ITT: things in technology you miss

For me it has to be 4:3 and 16:10 laptops, and laptops that aren't paper-thin, like pic related.

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github.com/lgeek/okreader
github.com/koreader/koreader
github.com/ccoffing/OcherBook
remarkable.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_BASIC
pocketbook-int.com/
oki.com/us/printing/products/dot-matrix-printers/index.html
theregister.co.uk/2018/05/14/apple_macbook_keyboards_defective_claims_lawsuit/
change.org/p/apple-apple-recall-macbook-pro-w-defective-keyboard-replace-with-different-working-keyboard
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I don't really miss much. I actually hate bloated hardware like your pic related.

Also if you want a laptop that isnt paper thin just buy a used gaymen laptop

kde4

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Physical documentation
nowadays you get a DVD with a PDF

Sorry the screen on your laptop broke.

i miss laptops with 120ms pixel responses

Or a sheet of paper listing a broken URL to said PDF.

What's stopping you from printing out your PDF and having it bound into a book?

I miss E-Ink. Reading books would've been comfy.

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or an "old" (2000s) multi billion instruction per second laptop for $5

What happened to it? I assumed that's how the Kindle's work (the ones that aren't android tablets)

Aren't they all just android style tablets now? I need to pick up an older E reader again because the tablets give me eye strain. I don't know what it is about modern screens but they fuck my eyes up bad. The original kindle didn't and older monitors didn't. There's just something about the new shit which is eye death to me.

e-ink is still massive, I enjoy my kobo-glo, some newer tablets cheat by not using actual e-ink.
It is possible.
shopkits.eink.com/product/13-3˝-epaper-display-ed133ut2/
Low volume, it could probably be done for under $1k US, under $1.5k with a touch screen.
All excluding labour though.

I am developing an e-reader device based off the RISC-V FE310 as a side project, I will open source the driver board, maybe it could be paired with a libre-tea EOMA68? If you just wanted text the FE310 would suffice all by itself.

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Late at night and I used the flash on my phone

This may not be libre hardware, but I suggest taking a look at
github.com/lgeek/okreader
github.com/koreader/koreader
github.com/ccoffing/OcherBook

kys
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Same here user. I think it's that everything is LED now. Either that, or you may be experiencing symptoms of MS (multiple-sclerosis, an early symptom of which is optic-neuritis).

How much sub-80 IQ you should be to not be able to distinguish between e-ink and lcd screens? It says right in their product description, you dumb niggers. Amazon is last company that still writes their own firmware instead of application wrapper on top of Android, and therefore they still have the greatest battery life on Kindles. Look into models and brands that can be jailbroken and de-solder wireless chip if you're too tinfoil for that.

Don't know what you got til its goooooone

trinitydesktop.org/about.php
Just so you know, trinity was started as fork of kde3.

I'm going to be honest, I miss the (perceived) simplicity of the Windows unified desktop environment. The fact that the window system, display manager, window manager, desktop environment, and GUI toolkit are all separate projects in GNU/Linux means that it's hard to future proof your DE or even GUI application if it doesn't have shitloads of people actively developing it. Of course the really bloated ones are where you find those developers. It doesn't help that people depend on other shit too like a particular init system, polkit, etc. I almost wouldn't mind just going back to no desktop and having each program contain everything needed to function like in DOS.

What's stopping them printing a PDF and stapling a bunch of papers together?
I'm not asking for a hardcover book. I've seen some ridiculous shit as a two page PDF in a mini-DVD, at that point I'm starting to question what costs more, to print a single A4 or to print and write a fucking mini-DVD. Because of course, they have to have some custom shit printed on the disk otherwise it won't look official.


Bring your own code.

I prefer thinner LED-lit LCDs though.
I could keep that sturdy and thic keyboard part and those mouse that have huge dip on the left/right click buttons.

CCFL inverter suck and are dangerous plus that CCFL-lid LCD monitors contain either mercury or mercury vapor which are also dangerous.
The best thing would be to buy acer laptops since they were quick enough to transition to LED though you'd end up with a glossy screen which could be fixed by putting a matte screen protector.

Anything thinner than a ThinkPad P50 is bound to be a throttle fest, hell, while running Prime95 the M6500 in the OP easily hits 100C with GC Extreme paste. Doesn't help either that I have a 920XM in it overclocked to 3.5 GHz all core.

The late 00s had kino laptop designs, why the fuck did "thin" soytops become so popular?

