Artisan personal
computers.
FRST Computer builds cyberdecks, data crystals, and a Plan 9-inspired software stack — in small batches, with our hands, for the people who still want their computer to feel like theirs.
We are a gopher-first, retro-inclusive business. We don't do subscriptions. We sell hand-crafted hardware and share the software.
Run the real firmware. Right here.
The following is not a mockup. It is the same Zephyr RTOS image we flash onto the MODEL4 cyberdeck, compiled to WebAssembly. Click to zoom in and start typing. State persists in your browser. (note: HTTPS and JavaScript required)
Hardware we build.
Every deck is hand-assembled. Every crystal is hand-poured. Lead times are honest and the parts list is public. Buy by web, by phone, by postal check, or in gopher-space — whatever you prefer.
Computing should be:
It should foster:
And above all it must be:
Built by hand. Sold by people.
FRST Computer is an artisan personal computer company focused on building communities. We take inspiration from the creative engineers of the past and seek to apply their wisdom that we might make a new present for personal computing — and secure its future, for a few of us at least.
Our primary digital presence is on port 70: gopher://frstcomputer.com. Everything we publish, we publish there first. This website is a mirror.
We take orders by gopher, http (plain), email, phone, and by postal check or money order. Venmo, too.
- gopher
- frstcomputer.com (port 70)
- info@frstcomputer.com
- phone
- (934) 222-FRST (3778)
- PO Box 542 · Brentwood, TN 37024
- venmo
- @frstcomputer
Checkout.
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Non-web payments: send a check or money order to the PO Box above with your order in a note. We'll email you back with a ship date.