Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI’ve ordered a TRIMUI Brick Hammer a few hours ago, because I figured that I value durability of a portable device higher than video output; at home I can use my Steam Deck comfortably.
Your review made it look like a good piece of hard-/software for the money. At that price point I’m fairly sure I won’t have regrets.
PerfectDark@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Great choice!
You’ve got plenty of firmware options if you’re not loving the stock one (which is honestly fine!), the community around this device is so enthusiastic and do such amazing things. In fact, tenlevels showed off his new one which is coming soon, too. Called Bloom, its the first to manage to bring retroachievements to the device!
Can’t wait to hear how you like it, once it arrives. If portability is key to choosing one, then you certainly get that with it. So sleek, so slim and nice to take along for the ride!
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Today I received the device and at first glance and grasp it’s a beauty!
I’m currently reading trimuistore.com/…/nextui-setup-guide-for-trimui-h… to find out how to put NextUI on the Brick Hammer without bricking it ;)
I’ll keep you posted as soon as I have managed to install NextUI and tried gaming with it, or playing music - whatever comes first.
PerfectDark@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s wonderful!!!
They really are an aesthetic dream, right?! Dont worry about mistakes, these are next to impossible to actually brick (hah, pun!) so you’re very safe
You can always ask me for help too, if you need it! I’m so glad you’re happy and didn’t feel like I steered you wrong :P
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I realized that running NextUI doesn’t really replace any of the files on the device itself as it runs from the SD card, although it shows “Installing…” at first start.
I’ve had some trouble with Portmaster but most likely due to me being impatient. I installed Portmaster and Songo#5. When I started Songo#5 the first time it looked like it was frozen and eventually I powered the Brick Hammer off.
After trying to install Songo#5 by putting the zip file to /Emus/tg5040/PORTS.pak/PortMaster/autoinstall/ (to no avail) I installed Portmaster anew, Songo#5 anew, started Songo#5 and just waited patiently.
…and finally it started! Wonderful!
Now I just have to find out how to comfortably enter a 63 character WiFi password (for installing Portmaster and Songo#5 I paired it with my mobile phone, which has a way less complex password), configure Syncthing (for that I want access to my local network, hence the overly complex password) and put some music there.
I’m gonna have a lot of fun with this nice piece.
Thank you for your review, which brought it it my attention! :)