The Framework 16 laptop detects when it's booted partially assembled. It boots into a special mode to walk you through completing the assembly. The screen updates to reflect your progress and prompt the next step. This requires no tools to complete. Impressive! Watch:
So your connecting up electronic components while the laptop is powered on?
@simonzerafa @frameworkcomputer Yes, you can see it's so dangerous with the Framework 16 to connect input modules that the OS walks me through it, as if I was plugging in a USB keyboard or mouse.
@markstos @frameworkcomputer Wow! Very cool
I read all the instructions and only did a few things wrong, but got it right, eventually, so I never got to see this cool feature.
Ever see the _Outer Limits_ episode by Harlan Ellison, "Demon with a Glass Hand"?
Guy mysteriously has amnesia and a glowing glass hand, missing fingers. The hand is a computer, which guides him in finding the lost fingers to reassemble it and regain his memories.
So... computers that help you assemble them were a fictional thing back in the 1960s. Now... well, they're not quite glass hands yet...