@simon@DavidGoldfield@mcourcel Man, the BT Speak is something I really want, and really have absolutely no use for, and thus can't justify purchasing in any way.
@modulux@DavidGoldfield@mcourcel@simon Also, like, it's just a Raspberry Pie with a special case. If I had more time and willpower I could make something similar for a lot less money. And yet, I still want it! Even knowing exactly how overpriced it is.
@modulux@fastfinge@DavidGoldfield@mcourcel You could probably install Linux on it. And it is far more powerful. It happens to have a touchscreen but also has a built-in keyboard.
@simon@fastfinge@DavidGoldfield@mcourcel It's not a bad notion, having a really light and powerful laptop is certainly a nice idea. It doesn't really fit the desire the BT Speak does though, to me at least: braille input, instant (ish) on, very long battery life...
@modulux@DavidGoldfield@mcourcel@simon Sadly, if it could run the old basic programs that needed run.bns and compile.bns, I'd probably already have one ROFL. I spent so many days in battle.bas instead of listening to whatever the middle school teacher was on about.
@mcourcel@DavidGoldfield@modulux@simon How did you not know about this? You got the interpreter and compiler from the Blazie website via ftp. Then you loaded it onto your BNS. The FTP site had a bunch of examples of geometry calculations and a to-do list in a desperate effort to hide that what this was really for was playing silly games written by Dan Zingaro. In fact, you can still get the compiler from: mail.nfbnet.org/files/bns/BASICBNS.ZIP
