[HN Gopher] Mainboard Terminal - A Retro-Style Computer with a M...
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Mainboard Terminal - A Retro-Style Computer with a Modern Core
Author : ingve
Score : 159 points
Date : 2022-05-15 12:02 UTC (10 hours ago)
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| Animats wrote:
| That's a fun use of a round screen. Round screens are made for
| automotive gauges. You can even get round touchscreens.[1]
| There's potential for a round phone, as a teen fashion accessory.
|
| [1] https://www.displaymodule.com/products/dm-tftr34-359
| skykooler wrote:
| It would be neat to build a phone in the form factor of a
| pocketwatch.
| grishka wrote:
| One Black Mirror episode had these really cool round phone-like
| devices: https://m.media-
| amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTg1NDE1MTEzMF5BMl5B...
| rpmisms wrote:
| If I could find an SBC that could fit in this footprint/also
| drive that display, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
| robin_reala wrote:
| The Motorola Aura[1] had a round screen. There was also going
| to be a round wooden FirefoxOS phone[2] but it never launched
| in the end.
|
| [1] https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_aura-2562.php
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| [2] https://liliputing.com/2015/03/runcible-is-a-circular-
| firefo...
| samstave wrote:
| Dopes.
|
| What was the final BOM cost?
|
| How much was the actual screen?
|
| Can you daisy-chain multiples of the screens? What would it take
| to make same but with three round screens?
| yokoprime wrote:
| There is a parts list with links in the github. Based on the
| prices for similar screens on aliexpress its about 150 USD for
| just the round LCD panel
| boomskats wrote:
| I think that original set of XDA canvas keycaps is probably
| another ~$100 nowadays
| digitalsankhara wrote:
| Great work, love the design!
|
| I now want to write a steam punk style sci-fi movie just to see
| these machines in it! :-)
| metmac wrote:
| Feels very much in the realm of Love Hulten's design language.
|
| All it's missing is a half sphere dome lens in front of the
| panel.
|
| https://www.lovehulten.com/
| bullfightonmars wrote:
| Wow! These are all real things! I thought they were photoshop
| mockups, but no they seem to all be physical devices. I am not
| convinced that all the switches and dials actually function,
| but still these are beautiful.
| yissp wrote:
| I'm excited to see more cool projects like this based on the
| Framework mainboard.
| nrp wrote:
| Also just released today from the Mainboard developer program:
| https://github.com/brickbots/framedeck
| sprash wrote:
| If you want to display a square Terminal as round circle maybe
| use this technique: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/3dsSWs
| signa11 wrote:
| screenshots without running the xscreensaver radar ping is such a
| cop-out
| dijit wrote:
| I'd buy one for the novelty (if the price is ~$1,000), but I'm
| unlikely to try building one.
|
| Still, very cool and quite fun.
|
| I wonder if it makes sense (if you want a circular display) to
| instead use the same display as a NEST.
| BaculumMeumEst wrote:
| How do you enter braces or square brackets with that keyboard?
| fifticon wrote:
| Hold down modifier, those keyboards have 'planes'.
| fifticon wrote:
| Ie the keys on either side of spacebar switch between layers.
| emteycz wrote:
| This is really lovely, gives me ST: TOS vibes. There are also
| some CRT-like video filters (shaders), that could be nice on this
| too.
| rbanffy wrote:
| Next step obviously is the dual round screen of the iconic CDC
| 6x00 console.
| rpmisms wrote:
| Absolutely phenomenal keyboard choice, too. If you haven't tried
| an ortholinear keyboard, get thee to Drop.com and get a Preonic.
| breakingcups wrote:
| What is the advantage of a keyboard like that?
| rpmisms wrote:
| It's compact, more ergonomic, easier to touch-type on (no
| need to remember offsets), and it looks really really cool.
| If you were pitching it to a VC, you'd call it KBRD,
| pronounced "Awesome"
| nickstinemates wrote:
| Ortho keyboards are awesome, and the Preonic is _very_ easy to
| assemble.
|
| It took me some commitment to be able to type on one
| effectively - and then swapping back to a normal layout was
| frustrating, but after a while you can swap between both
| without much of a hassle. I like them both for different
| applications, but also I just like changing things up
| sometimes.
| rpmisms wrote:
| I always cycle out my keyboards. I alternate between using a
| Planck with Boba U4Ts, a Preonic with Halo Trues, and the
| Macbook keyboard. I'm adding a Nyquist to that list soon,
| just need to decide if I want to use
| Bobagums/NK_Silk/NK_Cream or fully commit and make some Holy
| Bobas.
|
| It's a really nice way to add variety to the relative
| monotony of my day-to-day, and my carpal tunnel has seriously
| improved.
| nickstinemates wrote:
| I tend to stick to linear switches. I think I've tried them
| all (all of the popular and semi-popular ones, anyway, not
| necessarily the random japanese ones) - most of my
| keyboards have them. I also like different styles/layouts
| like Alice, Splits, Ortho's, and more standard.
|
| My fav is a 40% alice.
|
| I usually have different keyboards for different types of
| activities, or games. I like playing Path of Exile on an
| Ortho as an example. But World of Warcraft I play on a
| larger keyboard, 65%. Programming is alltogether different,
| where general web browsing/forum commenting/twitter I am
| not so picky.
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