Tux Machines

Raspberry Pi Turns Typewriter into Working Linux Terminal

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 30, 2022

today's leftovers

Raspberry Pi Generates QR Codes to Unlock Gates and Doors

If there’s one thing a Raspberry Pi is good for, it’s breathing life into vintage hardware. Today we’ve got an exciting project to share with you created by maker and developer Riley from Artillect. Using our favorite SBC, he’s upgraded an old Brother AX-25 typewriter into a functioning Linux-based terminal.

In order to upgrade the typewriter to work as a terminal, Riley opted to use more than one SBC. In addition to the Raspberry Pi, he’s integrated in an Arduino Uno to handle the key input so commands will be automatically typed out and printed in real-time. The Pi is responsible for communicating with the Arduino to complete the circuit.

Read on

↺ Read on

gemini.tuxmachines.org