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Lilbits: A cyberdeck with a 2 inch CRT display, a 25.3 inch E Ink monitor, and the final nail in the coffin for LG’s smartphones

Cyberdecks are portable computers that often have a retro-futuristic design. Often that’s achieved by hobbyists who combine modern hardware (like a Raspberry Pi or a similar single-board computer) with vintage tech.

But one of the coolest… and possibly most useless cyberdeck’s I’ve seen so far takes things to another level by fusing a 2 inch black and white CRT display from 1980s-era Sony […]

#alderLakeN #crtDisplay #cyberdeck #intel #lg #lilbits #onyxBoox #onyxBooxMiraPro #osUpdates #raspberryPi #securityUpdates #sonyWatchman #twinLake #watchman

Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-a-cyberdeck-with-a-2-inch-crt-display-a-25-3-inch-e-ink-monitor-and-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-for-lgs-smartphones/

This cyberdeck is a tiny PC that combines a Raspberry Pi 3b+ with a thumb keyboard, touchpad, battery and... a 2 inch black and white CRT display taken from a vintage Sony Watchman. It looks barely usable, but still kind of incredible. https://old.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/comments/1k9j5im/cyberdeck_with_crt_monitor_sony_watchman_with/ #SonyWatchman #RaspberryPi #CyberDeck #CRTDisplay

Handheld Console Plays Original Pong With Modern E-Waste - [Simon] wrote in to let us know about DingPong, his handheld portable Pong console... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/24/handheld-console-plays-original-pong-with-modern-e-waste/ #handheldshacks #retrocomputing #sonywatchman #console #e-waste #salvage #games #pong

Cool project that turns a Sony Watchman into a WiFi and Bluetooth enabled vector display! I’d love to try and make one of these. Anyone done it?

https://github.com/lucysrausch/sony-scopeman

#RetroComputing #SonyWatchman #VectorScope #oscilloscope

The Sony ScopeMan, Possibly The Best Product They Never Made - From the perspective of a later decade it’s sometimes quaint and amusing to look back at the techn... - https://hackaday.com/2021/01/21/the-sony-scopeman-possibly-the-best-product-they-never-made/ #portablevideohacks #x-y.oscillograph #vectordisplay #sonywatchman #crt

A Vintage Sony Portable TV, Brought Up To Date - In the time before smartphones for on-the-go visual entertainment, there were portable TVs. You mi... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/04/06/a-vintage-sony-portable-tv-brought-up-to-date/ #raspberrypizerow #classichacks #sonywatchman #videophone