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How often do you reboot? I'm more used to keeping the thing going than boot times, so I like the 5x speedup from the Zero.
(I've had a Zero 2 W since the Sooper Sekrit Reseller-only session in early October. Decent machine, and what they've done to stop it getting too hot is pretty marvellous.)
lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 1786
Posted: 03:47am 26 Nov 2021
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It's not an issue for me personally (usually--today I've been running something on a pi zero w which requires rebooting when I encounter an error--several dozen reboots today (but that's not why I asked the question)).
My question was to find out the extent to which the Pi Zero 2 W might resolve the issue for those who want their MMBasic to be "instant on" like the CMM2. I didn't expect it to reach that speed, but 17 seconds wouldn't seem too intolerable to me (nor, to me, would 23 seconds).
led-bloon Senior Member Joined: 21/12/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 131
Posted: 07:12am 26 Nov 2021
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Here are the figures for both Buster & Bullseye Lite versions (which are the ones recommended for running Pi-cromite MMBasic) Some of Bullseye figures are "strange" to say the least, and note the "graphical.target", I had to double check it was indeed the Lite version.
Startup finished in 4.089s (kernel) + 21.440s (userspace) = 25.529s graphical.target reached after 16.516s in userspace
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PS Pi-cromite runs quite well on both versions although not fully tested!
Edit: Peter named his MMBasic port Pi-cromite not Picromite (but I'm a lazy two-fingered typer, like so many others). I've corrected anyway. Edited 2021-11-26 18:27 by led-bloon
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Posted: 01:37pm 26 Nov 2021
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Odd that the "lite" version takes longer than the non-lite.
That would be great. Did you test pin control? As I recall, that was the problem the last time I looked--pigpio acting up.
led-bloon Senior Member Joined: 21/12/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 131
Posted: 03:42am 27 Nov 2021
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My apologies, the above is an over-simplification of the software performance. I got a command prompt. I ran speedtest.bas ok. From memory, that's about it. The Zero 2 is for the collection, and not for any general use, hence no GPIO pin-headers soldered. I was more directed to the fact that it ran on Bullseye ok. led
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