Hope this is okay to post here. Seems applicable to me!

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What machine is it?

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It use to be a Smith Corona PWP 9000 LT DS Word Processor. Now its a laptop powered by an Orange Pi 5.

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This is very, very cool!

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Did you replace the screen or just gut it and get the old screen to work with the pi?

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I replaced the screen with a bigger one. The original would not have been compatible.

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Wow thats super cool! Did you shove a Keychron K6 into it as the keyboard?

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That’s what I am wondering as well. No orange RGB key, but that’s an easy swap.

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I did

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Love that screen

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This reminds me of the “luggable” Commodore 64 a friend had when I was in high school. I remember seeing him play red baron on it.

Thanks for sharing this. Very interesting.

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i always like the idea of a contemporary “portable desktop” that’s not just a giant laptop and OPs device goes into that direction, formfactorwise.

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How would you describe this portable desktop? It seems interesting.

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basically like one of those 80s “laptops” that came as a box with a flip-out display and a keyboard attached. of course more modern: bigger, better screens for working on a graphical interface, wireless peripherals, maybe flatter, like a pizzabox. the ups to a traditional laptop would be better cooling and room fur upgrades. many people have laptops and they sit on a desk forever, maybe moved once a month.

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