I have decided on a display and keyboard for my cyberdeck. I explain my reasoning below. I still have to receive either, but theya are heading to my country.

Display

I have opted for a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD). The following picture is from the seller's listing.

I think I said in a previous log that I did not want to simply connect a LCD to a raspberry pi and be done. I think VFDs really give a cyberpunk vibe, maybe because it looks neon. The resolution is awful (256x50) but it should be enough to run a terminal and call my own tools and scripts. I don't want to browse the internet of anything like that using the cyberdeck. Still, I guess I can use my phone as a backup screen if needed so I will keep that in mind.

Using a custom display means I will have to write my own framebuffer driver or at least patch the kernel. I will think about that later.

Keyboard

I also decided on the following keyboard. Like the display, I am truing to go for the looks without sacrificing function or getting too expensive. The mechanical keys should give a nice tactile feel.

About this keyboard, it took me a while to decide, because:

• I loved the grey, white and orange combination. It looks cyberpunk already in my opinion, but locks my colour options for the cyberdeck shell. I mean, if I bought a simple grey keyboard, I could use yellow, blue, pink, purple for the shell, but now I'm kind of locked into using grey, white, beige and orange.
• I could not find a keyboard which looked nice and was small, most are 300mm long at least.  I could design my own keyboard, but I don't want to get into a cycle of endless yak shaving. So for this version a huge keyboard will do.