Things to do with an 850 Interface

[danwinslow]

I recently put a fully functional windows computer into a 850 case, to use as a SIO2PC/APE platform. It works really well. Here's some pics. The insides are a Nano-itx board ( http://www.logicsupply.com/products/px10000g ), a sio2pc adapter, a wireless USB stick, a 40GB 2.5 inch HD, and a small DC-to-DC ATX style power unit, plus cabling between the board and the external ports. I'm no hardware engineer so its kind of just all crammed in there and hot glued, but it works well. Used with the magnavox HD LCD, I get a very crisp SVideo picture, as well as PIP if I want to. I do development with CC65, so I use a Visual Studio C++ Express development environment hooked to CC65 build scripts, and I build right to the drive that APE has mirrored over to the Atari. Makes for a nice dev cycle.

 

Edited April 16, 2009 by danwinslow

[Urchlay]

What did you do with the innards of the 850? (did it work before you disembowelled it?)

[danwinslow]

No, it was broken. I did not commit sacriledge by destroying a working piece of Atari gear.

[kurtm]

No, it was broken. I did not commit sacriledge by destroying a working piece of Atari gear.

 

(puts away the torches and pitchforks)

 

[+Ransom]

So, I guess the "Does it blend?" guy wouldn't be popular around here?

[danwinslow]

Not unless he's doing PC's. Or commodores.

[ClausB]

I recently put a fully functional windows computer into a 850 case, to use as a SIO2PC/APE platform.

Best looking PC yet! Nice idea. Does your XE double as the PC keyboard?

[jacobus]

Very nice!

 

Does it get very warm? ... How noisy is the fan?

[danwinslow]

Thanks

 

 

Clauseb : No, although I know it can be done. There's a thread or two around here about that subject I think.

 

Jacobus : It doesn't get very warm at all. The fan is silent, its embedded in the board heat sink.