For those of us old enough to have used round CRT displays, 5” is too small for the
print to be readable. Terry Gilliam’s great movie “Brazil” features terminals with small displays adorned with a much bigger Fresnel lens to enlarge the image. If the RetroTerm’s LCD is indeed a rectangular panel in drag,
using a larger panel would seem to be easy except for redesigning the case, probably sacrificing the endearing “family mantel clock” aura.
An alternative to consider might be the “Interocitor” communicator from “This Island Earth”.
Or maybe a simple inversion of the current design with a larger round display above the cute keyboard.
But the object d’art as rended is certainly an appealing addition to a “necro-computing collection”.
For those of us old enough to have used round CRT displays, 5” is too small for the
print to be readable. Terry Gilliam’s great movie “Brazil” features terminals with small displays adorned with a much bigger Fresnel lens to enlarge the image. If the RetroTerm’s LCD is indeed a rectangular panel in drag,
using a larger panel would seem to be easy except for redesigning the case, probably sacrificing the endearing “family mantel clock” aura.
An alternative to consider might be the “Interocitor” communicator from “This Island Earth”.
Or maybe a simple inversion of the current design with a larger round display above the cute keyboard.
But the object d’art as rended is certainly an appealing addition to a “necro-computing collection”.
Nice work, both of you.
-mo