Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Challenges accepted!

New quests for the little Solo Champion
  1. Master HPC2000 and Jornada 720
  2. Replace the Japanese keyboard on the J720 with an English one (incoming mail...)
  3. Test out Debian 9 on Jornada 720
  4. Tweak Sigmarion III, especially remapping the Japanese keys
  5. Run Bonsai on both Jornada 720 and Sigmarion III
  6. Repair the vinegar symdrome inflicted PC110 with a new polarizer film
  7. Install Debian on Fiva MPC-103
  8. Revamp the battery cells in the overclocked (200MHz) Toshiba Libretto 50M (touchscreen model)
  9. Repair and replace the badly cracked case of Toshiba Libretto 110CT
  10. Find a small touch-typable USB keyboard, cannibalize/transplate it to a customized protector case, 3D print components for holding my smartphone on the back flip = A universal HPC kit for smartphone! 
  11. Building on 10: 3D print a frame for a Raspberry Pi 4 (8GB) and install it under the keyboard, together with several huge capacity 18650 mAh Li-Ion battery cells. Voila! A truly unique and infinitely customizable Handheld PC!

2 comments:

  1. Looks like you have a 'full plate' of work to do!

    Have fun!

    Mark

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    1. Haha, yes. More are coming...
      The HPCs are so fun even in 2020.

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