My O-pi 5b and case arrived today, the 14" 1200x1920 monitor Friday. The wall-wart still to come. I took the liberty of D/L Balena Etcher 32-bit and burning the OS to a 32Gb Class 10 A1 U1 microSD as a test. I ordered and received two 32Gb A2 U3 chips.
*** Side Note: After running Etcher, I really don't need it hanging around taking up 230Mb in Slacko7.0... but UNinstall not an option, and there is NO file list. So that means RELOAD Slacko-7.0. Such a wasteful mindset. Nonetheless, I saved a copy of appimage, 32bit getting scarce. Thanks and Kudos to those that made UExtract. ***
After about 1 hour, the complete process was finished including verify. I looked inside the 7.7Gb distro (yup 7 times the size of AP-23 and 15x AP21). Its arranged into apparent boot/root partitions. Root section familiar looking, but things are arranged different. I noted FF-112 installed (Apr. '23), I might upgrade to FF-115esr when I get a-round-tuit.
Today was the better day to assemble the metal case and place board inside. This case is a model 505 case for the Opi 5 and 5b having two holes for wifi/BT antenna. Sturdy and rather well made. The heatsinks are glued to the board elements by me... not by manufacturer. Manual installation w/o hold-down screws. Steady hands needed!!! Got that done, then the replacement wifi antenna. This meant popping off the originals and replacing. NOT EASY, and one of my replacements was damaged, so I have one original and one replacement. And of course after the case was assembled I find that the micro-SD slot and porthole for that after-thought power button not perfectly lined up. No routing/endmilling needed, but close. Fortuneately I have a mechanical pencil from the 1980's (that I still use!) that can acutate said after-thought power button.
Price List:
O-Pi 5b $105
14" Monitor $98
Case $20
A2U3 Chips $2.50 ea. (Store-brand you might say, not a knockoff or fake)
Wall wart $7
pd Charger to power monitor $7
END part 1
Regards
8Geee
