#41

I got into norns and crow because I wanted to build a rPi cyber deck with midi to CV to run ORCA without a laptop :slight_smile:
I also watched Johnny Mnemonic last night because this thread…

I WANT ROOM SERVICE!!! :smiley: :smiley:

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#42

:smiley_cat::boom::dart:
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#43

On the [off]topic of Johnny Mnemonic, Gibson revealed in this great interview that it was written, shot and acted as a full-on comedy/parody but the studio made them try and change it into a serious action movie! :-/

probably would have been amazing!

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#44

A raspberry PI running something like ORAC could certainly do it, and another fun choice might be the Axolotl Core

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#45

My wife worked at Northern Telecom in the 1980’s and 90’s. This was a cyberdeck-like device they made.

We actually had one of these for many years, but never got to surf the 'net with it.

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#46

That’s amazing, @zoundsabar. Several of us just (virtually) watched this movie together.

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#47

This is very Infinite Jest, if I’m remembering correctly.

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#48

This thread plus this very good Obsolete Music Software facebook group has me wanting to get some olde PC to turn into an abandonware sound software machine

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#49

I’m glad the picture has new legs!

I never got to meet the director, the artist Robert Longo, because the studio had wrested control of the film from him. It is Longo’s only dramatic feature film. He was / is a friend of Gibson’s and the film was shot from a script by Gibson. Nobody told me at the time that it was shot as a parody, but it sits uncomfortably in that overhyped performance space of farce. There are some brilliant cyber moments and lots of ad hoc computing devices. The studio wanted it to be a serious sci-fi action drama. It’s usually a failure when the studio forces the director to make a film into something it wasn’t intended to be when it was shot. There is so much rich material in this film that it constantly holds interest, even though it is very messy.

I’m looking forward to the series “The Peripheral” that Amazon is making from Gibson’s recent wonderful novel.

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#50

My gosh, same. I’m savoring Agency right now.

Also, very much dreading the ever-impending-film-stuck-in-pre-production-hell that is the big N.

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#51

I do wonder if that anecdote about it being a comedy is true or a bit of revisionism. Saying you intended a different thing post facto is a pretty classic creative move for something that ends up being appreciated for different qualities than one intends. :laughing: Which isn’t a knock on the film. It’s been a few years since I’ve seen it, but I’ve enjoyed it each time I’ve watched it. It also has a good pinball table.

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#52

they are going to have to hurry up making it or get overtaken by the Jackpot IRL :smiley:

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#53

You are so right. The pandemic is slowing all productions down now. It’s a close race!

#54

Cyberdeck vibes:

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#55

maybe bela is your friend :slight_smile:

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#56

OK I’m going to build one. I have a pi 3 and realized it would be relatively simple to get a 7.5" touchscreen display and house it in a cute/ chunky format (maybe wood??) with a carrying handle/ removable battery to use as a typing and correspondence machine. Could see building a v2 with a pi4 and adding a sim card/ using it to replace most cell phone functions.

I really wanted to build it with epaper but I’m afraid the refresh rates on those displays aren’t quite fast enough for the application I’m aiming for.

It’s definitely possible to run external e-ink displays for reading though.

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#57

I still haven’t pulled the trigger on a Pi4, but this caught my eye recently:

I had been interested in the prospect of a mechanical keyboard with a Pi embedded, and though I was thinking that a Compute module would be the way to go, I imagine the 400 would prove more ideal (or more readily adaptable) for such a project.

I bring it up here, because this model seems uniquely ideal for cyberdeck builds, which very often already embed the Pi in the keyboard.

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#58

Was thinking the same. This plus milky tracker or deflemask would be pretty cool. Or paired with norns and Yggdrasil v1.0.5

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#59

Not exactly a cyber deck but not far off?

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(iPad mini 2 with Atreus keyboard and camera connector kit to plug keyboard in)

Maybe just need some custom housing

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#60

Wow. I didn’t actually know of this idea / trend / niche before… It’s kind of in line with a lot of things what I idly plan myself and never get done (plus a big Gibson fan as well, just re-read the first two trilogies last winter). There’s enough inspiration in this thread to almost move it to “plan it properly and get it done” list.

(Full disclosure: I’m still not particularly fond of 3d printing and things made of laser cut acrylic, but then again, milling, sawing and so on is fun and one can use other materials as well…)

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