Ugh. I don’t need this in any way shape or form, but now I want it. The thermal printer is the killer piece of the puzzle for me. I’m telling myself that there’s no way I could survive with a 65% size keyboard. But stilllllll…

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This thing looks great, seems like a class compliant interface would work with it via USB or are you saying there could be an internal one?

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I was thinking internal but actually an ES-9 in my eurorack is probably the way to go. One cable from the Devterm to the modular.

The thermal printer will be great with sticker paper. Especially printing music notation to stick in notebooks.

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Yeah, I think it might be a lot of fun as a tracker/live coding device/supercollider machine, using either an old behringer uca usb interface or a motu m4. Not sure if it would be necessary to upgrade to their more robust cpu rather than the raspberry pi option.

DevTerm sure looks great. I don’t need it but I need it ;). I just wish the screen could be tilted akai mpc 2000xl style.
Also I am happy to see easily changeable and what seems standard batteries. I recently had to unscrew few pieces of hardware and throw out their custom batteries due to them “expanding” out of age and I wish I could replace all of the with single same batteries type instead need for seeking like 5 different types/sizes etc.

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It also works as a bulletproof shield.

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I saw this earlier today too, pretty amazing thing! I’m sure it’s got an amazing price tag as well :slight_smile:

Or a good Eve Online starter kit.

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anyone know any black friday deals for mech keyboards? i’m looking to get a little norns pal.

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I’m considering buying a keychron k6 to use mainly with yggdrasil and orca, which is 20% off at the moment. mainly because it’s the cheapest option and a pretty decent keyboard. I just wish it was a little bit thinner, I have a k2 and I feel you need a wrist support to be able to use it. I like 65% size keyboards the best though, since I don’t like to be without dedicated arrow keys. also interested in other similar options if anyone has any tips!

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ooo i love my k2… i may have to grab this. thank you.

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Keychron K6 + Yggdrasil make a great combo.

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soooo my k6 just arrived and norns doesn’t seem to be able to power it? do you use some splitter or something?

Nothing special on my end. Make sure the switch labeled BT / OFF / Cable is set to cable. (All the way right if looking at the left side directly)

think i’m in love

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Some nice builds here:

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ooo these are great. thank you for sharing. cyber buffalo industries…

I couldn’t resist. I’ve ordered one in grey. 'Course I have a 60% as my daily driver and am trying to go 40% ortho…

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many msx computers had such a radical design!

a friend gave me one of these a long time ago (a quite common msx2 model from philips), which I made a little music on, but then the floppy drive broke and I didn’t bother getting a new one… I should get a gotek for it.

same friend also made some great idm using only moonblaster tracker running on an msx2 (a philips nms 8250 I believe, though not sure if it’s strictly ym2149 or the expanded y8950 sound chip which was featured in some expansion carts). sadly, his 2015 album is no longer on bandcamp, but here’s a spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/album/2JF7bBS59bFWeZHMIZXSDP
and here’s a soundcloud link with previews: https://soundcloud.com/cheapbeatsmusic/poke-1170-cryptochrome-cb033

amazing fm + pcm sound!

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