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NEC PC-Engine/SuperGrafx => PC Engine/SuperGrafx Discussion => Topic started by: Necromancer on August 04, 2009, 05:15:58 AM
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A big thanks to Takumi Suidu for the heads up on this one.
For those who aren't on the Turbo Mailing List: a complete PC shoehorned into a Duo-R case (http://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/hotline/20090808/etc_tsukumo.html) (babelfish translation (http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fakiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp%2Fhotline%2F20090808%2Fetc_tsukumo.html&lp=ja_en&btnTrUrl=Translate)). Though it lacks a game pad for gaming, it partially makes up for the omission with a PCE mouse converted to USB and a NEC branded keyboard. What's not to love about a fairly competent PC with Blue-ray playback and a TV tuner (the HuCard slot was commandeered for the decoder card), all wrapped up in such an awesome package? Pretty f*cking awesome, if you ask me. 8)
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lol..japanese otakism at its best :D
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wow. that's awesome.
but what happened to the poor duo-innards? perhaps we could shove 'em in a PC case? O:)
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Awesome!
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A big thanks to Takumi Suidu for the heads up on this one.
For those who aren't on the Turbo Mailing List: a complete PC shoehorned into a Duo-R case (http://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/hotline/20090808/etc_tsukumo.html) (babelfish translation (http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fakiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp%2Fhotline%2F20090808%2Fetc_tsukumo.html&lp=ja_en&btnTrUrl=Translate)). Though it lacks a game pad for gaming, it partially makes up for the omission with a PCE mouse converted to USB and a NEC branded keyboard. What's not to love about a fairly competent PC with Blue-ray playback and a TV tuner (the HuCard slot was commandeered for the decoder card), all wrapped up in such an awesome package? Pretty f*cking awesome, if you ask me. 8)
:shock: Amazing!!!
MUST.... BUILD..... ONE....... NAO!
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Damn, even fitted a hotswap drive. Pretty impressive. I've been wanting to do this with something like a Dreamcast, since they are cheap to pick up and wouldnt end up killing a Duo.
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ever see the nintendo one? :)
I was building one into a Commodore 1541 floppy but I got bored and smashed it with a hammer
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but I got bored and smashed it with a hammer
haw fa' did yo come? removing all the 1541 inards?
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Although it is a shame that a DUO was sacrificed for this, the final product is amazing.
Love the keyboard and mouse!
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and if it was a past off DUO?
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Never give up on a Duo!
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Perhaps this Duo was sacrificed to save the lives of many of his Duo brethren; that or his guts were transplanted into an awesome looking custom mecha case with rgb and region mods, built-in tap, and wireless capabilities. A guy can dream anyway.
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Never give up on a Duo!
Agreed. Never.
Perhaps this Duo was sacrificed to save the lives of many of his Duo brethren; that or his guts were transplanted into an awesome looking custom mecha case with rgb and region mods, built-in tap, and wireless capabilities. A guy can dream anyway.
One would hope that the technology was saved so that someone's system may live another day. Dream away!
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but I got bored and smashed it with a hammer
haw fa' did yo come? removing all the 1541 inards?
I had power supply, CDROM, harddrive and all mounted and then decided that buying a tiny mobo to fit it was gay, so i took my gear out , replaced the 1541 drive mech and dropped a few sledgehammer blows down on it. I felt like MC Hammer.
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I gotta admit... I admire the handiwork, but have a hard time understanding the motivation. In a year or two it's gonna be a crappy outdated pc in place of what woulda been a nice duo.
Now if it was a PC AND a Duo (and not via emulation...) ... game on!
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Here's another one from the Turbo List: a PC stuffed in a CGII case (http://twitpic.com/mbg6z).
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:shock: Wow. Is that a wifi card in the slot?!?!
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Here's another one from the Turbo List: a PC stuffed in a CGII case (http://twitpic.com/mbg6z).
What kind of PC, and how do you know its a PC? Even with today's stuff that would be a really tight fit.
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Here's another one from the Turbo List: a PC stuffed in a CGII case (http://twitpic.com/mbg6z).
What kind of PC, and how do you know its a PC? Even with today's stuff that would be a really tight fit.
one of those mini itx boards would fit fine in one of those.
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With no drives and enough heat to melt the case after a few minutes of use?
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With no drives and enough heat to melt the case after a few minutes of use?
use an IDE to CF adapter, or boot Linux off a USB stick. :)
those things dont run that hot.
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:shock: Wow. Is that a wifi card in the slot?!?!
Here (http://twitpic.com/mbva4) and here (http://twitpic.com/mcgsa) are a couple of other pics that show a different card in the HuCard slot (or more likely, the same card with a new label). I don't know what it is, but based on the label (...0 GB), I'd guess that it's a hard drive of some sort.
What kind of PC, and how do you know its a PC?
I'm just going by what was in the Turbo List post, so I don't know what's on the inside; I also can't read any of the chicken scratches, so I don't know if there's any good info. in the pic descriptions.
Even with today's stuff that would be a really tight fit.
I'm sure it'd be a tight fit, but not impossible. Check out some of the latest Atom and Via based systems -they're tiny and run relatively cool, though not terribly powerful; one such system is the Fit PC 2, which sports a 1.6ghz Atom processor, 1gb Ram, 2.5" drive bay, 802.11g, gigabit ethernet, and 6 USB ports, all crammed into a 4" x 4.5" x 1" package.
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Yeah, that card must be a SSD of some sort.
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This has inspired me to shove the innards of Roku into a PCE. The infrared receiver will be in the controller port.
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I have an extra white PCE case laying around... Hmmm, sure I can find something to make out of it.
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Thats gotta be an Atom pc.