A neighbour gifted me this Atari Portfolio!

Portfolio to USB adapter stack:

https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/6283ec7b-bc7f-4b40-90d5-8336b4cb4f7e.jpeg

  1. Portfolio Serial Module
  2. Gender Changer
  3. Null Modem adapter
  4. RS232 to USB adapter

I can send and receive files on the Portfolio via xterm2, on my modern PC I use TeraTerm to communicate with xterm2 over serial using the XModem protocol.

I also wrote an image converter to convert jpg to pgf (portfolio graphics file). I haven't yet implemented the compression to write pgc (portfolio graphics compressed) files directly. I use pgcompress on the atari to convert pgf to pgc. Pgc files can be viewed on the Atari using pgshow.

I got all software for the portfolio from here: Portfolio Library

cryomancer20x6,

https://lemmy.sdf.org/pictrs/image/7a305bff-d9f3-4f44-8a7a-88aeda8b6871.png

regular_human,

Easy money

coyo,

Ooh, that looks amazing!

felixwhynot,
@felixwhynot@lemmy.world avatar

Very cyberdeck vibes. I wonder how the keyboard feels!

Rexelpitlum,

Let's say: It's really tiny, as is the whole device.

But well spaced keys, just still suitable for some kind of touch-typing even with my rather large hands.

The keys feel somewhat similar to the high-end calculator I also owned at the time. (HP G48)

Source: Used one during university. Really great to document lab results with its build-in spreadsheet app. Cut down the required time by half or so.

felixwhynot,
@felixwhynot@lemmy.world avatar

I can see how the spreadsheet app would be killer on this with that screen shape!

mav,

OH DAMN, I wanted one of these SO BAD when I was a kid. That's awesome!

DammN,

.... and I see you have the same keyboard like me :-). Hope you're enjoying it as much as I do. The only thing which I don't like is that there is no tenting solution for it directly from the vendor. Ah well, we can't have all great things in the world, can we ? :-).

I'm scared to death to open my and fix that freaking ribbon. It's not like it's causing a lot of distraction on the screen, it's my OCD kicking off :-).

alleycat,

and I see you have the same keyboard like me :-)

No shit, this keyboard was the reason I picked up coding again. Writing without shoulder pain was a game changer.

I'm scared to death to open my and fix that freaking ribbon.

It won't get better by leaving it like this. What do you think is difficult about the repair?

felixwhynot,
@felixwhynot@lemmy.world avatar

Is the keeb an ergodox? I got the moon lander. ZSA gang!

wvenable,

The portfolio was my first Palmtop computer (of many -- the latest is a GPD Pocket 1). Unfortunately it died a long time ago. I miss the thing. It was fun to own.

felixwhynot,
@felixwhynot@lemmy.world avatar

What do you do with the GPD?

wvenable,

If you can believe it -- software development. It's not exactly a powerhouse but it can run Visual Studio.

However, I don't use very much anymore.

felixwhynot,
@felixwhynot@lemmy.world avatar

I… cannot believe it lol. Maybe with an external keyboard … I could. Please share a pic of your dev setup!

wvenable,

An external keyboard would defeat the purpose! The benefit of the GPD Pocket is that you can throw it in your pocket and pull it out the compute. Admittedly the keyboard sucks -- the size and weird layout aren't the biggest problems; it's actually not that great at registering all keypresses. However, I can get used to it while coding. I think the Pocket 2 would be a lot better machine for coding.

navydevildoc,

Time to go hack an ATM!

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