ISS pass prediction

amsat prediction for Grandview, Mo

Grandview is located at 38°53′6″N 94°31′21″W (38.885007, -94.522578)

https://www.amsat.org/track/?lang=en&satellite=ISS&count=10&loc=fn42jk&lat=42.4375&latdir=+&lng=71.2083&longdir=+&ele=0&doPredict=+Predict+&saveme=1

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Run Windows 11 Arm on Raspberry Pi 4 or 5

Run Windows 11

 

bvm/bvm boot-nodisplay ~/win11

bvm/bvm connect ~/win11 

 

access C drive

bvm/bvm mount ~/win11 

 

 

https://github.com/Botspot/bvm

 

 

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Load exagear virtual i686 environment on raspberry pi

This tool support was terminated by the commercial vendor, but is archived on archive.org

The page below has the instructions retrieved 6/13/2025 to install from archive.org.

https://github.com/ryanfortner/exagear-rpi

and

https://insrt.uk/post/exagear-install

exagear-rpi

installing Exagear Desktop on the newer Raspberry Pies

thanks to this guide.

Exagear Desktop is a discontinued piece of software that could be used to emulate x86 applications on ARM devices.

Installation Steps

First install prerequisites with apt

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y bash coreutils findutils curl binfmt-support cron

Create a new directory (to download the packages and key)

mkdir ~/exagear
cd ~/exagear

Download and install required Exagear packages (follow the instructions for your bitness)

# 32-bit
wget https://archive.org/download/exagear-desktop_202111/exagear_3428-1_armhf.deb
wget https://archive.org/download/exagear-desktop_202111/exagear-dsound-server_010_armhf.deb
wget https://archive.org/download/exagear-desktop_202111/exagear-guest-debian-9_3428_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i exagear_3428-1_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i exagear-dsound-server_010_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i exagear-guest-debian-9_3428_all.deb

# 64-bit
wget https://archive.org/download/exagear-desktop_202111/exagear_3428-1_arm64.deb
wget https://archive.org/download/exagear-desktop_202111/exagear-dsound-server_010_arm64.deb
wget https://archive.org/download/exagear-desktop_202111/exagear-guest-debian-9_3428_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i exagear_3428-1_arm64.deb
sudo dpkg -i exagear-dsound-server_010_arm64.deb
sudo dpkg -i exagear-guest-debian-9_3428_all.deb

Patch exagear license

wget https://archive.org/download/exagear-desktop_202111/patch.sh; sudo bash patch.sh

Now, run sudo exagear, and you're in an x86 environment! Make sure to run the following to update the subsystem:

sudo exagear not exagear

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

xrdp permissions error

 

Cannot read private key file /etc/xrdp/key.pem: Permission denied

https://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=13708


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add a directory to browse to apache2.conf

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1006774/allow-directory-browsing-in-the-apache2-conf-file-not-working

Alias /s70 /export/s70

<Directory /var/www/s70>

    Options +Indexes

    IndexOptions FancyIndexing FoldersFirst NameWidth=* DescriptionWidth=*

    DirectoryIndex Disabled

    AllowOverride None

    AddType text/plain .html .htm .shtml .php .phtml .php5

    Order allow,deny

    Allow from all

    Require all granted

</Directory>

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10873295/error-message-forbidden-you-dont-have-permission-to-access-on-this-server

FilesAttach

https://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?t=9284

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MVS operation notes

 

Joe Monk 6/1/2025 discord post, Mainframe Enthusiasts

https://discord.com/channels/423767742546575361/751216302793818163/1378780596607783025

P TSO to kill TSO,

Z NET, QUICK to kill VTAM,

$P JES2 to drain JES2,

Z EOD - to kill MVS,

QUIESCE - to stop everything and go into disabled wait

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