I'm pondering design for a super minimal #pocketComputer, not a phone replacement but rather a device tailored to do only what's useful to me not distracting, basically what do i need on an average day out when i don't want to be stuck in my phone?
Ideally i could make this modifiable in a way that anyone could tailor it to their own needs and make one, so:
If you had to choose 4 essential features to leave your phone at home, what would they be?
There's an ebay guy that sells scans of technical manuals. He had the PC4 Sevice Manual. So I got a copy.
Not a lot to the manual, these things weren't really going to be repairable with 198X equipment.
This manual also covers the matching cassette interface, though, and I was interested in that.
Hoped the interface was just some caps and resistors, but nope there's a whole IO chip in there. Outputs Kansas City format tape!
A pack of games on cassette tape for my iPhone Pocket Computer would be interesting 🤔🤣
#Tandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #PocketComputer #PC2 #Sharp1500 #PC1500 #263702 #Games #Cassette #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #WallOfRetro #NerdsOfVintage #HappyNerding #TheVintNerd
CL-32 is a DIY pocket computer with a thumb keyboard, E-Ink screen and ESP32-S3 chip
The CL-32 is a work-in-progress pocket-sized PC that combines modern hardware with classic design inspired by systems from the 1980s like the TRS-80 Pocket Computer.
While some details haven’t been finalized yet, the basic elements include an ESP32-S3 system-on-a-chip combined with a small E Ink display and a custom printed circuit board […]
https://liliputing.com/?p=171191
#cardComputer #cl32 #diy #esp32 #moosepr #Pi0CKET #pocketComputer
Time to remind the #RetroComputing world that there is a nice little #TextAdventure #Game available for the #Sharp #PocketComputer #Handhelds #PC1403 and #PC1248 ...
Pocket Z project aims to build $99 Linux PCs that fit in your pocket
Before smartphones with touchscreen displays began to dominate the mobile computing space, device makers tried out a number of different form factors to see what would stick. There were stylus-driven devices like the Apple Newton and Palm Pilot, thumb keyboard devices like the BlackBerry line of phones, and mini-laptops like the Psion Series 5mx and HP Jornada […]
So this is a real oddball of a system. I got it cheap on eBay because I was curious. Before buying it I hadn't been able to find anything about it. After getting it and taking it apart I found it was a modified Casio PB-1000. It _sort of_ worked but had random characters on screen and gave memory errors.
#casio #retrocomputing #pocketcomputer #palmtop
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Raspberry Pi-powered ShaRPiKeebo pocket computer is almost ready to ship (two years after crowdfunding)
The ShaRPiKeebo is a pocket-sized computer board with a display, keyboard, game controller keys, and an incredibly geeky design: it’s basically a printed circuit board with tacked-on keys, ports, and buttons. And the board is meant to be powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero, which acts as the brains of the portable computer kit.
When the developers behind the […]
I was wondering old dot matrix LCD displays still exist... I mean the ones we had in old #pocketcomputer s. I'd love to experiment a #lowres interface with the #raspberry #pi4 .
320x200 with backlit would be nice for my next cyberdeck iteration ♥️
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#oldtech #nerdstuff
@joat Ahhh, the #Casio FX-880P! 😍 I never managed to get hold of one of those but I do have two working „little brothers“, the FX-850P. #fx850p #fx880p #pocketcomputer
Funny thing: If you search for the hashtag #Casio here you‘ll get tons of posts with wristwatch images and a very few images of Casio musical instruments, mostly keyboards. – Hey, #calculator community! Where are all the cool Casio #pocketcalculator and #pocketcomputer photos?!? 😉 I‘ll start with a few from my little collection. – What‘s your favorite Casio pocket computer or calculator?
Uy! Retrocomputación presenta la TRS-80 PC-4
https://video.hardlimit.com/videos/watch/603e8590-d640-4e45-9b99-3937ef8c8fe8
The TRS-80 PC-2 Pocket Computer was less pocket-able once you plugged everything in 🤓
#Tandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #PocketComputer #PC2 #Sharp1500 #PC1500 #RS232 #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #WallOfRetro #NerdsOfVintage #HappyNerding #TheVintNerd
🤯 eBay find: A TRS-80 PC-2 Pocket Computer SERIAL Interface. Never figured I'd ever get my hands on one. Let alone ?new? in the box!
#Tandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #PocketComputer #PC2 #Sharp1500 #PC1500 #263612 #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #WallOfRetro #NerdsOfVintage #HappyNerding #TheVintNerd
eBay find: Was this TRS-80 PC-2 Printer & Cassette Interface even EVER Used?! 🙀
#Tandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #PocketComputer #PC2 #Sharp1500 #PC1500 #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #TheVintNerd
Looks like I'll have the single-display-line TRS-80 PC-2 Pocket Computer 'calling' BBS's soon with a WiFi Modem! 🤣
#Tandy #RadioShack #TRS80 #PocketComputer #PC2 #Sharp1500 #PC1500 #WiModem #WiFiModem #RS232 #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #WallOfRetro #NerdsOfVintage #HappyNerding #TheVintNerd
Beepberry is a $79 hackable pocket computer kit with a BlackBerry keyboard, from the founder of Pebble and Beeper and the designer of the Watchy smartwatch. https://liliputing.com/beepberry-is-a-79-hackable-pocket-computer-kit-with-a-blackberry-keyboard/
Auspicious Machine is a modular handheld Linux PC with a BlackBerry-style keyboard and gaming buttons
#AuspiciousMachine #PocketComputer #handheld #liliputing #BlackBerryClone #modular #ComputeModule
Psion introduced the Series 3a organizer in 1993 as a much-improved followup to the Series 3. With its 8MHz V30, a 480x160 screen, 1 MB of RAM, EPOC-16 multitasking GUI-based OS and its 30h battery runtime on 2 AA batteries it was a truly revolutionary device at the time. Not much larger than a glasses case when closed, it opened to a QWERTY keyboard that was quite comfortable to type on. #psion #3a #retrocomputing #pocketcomputer 1/x
The FX-730p is an evolution of the pocket-computer line that began with the PB 100. It has much more RAM (8KB), a larger display, a simple function evaluator and a "memo" function, that can be used to store simple keyword to multiple values tables. This is not only useful for telephone directories, but also for storing function libraries to be used with the evaluator. The memo-data could also be used in BASIC programs. #retrocomputing #pocketcomputer #casio
