[Simh] MicroSD Card for SimH on Raspberry Pi 3

Timothe Litt litt at ieee.org
Wed Dec 6 21:38:21 EST 2017


Consider a hard drive if you expect a non-trivial disk I/O load - SD
cards do wear out.

On 06-Dec-17 21:08, khandy21yo wrote:
> If you're just starting off with a pi, it might be easiest to buy a
> kit, which includes all the necessary parts to get started, including
> power supply, case, heat sinks, HDMI cable, and a SIM card preloaded
> with an os. Available on Amazon, and many others. 
>
> Get a 32 or larger card if you want to set up a lot of drives. And the
> pi3 is powerful enough for a lot of other games and stuff. Full Linux
> environment available, including compi,are, web browsers,, ...Fun toy.
>
> If you don't have hdmi display available, get a HDMI to  vga
> converter. Also a usb keyboard and mouse.
>
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy TabĀ® A
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Shaun McCloud <shaun.thomas.mccloud at gmail.com>
> Date: 12/6/17 5:33 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
> Subject: [Simh] MicroSD Card for SimH on Raspberry Pi 3
>
> Hello,
>
> I have just gotten into SimH and am planning on getting a Raspberry Pi
> 3 for my SimH usage, just to not use up a lot of space on my laptop. 
> What is a good MicroSD card for the Pi 3 and SimH?  Or does it not
> really matter as long as it works fine in the Pi 3 on its own and has
> capacity for what I want to do?
>
> Shaun McCloud, MCDST
>
>
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