Reminds me of the trs 80 model 100, which was extremely popular with journalists and was powered by AA batteries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_100
Yes, or indeed the later and cheaper Z88
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Z88
DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
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Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#32Wouldn't a cheap tablet be much more productive and cost effective?
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#33I want one to leave in the drawer with all my Raspberry Pi's.
I mean, it looks like a nice tool if you take it to debug on-site devices.
I think that’d be the use of it. Quick and simple stuff that you otherwise don’t want to configure a laptop around performing. It’s not a “use this for hours at a time” and daily driver. Not sure of the breadth of that use case.
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean, it looks like a nice tool if you take it to debug on-site devices.
I would buy something like this if it had HDMI and VGA in , and could let me use as a portable console to plug into machines.
Totally. A portable KVM/crash cart could be useful.
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#35What is it? Is it laptop? A tablet? A keyboard? I'm confused.
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#36The flat design would seem to make this even less ergonomic than a laptop (an already low bar). Is this meant to be placed on a desk? The user would basically have to hang their head down to look at the display, which is just in front of their fingers. There is no possible way to maintain a healthy posture without an external display. Otherwise, the retro hardware aesthetic is cool. Reminds me a bit of the early brie…
I think this quote from the page sums it up best:
>DevTerm is a post-modern, digital minimalist lifestyle.
It's more about signaling to others that you embody the "hacker lifestyle" than anything else. Looks cool, your friends will ooh and ahh over it, but probably won't get much use outside of that due to the ergonomics.
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would buy something like this if it had HDMI and VGA in , and could let me use as a portable console to plug into machines.
Totally. A portable KVM/crash cart could be useful.
take a look at NexDock - laptop form factor, without the innards. just a keyboard, trackpad, screen, and battery waiting to connect to a phone, server rack, pi, or what have you.
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#38Looks pretty neat! But what's the point of the thermal printer? Is this supposed to be used as a portable cash register?
I would use it with the adhesive thermal paper for labelling up infrastructure, it sounds like it could make a decent administration machine. An Ethernet jack might be needed though.
Something like this is much better suited to that purpose: https://brothermobilesolutions.com/products/handheld-printer...
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#39Wouldn't a cheap tablet be much more productive and cost effective?
Or a bluetooth keyboard for your smartphone. You can have Bluetooth mechanical keyboards for cheap nowadays.
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean, it looks like a nice tool if you take it to debug on-site devices.
I would buy something like this if it had HDMI and VGA in , and could let me use as a portable console to plug into machines.
So much this. I want a display, a VGA in, a keyboard and something that is capable of running a terminal and a switch for VGA in and the built-in Raspberry/Odroid/whatever. I would pay anything up to $500-600.
Found nothing so far.
Edit: forgot RJ45.