New clone idea: How about a PC-G850VS or PC-E500 clone?

[Chr Yoko]

(09-03-2024 08:35 AM)blackjetrock Wrote:  

(09-02-2024 08:20 PM)9aplus Wrote:  Must agree with Chr Yoko, have UConsole Black+CM4+4G on order
since Feb 2024. with hope to receive before this Xmas.

Now using one CM4 with wifi and 5" touch screen, but missing the "real" keyboard.

My first pocket was SHARP 1400 and later some rugged DOS based
handhelds. Still have some of them but they suffered moisture and rats attack
during the long storage in container while the whole world was under corona circus.
Rats love the taste of silicon based keyboards, you know

Also have some HP48SX, HP48G. HP49G. HP50 in fair running condition.

I have a uconsole on order since Jan 2024, also hoping for delivery before the end of the year. I also have a CM4 devterm and use that quite a bit. It does burn quite a bit of power, turning the brightness of the screen down helps a bit, but a set of two 18650s lasts about 2 hours, maybe a bit more. It gets quite hot too. Very much different to the PC-G850VSs I have. They are definitely low power devices. The heat seal connectors all seem to be degraded now, though.

Thx for your feedback on the Devterm using the same CM4 module.

That is quite an issue to get with the CM4 only 2h out of a couple of 18650 that contain way more energy than a 4xAAA HP71 style setup ....
Can't you downvolt/down clock the CM4 to reduce its energy needs ? :
A CM4 can play YT videos, run Chromium, so it is way more powerfull for some calculators or Basic-PC emulations.

Also the Clockworks computers can use several other CM than the CM4, including a Risk V one. Might be interesting to explore too.