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robert.rozee
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Posted: 03:28am 13 Apr 2015

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just happened on this link earlier on:

"Ben Heck Creates A Pocket Computer Using A Xbox Chatpad and..."
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ben-heck-creates-a-pocket-computer-using-a-xbox-chatpad-and-ardiuno-uno-video-11-09-2012/

the video clip is well worth watching.

substituting a micromite instead of an arduino, seems like one could create a pretty neat pocket computer. does anyone know how small a screen the micromite editor can work with, ie, when setting
OPTION DISPLAY lines [,columns]
how few lines and columns will allow the editor to still function?

cheers,
rob :-)Edited by robert.rozee 2015-04-14

kiiid

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Posted: 03:33am 13 Apr 2015

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This is cool!
Just wait a couple of months and you might be able to see my mm laptop ;)

http://rittle.org

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Posted: 04:11am 13 Apr 2015

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That was a video from 2012!. :)
You guys are getting slow.:)

Microblocks. Build with logic.

plasma
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Posted: 05:24am 13 Apr 2015

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Watch out ! These cheap china clones have no pic inside !
Even you need the old chatpad from M$.
the new ones are not working with the software.
Imho the best way is to use a china clone(cheap) and
Use a second chip which translate the datas to serial.

Edited by plasma 2015-04-14

Frank N. Furter
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Posted: 07:46pm 19 Apr 2015

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Hi,

it seems that the new chatpads have the same PCB as the old ones. It should be maybe possible to replace the chip with a PIC.

It exists a driver for these chatpads (without changes) for Raspberry Pi.
It would be nice to have a Raspberry with MMBasic and this small little keyboard.

Is it maybe possible to implement this code into MMBasic for using this keyboard on a Micro-/Maximite???

Frank

@Rob: Thanks for the Link - I buyed a chatpad and will try the Raspberry driver in the next days...

Edited by Frank N. Furter 2015-04-21

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