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PaperTerm Concept, An e-paper remote terminal device

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Re: PaperTerm Concept, An e-paper remote terminal device

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What was wrong with Remarkable2?

I have a Remarkable 2 -- it doesn't have a good SSH client nor supports an external keyboard, as far as I know.

Sounds like an easy 'dev mode' to add, and capture a large market of developers. For years I've been looking into eink for development etc.

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I’ve chasing this dragon for years for the purpose of working outside; first trying to hack a kindle paper white, then using a Dasung monitor, then hacking a reMarkable 2. All were disappointing for a reason or another but I’m ready to try again with the PineNote. 4th time’s the charm, right?

> I’ve chasing this dragon for years for the purpose of working outside; first trying to hack a kindle paper white

Really? I've never understood why Amazon wanted white kindles, but this is the worst possible use case for one. Actual paper books aren't usable outside, because they give off too much glare in sunlight. Kindle solves that problem! Use one of the gray ones; they're better anyway.

Re: PaperTerm Concept, An e-paper remote terminal device

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I’ve chasing this dragon for years for the purpose of working outside; first trying to hack a kindle paper white, then using a Dasung monitor, then hacking a reMarkable 2. All were disappointing for a reason or another but I’m ready to try again with the PineNote. 4th time’s the charm, right?

I was thinking of the same, however when I look at large eink displays most of the time the vendor specifically cautions against using them in bright sunlight. Check waveshare etc.

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I have been craving an e-ink laptop with a low voltage RISC processor for twenty years. It is impossible to open a normal laptop at night, after the kids have gone to bed, without becoming more awake than after a double espresso. I can't stare into a bright back lit screen at night. It often ends up with me sitting way to late up at night. At daytime, the often ridiculously bright back lit screen makes me unfocused and almost hypnotized.

Re: PaperTerm Concept, An e-paper remote terminal device

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I’ve chasing this dragon for years for the purpose of working outside; first trying to hack a kindle paper white, then using a Dasung monitor, then hacking a reMarkable 2. All were disappointing for a reason or another but I’m ready to try again with the PineNote. 4th time’s the charm, right?

> I’ve chasing this dragon for years for the purpose of working outside; first trying to hack a kindle paper white Really? I've never understood why Amazon wanted white kindles, but this is the worst possible use case for one. Actual paper books aren't usable outside, because they give off too much glare in sunlight. Kindle solves that problem! Use one of the gray ones; they're better anyway.

Yeah the white ones also make the "paper" look darker:)

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This seens to be an unpublished, unfinished, unindexed document about a nonexisting product whose project status I am very confused about, yet the concept is absolutely intriguing.

I have experience with driver circuitry for waveshare e-ink displays and ARM H7 which has USB2 and Wifi. It shouldn't be too difficult to build a small device which is powered by an USB power bank, receives from a USB keyboard and communicates with a USB LTE stick.

So I'm pretty sure that someone has already designed something similar as open hardware that you could fork and customize. I'd start with Googling "kicad eink arm". From memory, the Watchy eink watch with esp32 comes to mind. And I think there are arduino epaper driver boards on Amazon, too.

Re: PaperTerm Concept, An e-paper remote terminal device

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I have been craving an e-ink laptop with a low voltage RISC processor for twenty years. It is impossible to open a normal laptop at night, after the kids have gone to bed, without becoming more awake than after a double espresso. I can't stare into a bright back lit screen at night. It often ends up with me sitting way to late up at night. At daytime, the often ridiculously bright back lit screen makes me unfocused a…

If I could afford it I would buy an Onyx BOOX Max Lumi https://onyxboox.com/boox_maxlumi

It can be used as an external monitor for your laptop or desktop via HDMI port according to https://onyxboox.com/files/manuals/BOOX_MaxLumi_User_Manual....

Screen Size 13.3 inch

Resolution 2200*1650

Is it actually good enough to do real work on? I don't know, but I would be willing to try.

Certainly looks interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_WjTgmwMRk

Also worth noting though, from the manual linked above: "In the state of secondary monitor, the device is only user for monitor reading. Touch for operation do not work in this state."

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This seens to be an unpublished, unfinished, unindexed document about a nonexisting product whose project status I am very confused about, yet the concept is absolutely intriguing.

The earliest generation Kindles had keyboards and various ways to run Linux. I think they tick about every box in this concept, except for the "Great keyboard. Terminal mouse support": the keyboards sucked for typing more than a few minutes. I realise that this is a pretty important "except" if you want to use a terminal, but at least they were actual mass market products.

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What was wrong with Remarkable2?

I have a Remarkable 2 -- it doesn't have a good SSH client nor supports an external keyboard, as far as I know.

I have a remarkable 2 as well, and although I love it for reading/drawing, the biggest downside for me is the total lack of developer support. There are some cool 3rd party tools for interacting with the file system, but absolutely no support from the manufacturers for running your own code on the thing. I know its possible, but seems like a huge hassle.
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