there's a liberapay you can use to contribute to the project here --
100% of contributions go towards hardware
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from the crowd supply application:
# Country: AU - Australia
# Description
# Campaign Goal
To build one or two units of the "permacomputer" as a proof-of-concept. Will involve sourcing e-waste like jewelry boxes and cigar boxes. The boxes will be drilled and cut into, and a LILYGO TTGO VGA single board computer will be put inside. Tiny BASIC will be loaded on the TTGO SBC.
# Prototype Status
This is a funding campaign to build the prototype.
# Community
https://retro.social/@permacomputer
#permacomputing on IRC
xmpp:permacomputing@conference.macaw.me?join
permacomputing.net community
# Price: 200
# Competition
https://geoffg.net/picomitevga.html
https://www.olimex.com/Products/Retro-Computers/RVPC/open-source-hardware
# Openness
100% (Mixture of BSD-3 clause and GNU GPL)
https://github.com/slviajero/tinybasic
https://github.com/fdivitto/FabGL
https://github.com/Xinyuan-LilyGO/VGA32
# Main Components
wooden box
USB to PS2 converter adapter (example: https://www.jaycar.com.au/usb-to-ps2-adaptor-usb-a-female-to-ps-2-male/p/PA0917)
e-waste PS2 and USB keyboards
LILYGO TTGO VGA32 boards https://lilygo.cc/products/fabgl-vga32?_pos=1&_sid=b8510207c&_ss=r
# Manufacturing Plan
cottage industry spec. build it in my own lab at home. think—people’s computer company, 1970s hobbyist.
# Funding Allocation
100% to parts. all tools already possessed.
# Team
Just myself.
# Schedule
6 months? perhaps 3?
# Additional Details