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The Help Desk => Computer Related Discussions & Questions => Topic started by: Chris on April 08, 2009, 10:22:16 AM

Title: The Commodore 64 Laptop
Post by: Chris on April 08, 2009, 10:22:16 AM

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This is a fully functional Commodore 64 laptop using actual hardware, specifically the C64C motherboard which was one of the last and smallest revisions. It uses a Gamecube power supply in place of the original power brick.

For storage there’s a device called the 1541-III DTV to “emulate” a floppy drive using an SD card. The SD card is formatted FAT-32 so you can dump disk images on it using a PC, and read it with the C64 - pretty cool!

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As mentioned before this started with a C64C motherboard. It’s smaller than most, but I needed it to be even smaller. I chopped off the power input/joystick end and also shaved off the cassette port tabs. I ditched everything about the original case design except the size - I wanted to keep the whole thing at 15″ x 10.5″, which is about the smallest it can get with the 15″ LCD screen involved.

Keyboard frame with parts inside. This includes the SD disk drive thing, the sound amp, 2 speakers (it’s not stereo but I wanted a “full” sound), volume slider, LED indicators, function keys and the Nokia LCD screen you can attach to the 1541-III-DTV for whatever reason. As usual black plastic screen door material was used to cover the holes.

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All of this connects via 1 cable header to the main motherboard so it’s easy to take the unit apart when testing. This is in contrast to say my Xbox 360 laptop where there are… let’s see… 4 different things you have to connect when placing the lid.

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http://benheck.com/04-05-2009/commodore-64-original-hardware-laptop

Title: Re: The Commodore 64 Laptop
Post by: The Village Idiot on April 08, 2009, 02:03:23 PM

weirdo!

Commode 64 laptop??

you have way too much time on your hands

Title: Re: The Commodore 64 Laptop
Post by: Wineslob on April 08, 2009, 02:40:23 PM

I want to see you play Joust on it.    :evillaugh:

Title: Re: The Commodore 64 Laptop
Post by: The Village Idiot on April 08, 2009, 03:02:11 PM

Quote from: Wineslob on April 08, 2009, 02:40:23 PM

I want to see you play Joust on it.    :evillaugh:

I like Joust!

Title: Re: The Commodore 64 Laptop
Post by: LC EFA on April 08, 2009, 05:11:23 PM

Now that is geeky...

Title: Re: The Commodore 64 Laptop
Post by: Duke Nukum on April 08, 2009, 05:27:38 PM

I love it!  After the C64 and the Atari series computers started to suck.  I had an Atari 800XL

Title: Re: The Commodore 64 Laptop
Post by: The Village Idiot on April 08, 2009, 10:57:26 PM

ain't no way you can play that with 64kilobytes!

BTW I need a new putter.... how cheap could you make a Linux machine with wifi??

Can you throw wifi on that Commode??

Title: Re: The Commodore 64 Laptop
Post by: Chris on April 08, 2009, 10:58:56 PM

I think Ubuntu comes with a wifi package.  That seems to be the newest flavor of Linux that everyone likes.