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My original (Leather covered) Chumby is still my alarm clock. The display is no longer as good as it once was, but it keeps working! Of course, it never had pow
by pjsg 4y ago
My original (Leather covered) Chumby is still my alarm clock. The display is no longer as good as it once was, but it keeps working! Of course, it never had power fail recovery (or battery backup), so if you lose power in the middle of the night, then your alarm doesn't work in the morning.
- ilyt 4y agoInterestingly enough technically rPi4 can boot off internet using nothing but builtin eeprom settings. So the modern clone could just boot off fully diskless off "cloud" or the web server in local network.
- georgemcbay 4y ago> Of course, it never had power fail recovery (or battery backup) There's a 9-volt style battery connector hiding inside the little kangaroo pouch underneath the old chumby that is capable of powering the device but it was never officially supported and a standard 9-volt battery would not power the device for long enough to be useful in any realistic capacity. I do remember users hacking up their own battery packs with enough juice to keep it powered overnight but they tended to involve bulky external battery systems that kind of wrecked the overall vibe of the little leather ball.