DrHAX
T̶h̶e̶ ̶A̶u̶t̶h̶o̶r̶ The Artist
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This may sound a weird considering what I'm thinking, but hear me out.
After seeing how the pyras SOC will be upgradable and the size and the OS etc, etc. I could see a screenless buttonless pyra making a good tiny micro desktop machine. Especially with its battery and ports of the pyra dock.
It would have the advantages of being portable. Complete compatibility with the pyra. Duh! You might say but having cross compatibility between numerous devices to the point of popping out an SD card and carrying your work over, exact programs exact settings would make things easy.
You could use it as a media centre. If it has the minimenu thing the Pandora has.(will the pyra get this?) You could hook it up to a tv use a wireless keyboard or what not and watch videos browse the web. Emulate from your sofa!
Also don't forget C4A!
Or let's say you program something on the pyra. You could compile it on the desktop rig. Use it download files then transfer them over to the Pyra. Program without straining your eyes using your favourite keyboard
Also a desktop pyra should be cheaper. You may not need the 3g/4g module.. though maybe you want to desk calls. But you dont need the screen or the keyboard or nubs maybe even the shoulder buttons. (Though they may be needed for flashing the system..) Which would drop the cost.
And honestly there's merit for gaming(Minecraft is proven to run on the Pandora! Imagine the pyra!), or even office work (cross compatibility) And a cheaper cost may make people more willing to try out or at least see what the pyra has to offer.
Also for the issues of casing such a thing don't change the buttom. But make a top that replaces the keyboard area eliminates the hinge and slides over the area where the shoulder buttons are (if deleted) status leds and such could still be kept. Now you have a pyra system that can be used as a desktop piece a very small portable desktop computer, or even a module or part of a project. Pyra based at arcade cabinet running games competing in comp4all?
Here's two uses me and my fiancee would use such a beast for. I have a usb typewriter. I would simply mount the system under the typewriter and use it as a basically a steampunk computer for typing up stories.
my fiancee has a cintiq which if teamed with a screenless pyra could be carried in a suitcase and used for drawing.
Overall I'm not proposing development hindering things here. The only drastic thing is designing the top half of the case, and I realise it may be hard to produce another set of boards which don't have nubs or what not. If thats the case then it may easier to.just leave the nubs there just without the top part. Which also means it be possible to turn a desktop into a normal pyra if so desired or if you need to hastily repair one.
For a quick conclusion I think a desktop version of the pyra especially if teamed up with the dock could easily be a nice little system, especially with the prospect of upgradable SOCs and the community and theoretically much lower price.
Also you could use it to charge pyra batteries
After seeing how the pyras SOC will be upgradable and the size and the OS etc, etc. I could see a screenless buttonless pyra making a good tiny micro desktop machine. Especially with its battery and ports of the pyra dock.
It would have the advantages of being portable. Complete compatibility with the pyra. Duh! You might say but having cross compatibility between numerous devices to the point of popping out an SD card and carrying your work over, exact programs exact settings would make things easy.
You could use it as a media centre. If it has the minimenu thing the Pandora has.(will the pyra get this?) You could hook it up to a tv use a wireless keyboard or what not and watch videos browse the web. Emulate from your sofa!
Also don't forget C4A!Or let's say you program something on the pyra. You could compile it on the desktop rig. Use it download files then transfer them over to the Pyra. Program without straining your eyes using your favourite keyboard
Also a desktop pyra should be cheaper. You may not need the 3g/4g module.. though maybe you want to desk calls. But you dont need the screen or the keyboard or nubs maybe even the shoulder buttons. (Though they may be needed for flashing the system..) Which would drop the cost.
And honestly there's merit for gaming(Minecraft is proven to run on the Pandora! Imagine the pyra!), or even office work (cross compatibility) And a cheaper cost may make people more willing to try out or at least see what the pyra has to offer.
Also for the issues of casing such a thing don't change the buttom. But make a top that replaces the keyboard area eliminates the hinge and slides over the area where the shoulder buttons are (if deleted) status leds and such could still be kept. Now you have a pyra system that can be used as a desktop piece a very small portable desktop computer, or even a module or part of a project. Pyra based at arcade cabinet running games competing in comp4all?
Here's two uses me and my fiancee would use such a beast for. I have a usb typewriter. I would simply mount the system under the typewriter and use it as a basically a steampunk computer for typing up stories.
my fiancee has a cintiq which if teamed with a screenless pyra could be carried in a suitcase and used for drawing.
Overall I'm not proposing development hindering things here. The only drastic thing is designing the top half of the case, and I realise it may be hard to produce another set of boards which don't have nubs or what not. If thats the case then it may easier to.just leave the nubs there just without the top part. Which also means it be possible to turn a desktop into a normal pyra if so desired or if you need to hastily repair one.
For a quick conclusion I think a desktop version of the pyra especially if teamed up with the dock could easily be a nice little system, especially with the prospect of upgradable SOCs and the community and theoretically much lower price.
Also you could use it to charge pyra batteries
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