Was just coding this afternoon on my netbook…it's slow as molasses, and wheezes at the use of most GUI applications, but my #writerdeck helps keep me focused on the project at hand 🥰
Joachim
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The Typeframe is modeled after the Epson PX-4 and looks like a twin. The 7.9" LCD is also a touchscreen. I chose a Raspberry Pi 5 and an inexpensive ready-made keyboard. It's all powered by a 10 Ah battery and charges with USB-C. And lots of 3D printing and cable management.
More info. to build your own: https://www.typeframe.net/
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Joachim
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Ever since I saw the Typeframe (a DIY writerdeck or cyberdeck), I wanted to build one. And so I did! I tweaked the design here and there to fit what I had on hand and my tastes. Here's the result. I'm pleased with how it turned out.
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I also cobbled together a systray icon for the battery status using Python. It retrieves the battery info from the Power Management Hat over serial and updates the systray icon as needed. The tooltip shown appears when you mouse over or tap the battery icon.
Yep, it runs MacOS 7.5 really wide 🙃
#typeframe #RetroComputing #cyberdeck #writerdeck #FlyingToasters #VintageApple #VintageMac
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I added an internal speaker (from an old iPad) and headphone jack to my Typeframe. Since I used a Pi 5 with no on-board analog audio, I used a USB audio dongle.
I was delighted to learn of the simplicity of switching 3.5mm headphone jacks. They have 5 poles instead of 3. The audio source and internal speaker are wired to the headphone jack pins. They're normally closed and the internal speaker works. Plug in headphones, it switches. So simple!
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Nanoraptor
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Yep, it runs MacOS 7.5 really wide 🙃
#typeframe #RetroComputing #cyberdeck #writerdeck #FlyingToasters #VintageApple #VintageMac
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Yep, it runs MacOS 7.5 really wide 🙃
#typeframe #RetroComputing #cyberdeck #writerdeck #FlyingToasters #VintageApple #VintageMac
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The Typeframe is modeled after the Epson PX-4 and looks like a twin. The 7.9" LCD is also a touchscreen. I chose a Raspberry Pi 5 and an inexpensive ready-made keyboard. It's all powered by a 10 Ah battery and charges with USB-C. And lots of 3D printing and cable management.
More info. to build your own: https://www.typeframe.net/
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Ever since I saw the Typeframe (a DIY writerdeck or cyberdeck), I wanted to build one. And so I did! I tweaked the design here and there to fit what I had on hand and my tastes. Here's the result. I'm pleased with how it turned out.
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Micro Journal writerDeck developer Un Kyu Lee uses the Rev.2.1 to explain why he's discontinuing the Rev.2 model (maintaining support for customers expecting a commercial product rather than something aimed at hobbyists was unsustainable). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjo6szWE3U0 #MicroJournal #writerDeck
Typeframe PX-88 is a Raspberry Pi-powered CyberDeck inspired by a portable PC from the 1980s
The Typeframe PX-88 is a modern computer with a retro design that’s inspired by the Epson PX-4, a portable computer released in 1985. But this is a fully modern device with a flip-up touchscreen display, a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B for brains, and a USB Type-C port, among other things.
You can’t actually buy a Typeframe PX-88. But you may be able to build your own, because designer Jeff Merrick […]
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alcinnz
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I'm working on the next version of writerdeckOS and want to have two default directories in the home folders for any users created:
- Documents
- USBs (which will be linked to plugged in USBs)
I'm moving out of user space and into global space. So with that, I'm trying to determine where the "default populated folders" are configured (note: I'm using a headless version of Debian as my base OS).
Turns out SOOOOO much is controlled by the desktop environment!!! Like much of your default folders are specifically configured within Gnome, or XFCE, or KDE, etc.
But I'm not using a desktop environment. I'm using Bash as a Command Line Interface with Tmux as a multiplexor.
So I sorted out where Bash sets out its default folder schema and default user profiles, etc in Debian headless.
It's in /etc/skel !!!! Cool!!!!
So I created a unique directory in /etc/skel in my base build installation. Then used Penguins Eggs to build me an installation ISO...
...and sure enough!!! The default folder is in both my Live instance and in my installed instance!!!!
Yay!!!!
Next I'll see if I can get that "USBs" folder to sync with a global mount point... that's gonna be goofy...
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I'm working on the next version of writerdeckOS and want to have two default directories in the home folders for any users created:
- Documents
- USBs (which will be linked to plugged in USBs)
I'm moving out of user space and into global space. So with that, I'm trying to determine where the "default populated folders" are configured (note: I'm using a headless version of Debian as my base OS).
Turns out SOOOOO much is controlled by the desktop environment!!! Like much of your default folders are specifically configured within Gnome, or XFCE, or KDE, etc.
But I'm not using a desktop environment. I'm using Bash as a Command Line Interface with Tmux as a multiplexor.
So I sorted out where Bash sets out its default folder schema and default user profiles, etc in Debian headless.
It's in /etc/skel !!!! Cool!!!!
So I created a unique directory in /etc/skel in my base build installation. Then used Penguins Eggs to build me an installation ISO...
...and sure enough!!! The default folder is in both my Live instance and in my installed instance!!!!
Yay!!!!
Next I'll see if I can get that "USBs" folder to sync with a global mount point... that's gonna be goofy...
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This DIY distraction-free writing machine combines an Onyx BOOX Palma (pocket-sized E Ink Android device) with a Keychron v2 Max mechanical keyboard and a 3D printed case with palm rests and a padded handle for portability. https://www.reddit.com/r/writerDeck/comments/1lq6pf7/presenting_the_robinson/#WriterDeck#OnyxBOOXPalma#DistractionFreeWriting
