This 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/139108638/lattepanda-a-45-win10-computer-for-everything
 might be
a promising base for your project and would also allow to run VirtualT and give 
full M100 feeling.

Regards
Georg

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von      : Hiraghm <[email protected]>
gesendet : Samstag, 5. Dezember 2015, 15:19
an       : [email protected]
Betreff  : [M100] Modern M100 display?

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I've wanted to build a modern M100 for a long time.
The big obstacle I always ran into was that there were no displays even close 
in dimensions to the M100's.
Well... I just found a display on newegg. It's built into a sun visor, however.
The overall dimensions are given as 14" x 5 3/4"... but that's for the visor. 
The displays (there are two) are claimed to be 10.2". That means probably about 
9.34" wide x 4.5 - 5" high; maybe as little as 4" high. This is a lot bigger 
than the original M100, but the M100 had its bezel around it. A custom-built 
case (maybe 3d printed) would only have to be a bit larger vertically to 
accommodate such a display. But it could be a lot thinner, or carry one huge 
battery pack. 
The display's resolution is 640 x 480, meaning a distorted aspect ratio. But, 
it's 640 x 480; 80 x 25 text easily. It's refresh will be faster than the 
original M100's.

So I'm thinking, cannibalize the M100's keyboard, build custom case, use 
raspberry pi as replacement motherboard, maybe add an SSD. And a custom UI 
based on the M100's shouldn't be too hard to cobble together for Linux's text 
mode  The most important things to me are the M100's slab form factor, and 
fantastic keyboard.

Anyway, here's  a link to the ad on Newegg. Maybe some of you hardware gurus 
can take a look at the ad and share your opinions of such a project?
Car Sun Visor Monitors

Thanks for any knowledge you care to share!







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