Bitching Portable Commodore 64

[CPUWIZ]

http://jledger.proboards19.com/index.cgi?b...read=1167546608

 

[joeybastard]

That thing is beautiful. I wish I had the skills to do something like that!

 

mmmmm.... portable Space Taxi....

[+legeek]

Wow that's pretty damn awesome!!! And the SX64 screen wasn't that much larger either!

 

Cheers,

Ben

Edited January 12, 2007 by legeek

[jbanes]

Nice!

 

I especially like the brushed metal look of the case. The only down side is that it sounds like it gulps quite a bit of power (a full 1 amp!) Also, wouldn't mounting the components directly on a wood block like that be just a bit of a fire hazard? I know that Ben Heck uses wood as well, but he appears to lacquer the inside of his cases so that the wood is properly finished.

 

I wonder if he'd consider building these to order? Nothing like being able to play C64 games and teach BASIC programming on the go.

[+remowilliams]

Wow, thats a piece of work.

 

Though I thought the 'Hummer' DTVs had some crippling limitation when it came down to turning them into real C64 units with keyboard, serial, etc.

[jbanes]

Though I thought the 'Hummer' DTVs had some crippling limitation when it came down to turning them into real C64 units with keyboard, serial, etc.

It's lacking the onscreen keyboard and a few other nicities that were in the C64DTV. The hardware itself is actually more hackable, I believe, with the addition of support for a user port.

 

Edit: It was the Joystick ports. There are none.

Edited January 12, 2007 by jbanes

[+remowilliams]

Edit: It was the Joystick ports. There are none.

Yeah, that was it. I knew I avoided it for a good reason. A C64 without joysticks is uhhh, rather useless.

[jbanes]

Yeah, that was it. I knew I avoided it for a good reason. A C64 without joysticks is uhhh, rather useless.

Indeed. I presume he's using the user port hack to plug in the Atari mini-joystick. But the fact that games have to be hacked to work kind of limits the game choices.

[Vic George 2K3]

"Designed by DeLorean".

[EmOneGarand]

Commadore is (or was) working on a real portable device, it would have had PDA functions, GPS and complete C64/128 compatability. Havn't heard much about it since though.

[Ze_ro]

Holy damn this is awesome!

 

If you'll excuse me, I think I have to go change my underwear...

 

--Zero

[riffraff]

stunning!

[jay2068]

Sweet!

[Crazy Climber]

I must admit it is pretty sweet.........even for a Commodore

[Dusk2600]

It is really creative and well made, it was well made even though it was out of wood.

[darthkur]

Wow. Very impressive. I want one.

[Duke 4ever]

Surprised that Ben Heck didnt make that

[BassGuitari]

Very cool!

 

Except that the keyboard looks like a nightmare. But still, awesome!

[Ghost Soldier]

Wow, very nice portable