OH on Reddit: "Can smartphones replace the Cybiko?". Hmm... 🤔 #retrocomputing #cybiko

OH on Reddit: "Can smartphones replace the Cybiko?". Hmm... 🤔 #retrocomputing #cybiko

XKCD did a fun feature comparison of twitter and other things. #cybiko
https://xkcd.com/2699/

Hello Cybiko® Wireless Handheld Computer for Teens fans, please disregard our last post. It was accidentally published early by our overenthusiastic social media #intern, ha ha! Please consider it a preview of tomorrow's #cybiko #daily #download - a fantasy RPG set in a post-apocalyptic future! Thank you for your cooperation. There is no need to be alarmed. Just keep watching this #website for tomorrow's Cybiko® Wireless Handheld Computer for Teens daily download.

Cybiko® Wireless Handheld Computer for Teens is pleased to announce our partnership with @wikipedia! Using newly developed proprietary compression technology (powered by t̶̬͋h̵̰̊ẹ̵̈́ ̸̅͜b̵̡̓e̸͖̊a̵͉͆s̸͖͊t̶̨̊, all hail), we've built a Cybiko® Wireless Handheld Computer for Teens downloadable #app containing the full text of the English Wikipedia, searchable and browseable directly on your Cybiko® Wireless Handheld Computer for Teens! #cybiko #tip #daily #download

@chadgoode Ok, I barely remember the #Cybiko. My question is couldn't someone create a device that uses #LoRa + an #ESP32 or #RasberryPiCompute + an E-ink screen + Blackberry style keyboard + wifi to LoRa hub (also out of an esp32 or the like) that then connects to Mastodon?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybiko

I was today years old when I discovered this existed thanks to #xkcd .
Imagine combining #cybiko with #xmpp :xmpp:

Has anyone ever used one of these #offgrid texting #MeshNetworks (below)? They seem really great for #disasters. I was inspired after looking at the #XKCD comic on the #Cybiko Handheld: https://xkcd.com/

https://www.geckoandfly.com/22562/chat-without-internet-connection-mesh-network/

@prepping , #messagingmesh, #mesh, #CommunityPreparedness

I did this scan of the #Cybiko Classic box art a little while ago. Enjoy the early 2000s electronics nostalgia. A #retrogaming handheld I am very fond of, and cannot wait to get back to hacking on. I really should get back to work on my disassembler/emulator for it.

Really missing some gamees from my old Cybiko Xtreme today. Blazing Boards, Lost in Labyrinth, the one with the little knight guy...there were a lot of really fun ones #Cybiko

Fond memories of texting my then-fiancee on this thing so much that I got into the graduation procession line twice. 😆 #cybiko