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I never actually had a Commodore 64 when I was younger (I was an Amstrad boy myself), but I still think that the computer is an icon of 80s design. Still, not so useful lately in comparison to laptops – unless of course you hack it into some sort of C64 PDA!
With the serial keyboard from a Jornarda PDA, an ever-handy PSOne LCD display and a variety of other useful bits, Petscii forum member ‘jtwinters’ built this 6.5 x 6 x 1.5 inch portable unit that can run either on external power or its own batteries.
More photos after the cut – including one which emphasises just how small this hack is!
Petscii Forum Thread [via MAKE]
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Hi,
Can someone tell me the name of the game being shown in the picodore64 in the above image…I remember playing a game like that when i used to be a little kid..
It’s “Pitfall” isn’t it?
Yep, that’s Pitfall. Damn, this is cool! I’d buy one.
Having access to a metal workshop, I’d make the chassis out of something like corrosion resistant steel, eight pounds heavy and strong enough to survive bein run over by a car or dropped from 100 feet! :-D
(What a pity that workshop doesn’t have a bin for scraps of titanium to make use of!)