019 2:10 pm
Forum: Retro-Printer Module Bugs & Issues
Topic: Boot Issue with Raspberry Pi 3B+
Replies: 10
Views: 23640

Boot Issue with Raspberry Pi 3B+

With the ReproPrinter attached to a Raspberry Pi 3B+, the Raspberry Pi fails to boot. The power light (red) on the Raspberry Pi is on, but the activity light (green) doesn't do anything. It should flash, to show I/O activity on the MicroSD card.

The rainbow screen isn't displayed, the screen is ...
by dhardingham
Sat Feb 02, 2019 3:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another happy RetroPrinter customer
Replies: 5
Views: 7031

Another happy RetroPrinter customer

Hi everyone

I'm very happy with my RetroPrinter. I can now use it to print BASIC listing from my BBC Micro (Model B). I'm using RetroPrinter with a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and printing to a Canon MG7550 network printer.

Well done to everyone who's made this possible.

David