Handheld retro PC design concept: Commodore HX-64

Re:Handheld retro PC design concept: Commodore HX-64 by nanoflite on Thursday November 07, 2019 @04:19PM (#21477382)

Let's start to build this, no? The innards of a DTV, some 3D printing, a membrane keyboard with some DIY stickers on it. Hot glue, solder iron, patience and some serious hacking can get this done. Where are the design files?

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Re:Handheld retro PC design concept: Commodore HX-64 by RodgerTheGreat on Thursday November 07, 2019 @04:25PM (#21477456)

Might be hard to fit everything in, between the space consumed by the tape recorder, batteries, and expansion slots/connectors. I also seriously doubt that you could power a device like this on a reasonable number of AA batteries, but using an OLED/LCD instead of a CRT and modern lithium cells would make it more plausible.

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Re:Handheld retro PC design concept: Commodore HX-64 by reaperducer on Thursday November 07, 2019 @04:26PM (#21477472)

No. Cassettes were one of the worst storage media of their age. Replace that part with a micro SD card and then maybe you're on to something.

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Re:Handheld retro PC design concept: Commodore HX-64 by Tehdasi on Thursday November 07, 2019 @04:35PM (#21477549)

8bit machines are good in their simplicity, but they were not perfect. Storage of the 80s in particular detracts from the experience, it doesn't enhance it.

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