Big BBSing on Micro Screens

Who says you need a giant monitor to dive into the retro #bbsing

Southern AMIS BBS an #atari 130XE—and we’re connected in style on the Sinclair MTV1, Casio Color TV, and the classic Sony Watchman. Micro TVs, mega nostalgia.

Whether it’s Atascii art or old-school message boards, we’re proving that big retro still fits in the palm of your hand

#Atari#SouthernAMIS #SinclairMTV1 #CasioTV #SonyWatchman #FujiNet #RetroComputing

Lilbits: A cyberdeck with a 2 inch CRT display, a 25.3 inch E Ink monitor, and the final nail in the coffin for LG’s smartphones

Cyberdecks are portable computers that often have a retro-futuristic design. Often that’s achieved by hobbyists who combine modern hardware (like a Raspberry Pi or a similar single-board computer) with vintage tech.

But one of the coolest… and possibly most useless cyberdeck’s I’ve seen so far takes things to another level by fusing a 2 inch black and white CRT display from 1980s-era Sony […]

#alderLakeN #crtDisplay #cyberdeck #intel #lg #lilbits #onyxBoox #onyxBooxMiraPro #osUpdates #raspberryPi #securityUpdates #sonyWatchman #twinLake #watchman

Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-a-cyberdeck-with-a-2-inch-crt-display-a-25-3-inch-e-ink-monitor-and-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-for-lgs-smartphones/

Lilbits: A cyberdeck with a 2 inch CRT display, a 25.3 inch E Ink monitor, and the final nail in the coffin for LG's smartphones - Liliputing

Lilbits: A cyberdeck with a 2 inch CRT display, a 25.3 inch E Ink monitor, and the final nail in the coffin for LG's smartphones

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This cyberdeck is a tiny PC that combines a Raspberry Pi 3b+ with a thumb keyboard, touchpad, battery and... a 2 inch black and white CRT display taken from a vintage Sony Watchman. It looks barely usable, but still kind of incredible. https://old.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/comments/1k9j5im/cyberdeck_with_crt_monitor_sony_watchman_with/ #SonyWatchman #RaspberryPi #CyberDeck #CRTDisplay

Cool project that turns a Sony Watchman into a WiFi and Bluetooth enabled vector display! I’d love to try and make one of these. Anyone done it?

https://github.com/lucysrausch/sony-scopeman

#RetroComputing #SonyWatchman #VectorScope #oscilloscope

GitHub - lucysrausch/sony-scopeman: Hardware Design files of a replacement mainboard for the Sony Watchman FD-10. This turns it into a bluetooth and WiFi-enabled vector display.

Hardware Design files of a replacement mainboard for the Sony Watchman FD-10. This turns it into a bluetooth and WiFi-enabled vector display. - lucysrausch/sony-scopeman

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