i want not this but a device between scientific calculator and smartphone with 720/480 display one framework like expendable port, qwerty keyboard may be some functions of flipper zero
Show HN: I built my first Cyberdeck
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Re: Show HN: I built my first Cyberdeck
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There was a demo of a Linux OS that simply boots to vim and that’s the only thing you could do on that machine. It would be perfect for this use case.
Linux is pretty heavy compared to something like EPOC that the Psion used. That machine would run 20 hours on a pair of AA batteries. We’ve come a long way since then. Surely a month on a pair of AA batteries should be possible?
But we have lithium now.
Re: Show HN: I built my first Cyberdeck
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What are some others?
The classic TRS-80 Model 100, Cambridge Z88, QuickPad Pro, AlphaSmart Dana. There's a bunch more too. I'm somewhat of an enthusiast for this form-factor, this and typewriters are a hobby for the missus and I. Douglas Adams used a Cambridge Z88 for writing! Prior to laptop batteries becoming decent once swappable batteries became less common, serious journos frequently used to turn to the slabtop even a decade ago. Th…
I’ve raved about the Model 100 before. Even with a 40 column screen it was perfectly usable for messaging on remote systems.
One of the clever things it had was two holes in the back. They were (by design or happenstance) perfectly sized for regular pencils. You cut the pencils to your desired length, shove them in the holes and use the erasers for rubber feet. Perfect to get the angle just right.
M100 had one of the best keyboards I ever used.
And to be fair, the 40 column display is much more reasonable for this form factor. 80 columns gets pretty small, pretty fast. Nice thing about text based web pages and word processing documents is that they wrap just fine to 40 characters.
Re: Show HN: I built my first Cyberdeck
#24I like the slab form factors (One of my first portable computers was a Tandy Model 100) but I cannot understand how someone uses a keyboard that ...doesn't have at least all the letters and numbers and period/backslash/colon etc... especially for programming!
I mean I get by reading a bit from the hackaday post that there are combos or 'chords' and so I guess you are meant to memorize these chord claw combinations for things, and yes I see the videos of people claiming it can be fast etc etc but....
man I just don't get how someone could just unlearn the muscle memory of a normal keyboard layout. I had a partner with a Spanish layout keyboard macbook where a just a few keys are mixed around compared to ANSI and even after sitting with it many times it was still nearly un-useable for me... and that was just a few keys swapped around!
I have noticed all the people building and using these reduced-key-count keyboards on youtube are all very young people. So maybe it has something to do with still having a pliable brain and not having decades of muscle memory to get past.
Re: Show HN: I built my first Cyberdeck
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They are great as they have cuda cores etc., the only downside is you have to use their ubuntu image to utilize all the features as the drivers are proprietary, you can install other distributions but you will lose that functionality. If you are looking for an -almost- as powerful SBC (with m.2 support as I see you have it in the original design), give a look at Rock5-B (1), I didn’t test it personally unlike nVidia…
There's a yocto layer for Jetson - which gives you highly customizable OS. Yocto does have steep learning curve, so that's a showstopper.
I remember I tried Yocto, indeed it’s customizable, but when I tested it, its performance wasn’t on par with the stock one, specifically with gstreamer and vp9 encoding/decoding. Maybe it’s changed now though, worth the try OP.
Re: Show HN: I built my first Cyberdeck
#26https://hackaday.com/2022/10/22/2022-cyberdeck-contest-qaz-p...
I do wish there were more slabtops
Re: Show HN: I built my first Cyberdeck
#27I love the look, but can someone explain to me what sort of things you would do with a computer of this form factor? Why do people keep building them? Is is just looks? Or is there something they're good at. To be clear, I'm not looking for something you can't do already (your phone does everything), but something that a cyberdeck computer would _excel_ at.
I too would like to know what use these things have?
Re: Show HN: I built my first Cyberdeck
#28There's a whole gang of cyberdeck builders over at the cyberdeck.cafe Discord if anyone is interested in the hobby! The original creator of this design is a regular there and we're always willing to help newcomers.
Re: Show HN: I built my first Cyberdeck
#29I love the look, but can someone explain to me what sort of things you would do with a computer of this form factor? Why do people keep building them? Is is just looks? Or is there something they're good at. To be clear, I'm not looking for something you can't do already (your phone does everything), but something that a cyberdeck computer would _excel_ at.
Seems like it could work well to run a music tracker.
Re: Show HN: I built my first Cyberdeck
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Linux is pretty heavy compared to something like EPOC that the Psion used. That machine would run 20 hours on a pair of AA batteries. We’ve come a long way since then. Surely a month on a pair of AA batteries should be possible?
But we have lithium now.
Sure. As long as they are a standard battery that will still be around 25 years from now.
In the year 2050 you can probably take your Psion 5 from 1998, insert AA batteries, and start writing.