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I'd like to give a shot to: https://www.clockworkpi.com/home-devterm https://www.clockworkpi.com/home-devterm as it seems the perfect hack-on-the-go device to t
by liendolucas 3y ago
I'd like to give a shot to: https://www.clockworkpi.com/home-devterm https://www.clockworkpi.com/home-devterm as it seems the perfect hack-on-the-go device to throw not hardware hungry code. The main issue for me preventing trying one of these is the keyboard and the trackball.
From what I could see from some videos is one of its weakest points. The input device (in my opinion) in this case has to be excellent, I wouldn't care to pay a bit more for this. I would sacrifice the gaming buttons for a bigger regular keyboard and use a trackpoint instead of a tiny trackball.
The thing with the trackpoint is that almost requires no lift of hands from the keyboard, it takes a bit getting used to but in my opinion is one of the best input devices that a notebook or small computer can have.
The devterm seems to follow the Dynabook layout which I think is great, if you could also bend a bit the screen a that would be terrific.
- cph123 3y agoI've got one of these, you are right about the keyboard and trackball, they aren't great. I have probably only used it a few times, it is very cool to look at but less so a functional device one could use for serious work comfortably.
- rbanffy 3y agoA shame. It could be a little bit bigger and get a good keyboard and a bit more of a display, and still look like a TRS-80 model 100. What I like about it (thinking about getting one) is the upgradeability - the RPi CM4 adapter should give it a couple extra generations, but I'm not a fan of the 480-line display idea unless one could use Wayland to extract more virtual pixels.