#CyberDeck addiction is real, y'all
Left to right: #PicoCalc (ClockworkPi) running a Lua firmware, #Tanmatsu (Nicolai Electronics) running the Synthwave example app, and #HackberryPi CM5 (Zitao) running the Pico-8 retro game development app (@zep) on top of RPi OS.
"I dunno what you are talking about! That's not my bootloader, officer! Wasn't me dropped that UF2 on the ground there!"
I hand-coded and shared a Letter Spirit bitfont for the Clockwork PicoCalc, a boot-to-BASIC cyberdeck running a Raspberry Pi Pico.
Feedback I got was,
"When I look at that, it makes me feel like I must be having a neural event."
"Oh god, I am sorry!"
This looks like the vision of a #dynabook finally realized - https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/raspberry-pi-zero-2-on-picocalc/17946/357?u=olav
And because yesterday I had to answer the soul-crushing question by a loved one “Now, what is it good for?” Shortly after that, I managed (it was trivial) to compile and run Decker on it. In its own words: “Decker is a multimedia platform for creating and sharing interactive documents, with sound, images, hypertext, and scripted behavior.” With my bluetooth mouse connected, I can now draw and code little apps on the PicoCalc screen, using the included tools or the Lilt scripting language. The ...
NEW BLOG POST - What I worked on this week - https://gianlucanieri.com/2025/12/21/what-i-worked-on-this-week/
"RPN on PicoCalc with TinyGo"
"Start Your PicoCalc Golang Adventure In 10 Minutes!"
Steve (hacks the) Gibson
Adam Sjøgren
Muro deGrizeco
olav
Gianx
TinyGo
Schreini
concretedog