From: jason_hindle@yahoo.com   
      
   On 14/08/2025 21:22, Den zuko wrote:   
   >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?   
      
   Interesting. Just today (a day off), I was asked by a colleague if I could   
    run some automated tests to check a big had been fixed and for regression.   
    Not a big problem - while out and about I simply connected to Tailscale and   
    used Termux to SSH into my development VM and get the test running.   
      
   One problem! The characters on my Pixel 9 Pro are very small. Something like   
    a Cyberdeck would, perhaps, be more versatile.   
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