maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

looking somewhat better but still kinda crap. maybe xfce isn't the way to go but i dunno what else to use

it's battery powered now

that's not bad for a dinky speaker that was rated only for bbc basic beeps

please is there any window/desktop manager/environment for #linux that's suitable for 1280x480 without rolling your own from scratch because this isn't it

so these are the internals otherwise so far

• RPi 3B 1GB
• DietPi (might change my mind later)
• RPi Pico running a very quick slapdash circuitpython script to turn the unharmed NC100 keyboard into USB HID (charmed by how easy that was)
• a new dfrobot UPS HAT has been ordered, should give me I2C monitoring so i can get that into the OS
• 10000mAh battery (might been a mistake given clearances but i'm winging this
• screen is 1280x480, takes HDMI and USB for power and touch

never assume that just because the connector is the same the polarity is.. i've now repinned the battery but not before probably killing this UPS HAT

which specifically has no diode protection

yes, it does

it's happening!!!

i shouldn't be surprised that this works but i needed a win

up to no good

this apple computer looks weird

can you imagine if this funder decides to now sell the source to whatever highest bidder might want to start a second gab. what a world

NO FUCKING WAY

toying with embedded again but i'm really rusty

i grew up with the master system version of olympic gold. i didn't find out until like over a decade later that there was also a mega drive version, and that menu title arrangement always sounded wrong to me. anyway here's my arrangement of the master system version more or less how it played out in my head

had to do it, as with anything that has BASIC and a speaker

so i bought an Amstrad NC100 as broken on ebay for less than 20 pounds. i was going to use just the shell and repurpose the keyboard to make it into a modern cyberdeck. i bridged a blown fuse and it's working. now what?

hey it's been a few years since win3.11 can we maybe use a better folder picker than this?

"I'LL BE THE PROP!"

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