Not much progress today. The LCD I am using for the display on the head unit requires a mini USB connector. I only have micro USB connectors right now. Getting the initial connection with the new LCD display will have to wait. The USB connector for the ezLCD display I am using provides power, control, and access to storage for fonts and images directly in the display. There is another connector that can be used using direct serial access.
Measure Twice; Cut Order Once While assembling my portable supercomputer, I discovered that the cables I had ordered were too short. I had neglected to allow for the strain-reliefs at each end and the need to not stress the sockets these cables are plugged into. I should have used the longer cables I have to determine the length I needed before ordering all the cables for the project.
Bad Ideas Trying to launch a two-years dormant VM on a current version of VirtualBox on a 7 year old computer that is definitely showing its age. This was prompted by a change in policy by Code 42 Software, the owners of CrashPlan, a very good backup program and service. The new policy is to delete cloud repositories for computers that have not connected in over 6 months. This is only an issue as I have a couple of Windows VMs that I keep for the rare times I need a Windows environment.