A lovely writer deck design with integrated trackball. #writerdeck #3dprinting #diy

https://www.reddit.com/r/writerDeck/comments/1n0vo6o/my_jfw_writerdeck/

writerDeck.org
"Information about dedicated writing devices, digital typewriters, or modern word processors."
The goal: find or build something that only lets you write, so you don't get distracted by anything else on the device.

#WriterDeck #hardware #DIY #WordProcessor

WriterDeck Friendly Software | writerDeck

https://www.writerdeck.org/writerdeck-software.html

#cyberdeck, #writerdeck,

hey. do you like the writerdeck concepts or just the non distraction writer devices?
if you are planing to buy a freewriter of 700$, remember that netbooks are a perfect option:

• can be used specially for writing
• you can replace the battery for a better one
• small size
• good keyboard
• usb ports
• old OS so you shouldnt connect it to the internet, no distractions!
• sweet retro vibes
• it wont cost FAR LESS than $700

eeepc and acer are a cool option, vaio is so goddamn cool buh its lil pricier. i love freewrite crystal but holyshit.

So folks have been installing and using my Tinker WriterDeck OS - my operating system that's just a word processor and nothing else.

Which blows my mind. It's always weird for people that you haven't met to use things that you throw out into the void.

So I'm working on some updates for version 1.1.

I'm learning to move bash and linux configurations from the userspace into the global space. Think that will make installation much easier.

Also working with some new linux installers that should make it easier to configure keyboards on installation as well as identifying battery percentage (right now battery lookup is hard coded, but that doesn't fit every laptop model obviously).

Going to preinstall as many text editors and terminal word processors as I can and allow the user to change those out a bit easier.

At some point in the future, I'll make a Graphical Edition but right now I'm focusing on this Terminal Edition.

All in all, I really think I can do this.

The first version works well enough. This next version should be much more "universal". Actively moving away from "it works on my box, trollolol".

https://tinker.sh

#tinkerWriterDeckOS #WriterDeck

This is supercool. I see MailStations at thrift stores all the time as one of the last, cheap vintage computing devices. I'd always hoped there was a way to make one work like an Alphasmart.

Cidco MailStation as a Z80 Development Platform - joshua stein

https://jcs.org/2019/05/03/mailstation

#writerdeck, #cyberdeck