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joshua stein

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The KING JIM Pomera DM250 "digital typewriter" is a small Linux-powered ARM computer that boots up into a custom word processor application. I've been tinkering with it to try to get OpenBSD booted on it. I'd normally wait until the end and write up a proper article explaining everything, but this process is taking a lot longer than I expected so I figured I'd document it all as I go. Continue reading 6,594 words... A year ago I tried using an M1 iMac for work duty but its 21" screen took up too much room on my desk. After seeing Sean's video on Action Retro about putting an M4 Mac Mini inside an iMac G4, I thought I'd give it a try. Continue reading 2,276 words... Last year I upgraded my Kindle Paperwhite to a Kindle Scribe to be able to write notes and draw diagrams while programming to help visualize things. One thing that bothered me about the Scribe was that its sleep screen images were pretty boring and because I'm now often reading PDFs or writing in a notebook, I couldn't benef

Installing OpenBSD on the Pomera DM250 posted on april 9th, 2026 with tags hardware and openbsd last updated on april 15th, 2026 These are my notes and pre-built images for getting OpenBSD-current installed on the Pomera DM250, DM250X, DM250XY, and DM250US. Continue reading 2,470 words... Pomera DM250 Tinkering posted on march 14th, 2025 with tags hardware and openbsd last updated on march 23rd, 2026 The KING JIM Pomera DM250 "digital typewriter" is a small Linux-powered ARM computer that boots up into a custom word processor application. I've been tinkering with it to try to get…

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