[SpookyZalost]

I'm getting back into the swing of things with this project, mostly because I've been waiting for technology to catch up.  so here's the deal, I'm thinking of building a prototype a lot closer to my original concept soon, maybe have it ready by january.  I'm sort of excited because if everything works like I hope this will be a functional cyberdeck I can carry around with me.

so here is the list of parts I'm going to acquire.

1 Amiga 1200 3D printed case (remake) $94.50

1 tenkeyless mechanical keyboard kit $32



a set of mechanical switches and keys

switches: $1 per switch avg
key's, full set approx $50

a trackball to fit in the numpad space: $50 - $80 depending on quality and where you get it.



that's my thoughts so far... as far as the computer part I'm actually interested in a few single board computers that are coming out now that have PCI-E slots which means you can use standard and or low profile components, that or utilizing whatever one has good video output with decent CPU performance.

there are 8 core SBC's now!


for example the O-Droid UX4

* Samsung Exynos5422 Cortex™-A15 2Ghz and Cortex™-A7 Octa core CPUs
* Mali-T628 MP6(OpenGL ES 3.1/2.0/1.1 and OpenCL 1.2 Full profile)
* 2Gbyte LPDDR3 RAM PoP stacked
* eMMC5.0 HS400 Flash Storage
* 2 x USB 3.0 Host, 1 x USB 2.0 Host
* Gigabit Ethernet port
* HDMI 1.4a for display
* Size : 83 x 58 x 20 mm approx.(excluding cooler)
* Power: 5V/4A input
* Linux Kernel 4.14 LTS


pretty good for a single board computer lol, and considering I'll be using a TUI instead of a full on GUI the power is less important than the over all capabilities.

edit: wanted to update because I found this!




I can get one for around $56, it's an industrial panel mount trackball.  normally used for kiosks but the trackball doesn't come out without taking the back off (so good for carrying) and should be around the right size and shape to fit the numpad!  plus it looks awesome as hell with the brushed metal look.