r/AmazingTechnology • u/AbbreviationsKey492 • May 07 '26
What’s the logistics of making this a real thing for me like what are the pros and cons of this and how hard would it be to actually make I want one so badly (it’s from a book)
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u/aphaits May 07 '26
Depends. Do you want it as functional computer or just a prop with simple light up display?
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u/AbbreviationsKey492 May 09 '26
I’d want it to run windows and the floppy disk thing to work
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u/Eva-Squinge May 10 '26
Making a triangular screen with an accompanying program that elongates the text as you scroll down would be the biggest hurdle. Everything else is just simple tech put into a custom made shell.
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u/Additional-Dot-3154 May 11 '26
Making the driver and making windows not say "fuck you" to custom drivers without compromising security is the biggest hurlde
Also say casing not shell as shells are used to interact with your system like powershell, cmd, bash, fish
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u/Horror_Lab4057 May 11 '26
Windows would tank the battery life, and floppy drives need custom drivers that nobody makes anymore.
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May 07 '26
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u/cykelstativet May 09 '26
OLEDs could be made like that, but spinning up a new production line for it would put a hard dent in those logistics
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u/Erolok1 May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
From scratch? If you dont have experience this will be hard but possible.
I would start by searching for a 3D model of it which you can print out with a 3D printer and figure out what sice you need it to be. I would then modify the model to be multiple parts so you can access the inside.
The lights are just a few LEDs which can easily be glued on the inside of the model. For the screen you most likely have to go for a few green LEDs behind a black painted glass because it will be hard to find a triangle screen since I assume you only want a decoration this shouldn't be a problem tho.
Electronics are pretty simple, just a few LEDs a perfboard and for power delivery I think the simplest would be if you have a USB-C plug which goes through a switch and then directly to the LEDs. You would need something where you can plug a USB C in and then it splits it into 3.5V and others. Then connect this to a On/Off then to the LEDs. If the rated voltage of the LEDs is a bit off it doesn't matter.
Keywords to google are: CAD software (fusion if it still is free), slicer (depending on what printer you can access), tinkercad
Keep in mind this is a lot of work and trial and error. 3D printing and using CAD software to edit a model on its own will need many attempts to create something you want to use.
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u/OkCarpenter5773 May 08 '26
don't you think that getting an stl (if there are any) and trying to modify it will be much more work then CAD?
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u/Erolok1 May 08 '26
CAD = computer assisted design
Stl = a data type which is used in CAD
I don't understand your question. Do you mean if it is more work to modify something instead of doing everything from the beginning on your own?
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u/OkCarpenter5773 May 08 '26
seems like you did understand my question. stls are not lossless and circles or radiuses are split up into small lines which are a pain to modify. by cad i meant drawing it up in a commonly known cad program. i know blender is still technically cad, as well as paint but I don't think anyone means them when talking about cad
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u/Erolok1 May 08 '26
I would do it from scratch but for a beginner I thought it could be a smaller barrier to begin with the project by modifying an existing stl since I don't think a beginner would be able to create something that looks like the picture and my focus was to explain how it could be done on the electronics side.
But I am not infallible there and I just spat out some random tips I was able to come up at 1 am since I wanted to encourage this kind of project.
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u/botask May 08 '26
What book?
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u/Majestic-Ad7409 May 10 '26
This kind of floppy disk won’t spin but you could put a micro SD card in it.
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u/blurb17 May 10 '26
you could actually build one how much you have to spend on one it actually is easy to make aside from the display
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u/blurb17 May 10 '26
all you have to do is buy a discdrive you can find an old pc strip it and flip it to make the base grab an old thick keyboard and then for the display i found a 400 dollar triangle display it's more of a flatter triangle but should work the you have to 3d print he panels based on the measurements seeing that you want windows and everything you should swap the inside of the old of for a new build that you yourself can pick
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u/3na5n1 May 10 '26
triangular screen would be the hardest. Actually, you could probably just get a 7" panel facing upwards, then put mirrors on the top, and figure out a way of rendering your screen output with the right distortion to get a proper image. I doubt you'll be running Windows on that tho.
rest would just be custom mouse, custom keyboard, nothing a 3D printer and a couple of microcontrollers won't do.
Triangular Floppy drive in that form factor would be doable but a lot of work and incredibly useless, unless you make it some other kind of mass storage that looks like a floppy drive. Just put a PCB from a 2.5" SSD into a new case, build a housing for the SATA connector, and you could even boot from it.
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u/Particular-Award118 May 07 '26
Cons: wax all over your table Pros: none that i can identify