From: denzuko@panix.panix.com
On 2025-08-13, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> I first came across this concept a few years ago
>. A “cyberdeck” is basically a
> style of home-built computer with futuristic/sci-fi/cyberpunk
> overtones. The name comes from (what else) a William Gibson novel. It
> seems common to use a Raspberry Pi as the beating heart, with a custom
> 3D-printed case around it plus other suitably interesting-looking
> parts.
First proposed this in the late 90's then again in the late 00's. Left it be
for a time and suprised that 30 years later and four revisions of Raspberry PI
there's a community for it after the PCMR case moding hobby died.
There is a whole subreddit for this hobby and overall most builds tend to be
clones of laptop formats which is counter to what a cyberdeck is/was in media.
A cyberdeck by definition is a personal computing device, usually wearable, and
special built for "hacking". Given the original insparation was the Sinclar QL
and like one can say a Cyberdeck is a wearable PC inside a keyboard that a
smart glasses interfaces with.
That would be great to see built beyond the hacky prototype I and others in the
community have built.
> Angles seem preferable to curves, with asymmetrically-inset polygons
> very popular. Weird and wacky keyboard layouts are a bonus. The
> diminutive size of the Raspberry Pi leaves plenty of room for
> experimentation.
True, even seen / had plans for an FPGA based one with a built in SDR.
>
> We can build the future-that-never-was! We have the technology now.
Yes we can! And even more so now.
So LDO, what would you thinking of buildng for your cyberdeck?
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