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Pocket Computer Mounting Peripheral

Started by KeeganDeathman, 22 December 2014 - 05:58 PM

KeeganDeathman #1

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Posted 22 December 2014 - 06:58 PM

I suggest a peripheral/block that allows a pocket computer to interface with peripherals via next block connections and wired networks.
The block would allow you to use the pocket computer while it is hooked up.
This would allow for thangs.

SquidDev #2

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Location Does anyone put something serious here?

Posted 23 December 2014 - 08:54 AM

KeeganDeathman, on 22 December 2014 - 06:58 PM said:
This would allow for thangs.

Right… Very, um, informative. :P/>

On a serious note, you can use a pocket computer's wireless modem and communicate with a normal computer over rednet, emulating the peripheral wrapper. There is an example of this idea here.

dan200 #3

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Posted 18 February 2015 - 04:41 PM

You can already mount the disk of a Pocket Computer by putting it in a disk drive.

KeeganDeathman #4

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Posted 10 April 2015 - 04:18 AM

But you can't still use it while its mounted