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▲Bandit: A 32bit baremetal computer that runs Color Forth [video] (youtube.com)
92 points by surprisetalk 5 days ago | 11 comments
crest 28 minutes ago [-]
Beware reading the specs. It uses an ancient ARM9 CPU core instead of an ARM v9 compatible one.
natas 1 days ago [-]
That video is really neat, seriously, well done!
osullivj 1 days ago [-]
Jupiter Ace: a ZX80 with a Forth ROM. Inspired me to port an 8080 FIG Forth listing to the Camputers Lynx back in 83.
jockm 15 hours ago [-]
Well somewhere between a ZX80 and a ZX81, it had a better video system than either, but at the cost of dedicated video ram (IIRC)
xkriva11 1 days ago [-]
That's cool, but why not use the native colorForth keyboard layout?

https://www.ultratechnology.com/editor/dvorak.jpg

xkriva11 23 hours ago [-]
Practice: https://pavel-krivanek.github.io/colorType/
grumblepeet 1 days ago [-]
I would love a full sized keyboard made with those keys.

That aside, I will probably buy one of these. It is the ultimate nerd fiddle toy. Brilliantly done.

bitwize 1 days ago [-]
Now THIS is a cyberdeck. Its janky, cobbled-together nature and Forth "OS" give it that postapocalyptic feel.
slekker 1 days ago [-]
It's great, this is the kind of content I look for in HackerNews, I'm so fucking tired of LLMs and AI posts
rbanffy 1 days ago [-]
I would appreciate some extra markings on the keycaps for chords and numbers, and a sans-serif font, but this looks awesome as it is.
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