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