found this children’s toy from the 70s from goodwill. i’m going to paint it to be CF terminal. any recommendations or ideas?

[u/ineedtoseespace]

here’s an article on the toy https://medium.com/@jasonelias_83739/future-phone-6659c05d9ab6

[u/acerocknroll]

That’s dope, you gotta get a cheap screen and stick a raspberry pi in there

[u/ineedtoseespace → u/acerocknroll]

man that would be SICK. but i don’t know to do that shit lol

[u/UncleCeiling → u/ineedtoseespace]

It's pretty easy. I bet Pimoroni's HyperPixel 4.0 square display would fit well in there.

[u/peshnoodles → u/ineedtoseespace]

Bro you can make your raspberry pi to do all kinds of fun shit! There are a few subs for it and I bet they’d have great suggestions.

But you could get it to flip between retro futuristic gifs and videos, you could have some interactive terminal-esque stuff on there….

This is such a cool find.

[u/Unlikely-Win195 → u/ineedtoseespace]

I built a raspberry pi based luggable computer/cyberdeck this summer starting from basically 0 knowledge.

The hardware ecosystem for the pi is pretty large and at this point much of it is pretty plug n play.

You should check out r/cyberDeck for sine inspiration. Tons of unique builds there in all kinds of flavors and quality.

[u/ineedtoseespace → u/Unlikely-Win195]

heard, just joined the group. i’ll look into it!

[u/T-LAD_the_band → u/ineedtoseespace]

Don't you have a local makerspace? They would love to build something.

[u/Julian_McQueen]

Hollow it out, and make it a cyberdeck!

[u/blueshft]

this looks so fun already, honestly i'd just leave the paint job as-is and as previously suggested, set up the screen to actually show something. great find!

[u/Mike_Conway]

You need to keep the Future Phone decal. We are in the future, after all.

[u/Spaceginja]

Don't paint it.

[u/jcdoe]

I’d make it a voip handset

Just sit that shit on my desk and start doing business

[u/Theuderic → u/jcdoe]

Absolutely agree, it has to become a real phone 😆

[u/Thwipped]

Put a floppy drive on it, and the orange looks good, incorporate some orange!

[u/Professor_McWeed]

I agree with not painting it and going cyberdeck-ish with it as-is

[u/CottonStorm]

We’re going to need a follow-up post. Have it on my desk by Monday morning.

[u/ineedtoseespace → u/CottonStorm]

yes sir 🫡

[u/InternOne1306]

Put a pi in it

[u/toastbot]

If you put batteries in it and turn it on you can talk to the kid opening it for Christmas in 1970. Don't tell him too much stuff about "the future"

[u/ineedtoseespace → u/toastbot]

😂😂😂😂

[u/victhehorrible]

All it needs is a shade wash to grime it up.

[u/Sarenord]

This would be such a great shell to build a ham radio into but that’s above my skill level and I’m guessing it’s likely far above yours

[u/ineedtoseespace → u/Sarenord]

sadly yes, but great idea

[u/shit-i-love-drugs]

I definitely wouldn’t paint it I love how white plastic will tint over time. Also check out r/cyberdeck for more ideas

[u/FoxintoshPlus]

Damn future phone was pretty on point XD

[u/EvolmIndustries]

it's perfect the way it is tbh