By golly I have an idea for connecting to my #PocketViewer 's teensy-weensy RS-232 port and I'm not sure how insane it is:

Take the thinnest sewing needles I can find, solder some wires onto them (or use alligator clips?), tie down the device with some strong tape on a smooth surface, position the pins to the connector using some blu-tack.

Any #electronics folks see anything obviously wrong with that plan? Do I have to invest in a bunch of those positionable arm thingies?

Trying to figure out the architecture for a somewhat self-hosting OS for the #PocketViewer. Instead of sleeping.
#CollapseOS would only give me access to about 28K of near addressable RAM, but maybe that would be enough?
I don't see much point in scrapping the existing OS though and its standard library would be nice to have access to. Well... I guess I could start by shipping cOS as a C application and providing a C call primitive...?

The sleep screen of the #PocketViewer #PDA is peak computer aesthetics.

There is a single result for #PocketViewer on Marginalia search, but damn is it a good one:
https://www.flipcode.com/archives/02-06-2002.shtml
cc @neauoire I accidentally found the screen resolution and it's much less than assumed (or maybe the site is wrong, still need to find an official datasheet)

> #OWBasic turns the Casio-PV from a standard dumb-terminal #PDA into a type of hand-held Acorn Electron #BASIC computer.

Oh hell yes, that is my jam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OWBasic

So now I need to hunt down / build an RS-232 cable for this #PocketViewer I picked up. 🤔