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Good list, but Orson Scott Card is a bit over-represnted. I recently re-read scheismatrix (plus) after 35 years. My spouse found a copy of Burning Chrome in the local tiny library, so I'm likely to review a few more cyberpunk works. I have fond memories of the 64-83 era, but it took me a while to warm to Sterling and Gibson. It almost seems like every new sci-fi story has a bit of cyberpunk embedded in it. All the cyberpunk authors were (I believe) influenced by Ballard and PKD.

Anyway. Thx for the pointer.

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› found a copy of Burning Chrome

most of Gibson's works I had read in ncview.exe

I doubt I can replicate the experience now *sad smile*

There are a bunch of terminal apps that emulate CRT look-and-feel, and you can surely run NC in an emulator.

Sure, but I wans't talking about the visuals alone.

I can run NC in DosBox on the glorious 43".

I read Gibson on 15" in the native 320x200 and my 40Mb HDD shook the table table on the seeks.

This terminal emulator might help:

https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

As for other "effects", in theory the HDD led on the front panel could be interfaced with some actuator to produce vibration and sound when data is accessed.

Personally, I can't wait for the PineNote to exit the development phase and become an usable product; other e-paper readers are too closed and/or depending on cloud services I have no intention to surrender my personal data to.

What's wrong with a Kobo reader? Kobo is friendly to modding, so you can install e.g. the open-source interface KOReader and never use the company's own interface. Even if you use Kobo's software, initial setup can be done without registration, and you can just leave the reader in airplane mode for the entire lifetime of the device, so it would never connect to any cloud.

I have enough experience with Pine64 to not regard their products as anything other than toys that never meet their potential.

I second a very positive vote for Kobo. There are great resources for setting them up with no registration, and they work very well. Easy to get inside and make any changes you want.

Also second the downvote for Pine products. They look good off the bat, but there is no ongoing support and low compatibility.

... and I can run this video at startup, but still that would be just a lousy imitation of the experiences of a younger me.

Thanks for suggestion, but you miss the point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65guhB-7w9U

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