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Basic specifications and features

Balthazar is made to run on Trisquel GNU, Debian and Ubuntu variants of 64 bit low-latency kernel for ARM.

Fanless - less movable parts means more battery time for the processing power and a passive cooling adds to the longevity of the components. Think quiet.

Boot and sleep - fast boot time as nobody and especially children has/have the time to wait. Ever since C64/AMIGA times computers should be also able to be switched on/off fast, so using libreboot/coreboot BIOS should do it.
It suspends to RAM and goes to hibernate when battery is at 20%. Properly.

Upgradeable - RAM and a processor-board featuring second SoC/SoM attachment port or a slot.

A non-glare screen - size is 13.3” 16:10 full HD resolution (200 dpi +) and provides far less strain on user's eyes.

A non-reflective - button driven backlight “off” monochrome mode for very low-power use in sunlight - prolongs a battery life a lot.

LED backlit - colour mode with an alternance of red, green and blue pixels.

A detachable webcam - with a slide lens cover and a hardware switch for on/off

A volume wheel - ceramic potentiometer with a “click” for the on/off functionality.

LEGO® Power Functions - a connector for powering and the control of actuators. Power Functions connector can be used to recharge a battery using LEGO® or similar photovoltaic sets with extra Power Functions adapter.

RJ-12 LEGO® - “a shifted notch” connector for LEGO® MINDSTORMS® series of actuators and sensors

GPIO - a covered, retractable and a flexible flat-ribbon cable connecting General Purpose Input Output PIN array for connecting to all the things you want to connect it to.

Quick charging battery - Long Life Cycle Polymer 10000 mAh that is also recyclable.

Hot-swap - a second small battery enabling main battery hot-swap.

Modular - on-board power supply that follows full ACPI specification.

Waterproof keyboard - with ThinkPad alike track point.

Multitouch pad - flat-flush positioned above the keyboard. It has a “Wacom” mode for the extended stylus or a finger draw and is multi finger gestures aware.

Casing - a tough, rugged form-factor done by LEGO® A/S in a multi-colour recyclable plastic with added LEGO® studs.

Security and privacy features:

Five (5) hardware off/on switches- webcam (detachable), speakers, the microphones array (detachable), Wi-Fi and Ethernet card.

Detachable USB gender-changer dongle - that prevents anyone to plug in USB-anything unless it is attached and a password unlocked, also when taken out prevents anyone to stick USB-anything in.

A few extras:

TEMPEST-shield - shields from any external and internal electromagnetic radiation. Lead-free but not inexpensive, mind you.

A stylus - for multitouch-pad drawing, also provides enhanced entropy while generating PGP keys, easy graphic editing, poking someone etc.

LEGO® Power Functions adapter - for connecting external photovoltaic chargers

LEGO® keychain - for the USB dongle.

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-'''Basic specifications and features'''<br>
+'''<big>Basic specifications and features</big>'''<br>
-It is made to run Trisquel GNU, Debian and Ubuntu variants of 64 bit low latency kernel for ARM.<br>
-'''Fanless''' - less movable parts means more battery time for the processing power and a passive cooling adds to the longevity of the components.<br>
+'''Balthazar''' is made to run on '''Trisquel GNU''', '''Debian''' and '''Ubuntu''' variants of '''64 bit''' low-latency kernel for '''ARM'''.<br>
+'''Fanless''' - less movable parts means more battery time for the processing power and a passive cooling adds to the longevity of the components. Think quiet.<br>
-'''Boot and sleep''' - fast boot time as nobody and especially children has/have the time to wait.<br>
+'''Boot and sleep''' - fast boot time as nobody and especially children has/have the time to wait. Ever since C64/AMIGA times computers should be also able to be switched on/off fast, so using libreboot/coreboot BIOS should do it.<br>
-Ever since C64/AMIGA times computers should be also able to be switched on/off fast, so using libreboot/coreboot BIOS should do it.<br>
 It suspends to RAM and goes to hibernate when battery is at 20%. Properly.<br>
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-'''LEGO® Power Functions''' - a connector for powering and the control of  actuators. Power Functions connector can be used to recharge a battery using LEGO® or alike photovoltaic sets with Power Functions adapter.<br>
+'''LEGO® Power Functions''' - a connector for powering and the control of  actuators. '''Power Functions''' connector can be used to recharge a battery using '''LEGO®''' or similar photovoltaic sets with extra '''Power Functions''' adapter.<br>
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 '''Modular''' - on-board power supply that follows full ACPI specification.<br>
 '''Waterproof keyboard''' - with ThinkPad alike track point.<br>
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-'''Security and privacy features:'''<br>
+'''<big>Security and privacy features:</big>'''<br>
 '''Five (5) hardware off/on switches'''- webcam (detachable), speakers, the microphones array (detachable), Wi-Fi and Ethernet card.<br>
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-'''A few extras:'''<br>
+'''<big>A few extras:</big>'''<br>
 '''TEMPEST-shield''' - shields from any external and internal electromagnetic radiation. Lead-free but not inexpensive, mind you.<br>
 '''A stylus''' - for multitouch-pad drawing, also provides enhanced entropy while generating PGP keys, easy graphic editing, poking someone etc.<br>
+'''LEGO® Power Functions''' adapter - for connecting external photovoltaic chargers<br>
 '''LEGO® keychain''' - for the USB dongle.<br>
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