[HN Gopher] Make a Tiny Raspberry Pi Based Cyberdeck
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Make a Tiny Raspberry Pi Based Cyberdeck
Author : rcarmo
Score : 34 points
Date : 2024-02-04 10:05 UTC (12 hours ago)
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| karmakaze wrote:
| I used to be interested in Cyberdecks that packed essential
| compute and comms in a small rugged form factor. Now I realize
| the term means small cool-looking fully-functional possibly
| impractical prop. I like these too but more as an observer than
| user.
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| I like the exoframe of this one--it's like a laptop with eye
| level screen.
| zokier wrote:
| Also there are so many cool cyberdeck (and adjacent) builds
| around that the bar is very high; plain raspi in some lasercut
| plywood is pretty barebones. Just few days HaD had this random
| build featured: https://hackaday.com/2024/02/02/retro-styled-
| rasti-laptop-pa...
| criddell wrote:
| I keep hoping to find a cyberdeck that's better than the
| Radio Shack Model 100 from 40 years ago. It ran for 20 hours
| on 4 AA batteries. I think the Raspberry Pi is usually the
| weak point. By itself, you only get 3-4 hours of runtime on 4
| AA batteries.
| karmakaze wrote:
| Wow, I didn't realize it only used 4 AA's. Didn't have one
| but saw a few. The screen wasn't bad and the keyboard was
| fantastic, which was a point of focus for me since my Atari
| 400 had membrane keys (though I got really good at slide-
| press typing on it).
| RecycledEle wrote:
| One if my students, years ago, bult an amazing laptop (that's
| what we called it) and was very proud of it.
|
| He mentioned it in an application to an Ivy League university,
| but did not know to call it a cyberdeck. They refused him
| admission because he did not know that term.
|
| The lesson is: There are millions if bright kids who reinvent
| things, but are denied even admission to college because they are
| not part of the in-crows that knows the jargon.
|
| I wish I could remember his name.
|
| Also, the one my student built was quite rugged. That might be
| what impressed me most about it.
|
| Making it rugged is another level of skil that most makers never
| obtain.
| jcoder wrote:
| You're saying the university denied their application because
| they referred to their homebrew device as a "laptop" and not a
| "cyberdeck"? I'm far from any of the worlds involved, but that
| just seems extremely unlikely to be the reason. In fact I'd
| expect the opposite--the uni not understanding that an
| applicant's "cyberdeck" is actually a homemade laptop--a
| concept anyone can grasp
| mysteria wrote:
| How did you know that he was refused admission because he
| called it a laptop? This all sounds very strange to me.
| LeafItAlone wrote:
| > He mentioned it in an application to an Ivy League
| university, but did not know to call it a cyberdeck. They
| refused him admission because he did not know that term.
|
| > The lesson is: There are millions if bright kids who reinvent
| things, but are denied even admission to college because they
| are not part of the in-crows that knows the jargon.
|
| If it's any consolation, the chances are they would have met
| the same response even if using "cyberdeck".
|
| Millions of otherwise similarly qualified people have been
| rejected from Ivy League universities because there are only a
| limited number of sports each year and many more applicants.
| Despite what one may think, unless you _really_ stand out (do
| something national news worthy, legacy, or come from a family
| rich enough to get a building name after you) there is
| definitely luck involved in getting the right admissions
| workers to notice your application. One project in an
| admissions packet usually won't make the cut.
| hinkley wrote:
| That bent cable is making me inexplicably angry. They make usb
| cables with right angle bends in them. I used them on my RPi-
| clone cluster so I could keep the cables out of my way.
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