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If you don't want to build your own, you can buy one: http://openpandora.org/ http://openpandora.org/ Its not just a terminal, though .. ;)

Karunamon 12y ago
Everything related to Pandora has seemed sketchy as hell from day one. For instance, right now, both of the resellers on that site that service the USA don't appear to actually sell the damned thing. I also recall stores of pre-orders not being served for upwards of a year with little to no contact by the seller.
- fit2rule 12y ago
  Yeah those days are over .. the survivor of the OpenPandora project - EvilDragon/Michale Mrozek - is the owner of the DragonBox Shop, and he has been the only trustworthy guy in the project so far, which was severely hamstrung by the financial mis-management of the originator of the project, Craig Rothwell. That is all water under the bridge now - EvilDragon has been selling the OpenPandora through his shop, and he is the principle organizer of the sequel to the Pandora, called the Pyra. (You can follow EvilDragon and see his involvement in the community here: http://boards.openpandora.org/user/1-evildragon/ http://boards.openpandora.org/user/1-evildragon/) I'm the happy owner of two of the original first batch Open Pandora machines, and was lucky to get them (F5 for the win) .. I've signed up for the Pyra too, as I really believe that EvilDragon, and his minions, are a fantastic group of like-minded adventurers, and I have absolutely zero hesitancy in recommending him to anyone interested in this project. He has been a stable part of this whole party ..
  - Karunamon 12y ago
    This is great to hear - the Pandora is a cool enough device and really needs some more love, but the experience for a random person wanting to buy one is still fantastically bad. Opaque storefronts which lead to opaque "unavailable" messages (despite the previous page declaring "in stock now!"), a news page that looks like the default from some ecommerce package. Let me give you my money! Please! :(
    - fit2rule 12y ago
      Yeah, the Pandora is a sweet little device. I love mine! I hope you tune in and get a chance to find yourself one - they do come up on the forums at board.openpandora.org fairly frequently. Or, just wait for the Pyra .. ;)
bane 12y ago
Yeah I was going to say the same thing. Even comes with X-Windows. I've toyed with getting one to use as a portable terminal, but it's too pricy. I think right now they're working on the next rev and they aren't for sale. (plus I've heard horror stories on long waits while the units were being produced)
jff 12y ago
I have looked at openpandora on and off since... I swear I was hearing about it as a college freshman, in 2005-2006? It was interesting and promising then but they completely failed to deliver. It has NEVER been available for purchase, regardless of when I've checked. Looking at Wikipedia it appears that they've managed to finally ship a massive total of 6000 units... well, it only took them 8 fucking years! That's an average of about 750 a year... is he hand-soldering these boards?

Karunamon 12y ago

Everything related to Pandora has seemed sketchy as hell from day one. For instance, right now, both of the resellers on that site that service the USA don't appear to actually sell the damned thing. I also recall stores of pre-orders not being served for upwards of a year with little to no contact by the seller.

fit2rule 12y ago
Yeah those days are over .. the survivor of the OpenPandora project - EvilDragon/Michale Mrozek - is the owner of the DragonBox Shop, and he has been the only trustworthy guy in the project so far, which was severely hamstrung by the financial mis-management of the originator of the project, Craig Rothwell. That is all water under the bridge now - EvilDragon has been selling the OpenPandora through his shop, and he is the principle organizer of the sequel to the Pandora, called the Pyra. (You can follow EvilDragon and see his involvement in the community here: http://boards.openpandora.org/user/1-evildragon/ http://boards.openpandora.org/user/1-evildragon/) I'm the happy owner of two of the original first batch Open Pandora machines, and was lucky to get them (F5 for the win) .. I've signed up for the Pyra too, as I really believe that EvilDragon, and his minions, are a fantastic group of like-minded adventurers, and I have absolutely zero hesitancy in recommending him to anyone interested in this project. He has been a stable part of this whole party ..
- Karunamon 12y ago
  This is great to hear - the Pandora is a cool enough device and really needs some more love, but the experience for a random person wanting to buy one is still fantastically bad. Opaque storefronts which lead to opaque "unavailable" messages (despite the previous page declaring "in stock now!"), a news page that looks like the default from some ecommerce package. Let me give you my money! Please! :(
  - fit2rule 12y ago
    Yeah, the Pandora is a sweet little device. I love mine! I hope you tune in and get a chance to find yourself one - they do come up on the forums at board.openpandora.org fairly frequently. Or, just wait for the Pyra .. ;)

bane 12y ago

Yeah I was going to say the same thing. Even comes with X-Windows. I've toyed with getting one to use as a portable terminal, but it's too pricy. I think right now they're working on the next rev and they aren't for sale. (plus I've heard horror stories on long waits while the units were being produced)

jff 12y ago

I have looked at openpandora on and off since... I swear I was hearing about it as a college freshman, in 2005-2006? It was interesting and promising then but they completely failed to deliver. It has NEVER been available for purchase, regardless of when I've checked. Looking at Wikipedia it appears that they've managed to finally ship a massive total of 6000 units... well, it only took them 8 fucking years! That's an average of about 750 a year... is he hand-soldering these boards?