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Commodore 64 laptop

Ben Heck, the modder who likes to make portable laptops out of gaming consoles, just posted details surrounding his new Commodore 64 laptop yesterday.

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Gaming | by C.K. Sample III | Mon Apr 6, 2009 10:30AM | 2 comments

Ben Heck, in case you're not familiar with him, is internet famous for modding gaming systems into portable laptops.  His latest project (and one that he's been working on for a while according to his site) takes the original hardware from a Commodore 64 and builds it into a portable laptop / gaming wonder-machine. You can see a full video of the device in action embedded below. Make sure you check out Ben Heck's site for all his past Frankenstinian creations.

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ponting50 (1:56 AM on Sat Sep 12, 2009)

I'm impressed by his laptop systems, but I wonder why there's always a thick loop of wire running out the back to the monitor? landscape design Isn't there a way to internalize that? (note: I have no clue) I'd be afraid of someone thinking it was a handle. It's an original inground pools Commodore 64 computer plus an emulated Commodore 1541 disk drive (the "1541-III"). pool toys I was fascinated by how the 1541-III lets you access the different disk images on the SD card using valid C64 LOAD commands.

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