Assembled my PicoCalc today. It was really well packaged with nice instructions. The device itself feels really well constructed and has a few features you might not expect like speakers, headphone jack, volume knob, backlit keyboard, and inbuilt charger for the 18650s. Next step is finding out what the little BASIC shell is capable of.
I finally received a PicoCalc from clockworkpi. It's a nice piece of kit. Is there already a software archive? It reminds me a bit of the computers in the cockpit of an airplane.
#picocalc #clockworkpi
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Clockwork PicoCalc is a retro handheld powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico
The PicoCalc is a new handheld with a retro design. At first glance it looks more like a graphing calculator than a modern handheld device. But it sports a QWERTY keyboard, a 4 inch display, and a mainboard designed to accommodate a Raspberry Pi Pico.
Available for $75 from the Clockwork Pi store, it’s also the latest in a line of retro-inspired, modular, and open source products from the […]
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Read more: https://liliputing.com/clockwork-picocalc-is-a-retro-handheld-powered-by-a-raspberry-pi-pico/
#ClockworkPi strikes again ! « #PicoCalc : Back to Basics, rediscover the Golden Age of Computing » 
- 4 inch screen
- QWERTY backlite keyboard
- 2 standard 18650 batteries
- Raspberry Pi Pico series supported
- ClockworkPi 2.0 OS
My #ClockworkPI #uConsole arrived today!
Now I just need to wait for my cm4 module and the batteries.
One week... I can wait that much 
My current setup for digital community archiving projects:
open hardware (#raspberrypi) as interfaces. small screens to avoid sitting *behind* laptop screens (pi 400, #adafruit cyberdeck hat, #clockworkpi #devterm).
portable #scanography for creative tracing and mapping.
graph writing in #obsidian, with self-hosted livesync and other plugins (dataview, graph link types, juggl). can be combined with social media webarchiving.
this all is building on prototyping and experimentation in the cooarchi.net art-doc-archive.net #urbandermatology and #opferschicht projects, and recently in the @MuseumfZK
Woohooo! Zuhause wartete das hier auf mich, ziemlich genau 9 Monate nach der Bestellung.
Juhuuu! Versandbenachrichtigung von #ClockworkPi: die #uConsole, die ich am 4. März bestellt habe, wird geliefert! Ich hatte schon fast nicht mehr damit gerechnet.
I managed to fix the graphics issues by increasing the used graphics memory. My PC save works fine, too, about 30 FPS / 60 UPS. Also, I set up my #Yubikey for #PGP and #SSH and #Emacs. Here is a photo of Emacs running in #cool_retro_term - the camera doesn't capture the nice looks, though.
#Clockworkpi #DevTerm
Some graphic effects are problematic in #Factorio (running through #box64), related to #OpenGL issues, but regular planet seems playable. Have to load my PC save and test how well that runs.
Menu background with lots of active asteroid collectors was a bit lagy, though.
#Clockworkpi #DevTerm #linux #arm64 #RaspberryPi #RaspberryPiCM4 #linuxgaming #gamingonlinux #FactorioSpaceAge
Finished upgrading. It even runs #Minecraft up to version 1.16.5 - not perfect, but playable. I even got a pair of new, protected 18650 LiIon cells.
#ClockworkPi #DevTerm #RaspberryPi #Linux #CM4 #RaspberryPiCM4 #thermalprinter
@bret will it be a drop-in-replacement for the cm4 #clockworkpi #uconsole ?
Preparing the upgrade of my #Clockworkpi #DevTerm to a #RaspberryPi Compute Module 4, using the official adapter board. The #CM4 should arrive this week.
It was nice with the CM3, but a bit slow. I hope the new core will be noticable.
#cyberdeck #linux #handheld
… next try to configure #NixOS an the #Clockworkpi #uConsole - I am confident. How do I connect to the WLAN again (with iw and wireless tools)?
I tried switching to a Raspberry Pi CM4, and discovered that CM4's with eMMC require a special process and special hardware to flash. Luckily I have a carrier board that appears compatible, so once I'm rested, I'll try flashing it.