This
Extremely useful especially when you're dealing with embedded devices. My old boss insisted on having a printed copy of the datasheet because it was just so damn handy compared to a PDF on the computer

remarkable.com/
Some gay hipsters are trying to make e-ink popular here by appealing to the tribal elitism of booksniffers and notepad collectors.

ROM BASIC with tiny OS-like functions to access disk, etc.
Floppy disks
Normal (not widescreen) monitors
Dot-matrix printers

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What laptop is that?

There's the UEFI shell on some UEFI systems and modules to increase its functionality like a Python interpreter.

But it's already quite popular, no? Here in frogland, I can see plenty of people using Amazon/Kobo e-readers I used to use mine to read mango when I wasn't depressed.

But that must be stored on EFI partition, right? So the computer needs a disk. Also, it's not read-only. A lot of home computers had the BASIC in a ROM on the motherboard, or sometimes used a cart, if the system had a cartridge slot, like Atari 400/800 and Famicom.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_BASIC
One of the key features I like about it is that no virus or malware can ever mess up your computer, since the system is in ROM. And it's true ROM, not firmware.

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Being able to create it without books, speech, or symbolic thought.

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Dell Precision M6500, the last one with a WUXGA screen. Love it, shame about the proprietary video card so I can't put in something better than a HD5870 or GTX480M.

That's a cool knife.

Indeed. The Levallois technique is ingenius. Not only can you create perfect bifaced knives with it, you can also make amazing axes, scrapers, awls, etc. No wonder Neanderthals thrived in their environment.

Some UEFI implementations have the UEFI shell in flash/ROM, I had a Chinese tablet that had UEFI shell as a permanent BIOS option and would boot into UEFI shell automatically when no OS was detected

Same here. I wish there was a way to make my Linux look and behave like Windows XP.

Wroooooong:
pocketbook-int.com/

Tough boxy design, a lot of extra buttons and hardware switches
In short everything that lenovo is removing from thinkpads
Panasonic and dell are the last two brands that actually understand what i'm looking for in a laptop

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They're still being produced. Buy yourself one and knock yourself out.
oki.com/us/printing/products/dot-matrix-printers/index.html

please tell me some good modern models, dell and panasonic

Alright.
There is a problem with panasonic though.
Almost all of their laptops are sold in japan-only.

Dell precision 3000s series are great and can be bought with ubuntu preinstalled.
And for panasonic the CF-MX4 but those rare and costs around 3k(europe only) :/

Laptop keyboards without chiclets.

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M-m-muh thin profile!

I don't mind some as long as they have some travel.
the layouts are now worse on most laptops.

The most recent generation of Macbooks reduced the travel by like 40%. And apparently it is an open secret that their failure rate has shot through the roof. They are doing everything they can to avoid class action lawsuit, or a recall.

theregister.co.uk/2018/05/14/apple_macbook_keyboards_defective_claims_lawsuit/

change.org/p/apple-apple-recall-macbook-pro-w-defective-keyboard-replace-with-different-working-keyboard

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I just want to add that I recently visited an official Apple store to try out the new Macbooks, and noticed that both the "h" and "n" keys were defective on a model they had on display. I would have to press them 2, sometimes 3 times to record a keystroke. I notified a cultist employee about this, who seemed powerless to do anything about it. I then left the store.

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It's dead :/

RECALL NOW

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lol

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Maybe there's a few systems like that, but they're far from the norm. I haven't come across any. Also, the rest of the system is going to have writable firmware, because that's standard in modern components. That wasn't the case in 80's computers. That's why I can't take any modern system or OS seriously when they talk about security. It's a lot of complicated bullshit built on top of shaky foundations.

Those prices are insane. $1500 for a 24-pin printer?
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Fuck that, even their shitty 9-pins are expensive. In the 90's you could buy a 24-pin for a lot less than that. That's what happens when bullshit technology is mass produced and the old, reliable, non-botnet stuff gets relegated to a niche market. It's the same with with 4:3 monitors. You can buy them still, but there's so few production runs that you'll pay out the ass for it.

Wow, people who have specialist tastes pay a premium price for low production items. Really makes you think...

plan on getting a proper keyboard, I couldn't see myself doing sustained typing on that thing.

You can still find arcades too, if you're willing to hop on a plane and travel somewhere. That's not the same as just being able to stop by the nearby mall. At some point the cost makes it not worth it. I guess if you're rich and you don't care, then that's great for you. Most people however have a limited budget.

They do exist, I know they're not the norm but I do know they exist, wish it was more common, even if the UEFI shell is as rudimentary as it is