- Durable computing, e.g. the decade system
- What matters for durability?
- Parts don't need to be refreshed
- e.g. disks wear out & die - is solid state any better?
- e.g. batteries will need to be replaced after \(X\) charge cycles
- how long will these components be available?
- Parts that fail should be repairable or replaceable
- E.g. socketed ICs
- E.g. DIP/through-hole
- Simple soldering & electronics tools
- Sustainable computing
- Though maybe more of a community topic?
- LiON/LiPO batteries are actively bad for the planet on multiple
levels, especially over time
- Solar power: encourages charging during the day
- Swappable power packs?
- Alt. biofuel cells?
- Understandable systems are key.
- Full schematics
- 80's home computer experience
- Boot to BASIC (or …)
- Reset brings up a known-good environment
- Open systems
- Rewrite ROM (BIOS) by end user
- Good comparison is to cars
- The mechanism (ICE) and interface (steering wheel, pedals) have
retained some basic design
- They don't go significantly faster than they did 30 years ago -
you can't legally drive them any faster. We're moving at the
same speeds.
- Lots of tech improvements (like fuel efficiency) but not always
for the better (e.g. media centers)
- Tinkering obviously violates the principle but a ROM should not
behave unexpectedly
- Principle of least surprise.