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Modern Retro computing

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the up-down-left-right-b-a-start dept.

Sebby writes "This is pretty neat - the folks over at retrosystem rebuild old computers/consoles with new guts inside. They have Amiga 1000, Atari 2600, and also NES systems, with lots of options for configuration. If they only made a Sinclair ZX81 with the same specs, I'd be sold!" I mean, who wouldn't want a PC in an NES box ;)

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  1. How about... by Chicane-UK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Putting a PC into an Xbox case! Oh, wait..

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  2. Re:I could only see this by Indras · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a safe and sane way of expressing nostalgia (as opposed to killing yourself while attempting to use a time travel device made from thirty yards of string and two protracters held together with a rubber band).

    Oh, and if you aren't familiar with the concept, here's a link.

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  3. Kinda like by OverlordQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    turning a VAX into a keg dispenser with webmonitoring
    or maybe just a bar or how about a fridge

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  4. What the hell... by Rayonic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone wanna put an Atari 2600 in a PC case?
    It's just for the sake of cosmic karma balance.

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  5. How about... by DeepZenPill · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would rather get a console system inside a PC case. This way it would look like I'm furiously coding while playing old school galaga.

  6. Re:Barbarians by duck_prime · · Score: 1, Funny
    In other words, it is destroying a piece of history to look leet at the next lan-party.

    Yeah, but wouldn't it be sweet to tell your buddies, "Dude, J00'r3 50 W33k, I can smash you using an Atari 2600!" ;)

    The look on their face when you actually do it: Priceless.