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Wow the Devterm looks amazing. Unfortunately according to reviews, the quality is extremely subpar. I get it’s niche but at that price, it’s probably a better f

Wow the Devterm looks amazing. Unfortunately according to reviews, the quality is extremely subpar. I get it’s niche but at that price, it’s probably a better financial design to get an iPad mini with a small keyboard.

giobox 3y ago
Yep, I weighed the risk of the poor Devterm reviews when deciding to preorder the uConsole. My hope is with the uConsole being a simpler device with a traditional 4:3 display etc there will be more scope to just treat it like a plain ole Linux computer, but absolutely it's a niche toy for me too - neither of the devices make financial sense as a work tool! I also love the design of the Devterm and would absolutely have bought one if reviews were better.
ecliptik 3y ago
I have a DevTerm R-01 and it is basically a beautiful $200 novelty cyberdeck that sits on my desk. The R01 version in particular is greatly under powered and is really only usable with twm and a Xterm. I mostly use it to read gopher:// and the kids love printing things off using it's thermal printer.
- syntaxing 3y ago
  How is the keyboard? I have pretty small hands and it does not look like I can use it comfortably.
  - ecliptik 3y ago
    It's not great but not absolutely horrible. Two-finger typing most of the time and the overall feel is stiff, but not too stiff. I usually hold it with my hands and use my thumbs, like a Game Gear. Re-mapping the "d-pad" joystick and "yxba" buttons to arrow keys and hjkl [1] makes it easy to read and navigate text content on it (hence of gopher://), especially with the wide and high resolution screen. 1. https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mapping-devterm-r-01-gamepad-to-keys-in-xorg/9596 https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mapping-devterm-r-01-gamepad...
  - danielnoiz 3y ago
    It's size is what turned me off most about the devterm. I would be much more tempted by a device just a bit bigger. This[1] blog post has good pictures, one next to a DVD case for size comparison. [1] https://www.talospace.com/2022/05/mini-review-clockwork-pi-devterm-r-01.html https://www.talospace.com/2022/05/mini-review-clockwork-pi-d...
BirAdam 3y ago
The hardware quality is actually decent. The software support isn’t unless you get the pi version. I’ve owned two. First, the A04 and then the R-01. I actually used the A04 frequently, until I bought a SteamDeck. I’ve since sold it. I would use the R01 more if the HDMI out worked. Clockwork will ship, it takes them some time. The software support isn’t great, and the community does a lot of the heavy lifting.

giobox 3y ago

Yep, I weighed the risk of the poor Devterm reviews when deciding to preorder the uConsole. My hope is with the uConsole being a simpler device with a traditional 4:3 display etc there will be more scope to just treat it like a plain ole Linux computer, but absolutely it's a niche toy for me too - neither of the devices make financial sense as a work tool! I also love the design of the Devterm and would absolutely have bought one if reviews were better.

ecliptik 3y ago

I have a DevTerm R-01 and it is basically a beautiful $200 novelty cyberdeck that sits on my desk. The R01 version in particular is greatly under powered and is really only usable with twm and a Xterm. I mostly use it to read gopher:// and the kids love printing things off using it's thermal printer.

syntaxing 3y ago
How is the keyboard? I have pretty small hands and it does not look like I can use it comfortably.
- ecliptik 3y ago
  It's not great but not absolutely horrible. Two-finger typing most of the time and the overall feel is stiff, but not too stiff. I usually hold it with my hands and use my thumbs, like a Game Gear. Re-mapping the "d-pad" joystick and "yxba" buttons to arrow keys and hjkl [1] makes it easy to read and navigate text content on it (hence of gopher://), especially with the wide and high resolution screen. 1. https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mapping-devterm-r-01-gamepad-to-keys-in-xorg/9596 https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mapping-devterm-r-01-gamepad...
- danielnoiz 3y ago
  It's size is what turned me off most about the devterm. I would be much more tempted by a device just a bit bigger. This[1] blog post has good pictures, one next to a DVD case for size comparison. [1] https://www.talospace.com/2022/05/mini-review-clockwork-pi-devterm-r-01.html https://www.talospace.com/2022/05/mini-review-clockwork-pi-d...

BirAdam 3y ago

The hardware quality is actually decent. The software support isn’t unless you get the pi version. I’ve owned two. First, the A04 and then the R-01. I actually used the A04 frequently, until I bought a SteamDeck. I’ve since sold it. I would use the R01 more if the HDMI out worked. Clockwork will ship, it takes them some time. The software support isn’t great, and the community does a lot of the heavy lifting.