KOAT0 Portable Terminal
By Ben Everard. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
We’ve seen many homemade portable computer builds, but not too many that purposefully eschew the usual OLED screens in favour of a dinky 256×48 VFD display. The maker, Robson Couto, concedes that this isn’t really enough screen real estate to be useful but that, in this case, he’s aiming to make something beautiful rather than functional.
The build uses a Raspberry Pi 3 (because that’s what Robson had available to him at the time), a K68 mechanical keyboard, and a cool 3D-printed handle/case, so in the event of a zombie apocalypse, it’ll be handy to use on the move.
Ben is the Editor of HackSpace magazine. When not wrangling words, he enjoys cycling, gardening, and attempting to identify wild mushrooms.
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