Morgan AldridgeSep 1, 2023

I've been slowly coming back around to my #Apple #Newton #MessagePad. I was still using it heavily in 2016 & 2017, but slowly drifted away from it as various self-employment and client requirements made it too time consuming to maintain.

My #eMate300 is ready for re-assembly, but needs a memory expansion, and my MessagePad 2100 needs some minor repairs and packages/data decluttered. I've been keeping my eye out for tablet-like hardware that I could run #OpenBSD & #Einstein on...

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I could absolutely purchase an #AppleDeveloper account, compile #Einstein under #macOS, and side-load onto my #iPadPro, but it's just a process that I'm not particularly interested in at the moment.

I prefer #arm64 over #amd64. I'd love an arm-based tablet that open source OSes can be installed on, but just haven't found anything that quite fits the bill (recommendations welcome!) without requiring a ton of customization (like a #RaspberryPi solution)...

Sep 1, 2023 at 2:24pmWeb
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I've been eyeing the #GPD #WinMax2 as a potential replacement for my #OpenBSD workstation. It'd give me processing power and vmm(4) virtualization support, decent GPU for some gaming & emulation, built-in controllers, and a touch-screen (though it'd probably take some work to get it functional under OpenBSD). Could be interesting to run #Einstein on as a bit of a modern #Apple #Newton #eMate, but wouldn't really have the preferred tablet format like a #MessagePad...
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Today I saw some reviews for the recently-announced #Lenovo #LegionGo. Decent #amd64 CPU with decent GPU, gaming controls, and a high-res touch screen. Also -- finally! -- the controlers are detachable like a #Nintendo #Switch and so the screen portion could be used like a tablet. I'm not sure if the controllers are always #BlueTooth or switch to wired when physically attached (#OpenBSD doesn't have BT support), but this is the first device that seems like it could tick a lot of boxes for me!