Notices by Jonas (magnetic_tape@infosec.exchange)

@foone
IIRC it's the same connector as their PoS (Point of Sale) thermal printers (which Epson was a world leader and a defacto standard), which had been unchanged for lile 30+ years.

It's a PITA tho and I agree 100% with your remarks.

@foone
Did you try with DOSBox-X?

@mntmn
I wonder whether we'll see a Rockbox port on it

@mntmn
Will this switch expected to be operated multiple time daily? I have a similar one (rocker SMD switch) on a small Sony DAB radio, and it failed miserabily after about a year of daily activations (2 per day) thanks to an oversight from Sony engineers.
@theawesomerandomness

@mntmn
Just out of curiosity what did you use to design it?

@mntmn
What is the material of those? Thinking about getting a super shiny red one for the days I'll get fancy with my future pocket

@mntmn
What lead to this decision? I'm not judging as I don't know enough about connectors to know which onr is best, I'm just curious.

@mntmn
This would not only be a nice addition but would open up the product to many more use cases! I guess there's some space left into the case for such an addon? How would you see that implemented physically?

@schodet
Before learning about the Pocket Reform I was initially on board for a GPD 3 Pocket because of its expansion port which can accomodate a mini KVM addon (HDMI-IN and USB out) which turns it into a display and keyboard for an external computer the Pocket is plugged into (https://gpd.hk/gpdpocket3), really handy in a datacenter. I'm proud and happy to support MNT and open source hardware and I hope someday to be able to design or help to design such an addon (hopefully one which can be embedded inside the shell) to be able to transform an already nice machine into a essential addition to any field technician working in datacenters with servers and bulky crashcarts.

To me a KVM addon is the killerapp the Pocket Reform needs and deserves. Maybe an idea for a stretch goal @mntmn? ;~)

@mntmn in which country is this FOSDEM?