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1+ GHz Commodore SX-64 Mod

Posted by timothy on from the not-your-ordinary-case-mod dept.

Spider[DAC] writes "I just found this site, about a person who modified a Commodore SX-64 to contain a 1.2 GHz PIII system. It appears to be a really cool system, and apparantly requires some specially made hardware to make it all interoperate properly. A well-documented read, and definitely something to dream about doing yourself."

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  1. You'll need that 1Ghz+ by reaper20 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Heh, let's put it to the test with the /. effect.

    1. Re:You'll need that 1Ghz+ by buck_wild · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hope his web site isn't hosted on that thing...

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    2. Re:You'll need that 1Ghz+ by Dakisha · · Score: 3, Funny

      It gets a slow stream of hits over the course of a day or two. Slashdot throws thousands apon thousands of hits at it in a matter of mins, as we geeks have little better to do with our times than refresh ./ every 5 mins to check for a new story..

  2. What would Weird Al say? by Lothar+0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Think your Commodore 64's pretty neat?
    Put in a P3 and it'll be l33t!

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  3. Yes!!! by gik · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...and definitely something to dream about doing yourself."

    Finally!! I get to dream about doing myself!!

    I love you Slashdot!

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    1. Re:Yes!!! by erroneus · · Score: 5, Funny

      Strangely, I've had that dream. It was weird.

    2. Re:Yes!!! by hitzroth · · Score: 3, Funny

      You know, I'm glad I'm not the only one who has that dream.

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  4. My project is the opposite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm attempting to move the innards of a C64 into a Dell case. Wish me luck!

    1. Re:My project is the opposite by m.lemur · · Score: 5, Funny

      Good luck. It'll be an improvement on the Dell anyway.

    2. Re:My project is the opposite by secondsun · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dude! You killing a Dell!

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  5. About Time by carb · · Score: 4, Funny

    It took 15 years, but I can finally play my C64 copy of "Bad Dudes" at more than 5 frames per second - hoorah!

  6. A C64? by bytesmythe · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's nothin'... I have the original UNIVAC in my spare house that I modified to use AMD 2.2 GHz Athlon XPs. Of course, the blinkenlights flash on and off so fast they burn out in just a few seconds. Then again, the original wiring was only run at 2.2 MEGAhz, so trying to get all the timing right was a nightmare.

    And have you ever tried searching PriceWatch for a PGA to vacuum tube converter? Sheeeeesh... You'd think people had never heard of retrocomputing.

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  7. What about... by Guspaz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Overclocking? Has anybody ever tried to OC a C64?

  8. I have a dream... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    definitely something to dream about doing yourself.

    No. I'll continue my long-standing tradition of dreaming about a trio of beautiful, naked, goth-looking chicks who service my every need. I rather like that dream.

    But if you want to dream about the Commodore 64, go right ahead.

  9. Re:Is it really destroyed? by jandrese · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since it's bad analogy day on Slashdot how about this:

    It's like taking a Model-T, ripping it apart, and using the body panels to make a Toyota look like a Model-T.

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  10. Beowulf by Superfreaker · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish some Scandanavian warrior would rip this guys arms off :-)

    Made you look!

  11. Now that I think about it... by thelinuxking · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows XP would REALLY suck with only 64k of memory...

    And to start the thing up without a hard drive? I figure it would go something like this:

    LOAD "WINXP",8,1
    LOADING...
    FLIP DISK TO SIDE 2
    PLEASE WAIT...
    INSERT DISK 2 OF 5.34E20
    PLEASE WAIT...

    1. Re:Now that I think about it... by Wolfier · · Score: 3, Funny

      While loading the 5.34E20-th floppy:

      GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT.
      SYSTEM STOP ERROR AT $24FF
      TO RESTART, INSERT DISK 1

  12. Re:No /. elitist anti-Windows comments? by zulux · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's with you people? Didn't you read that this thing runs Windows XP?

    Runs Windows XP? More precisly: Limps-along with Windows XP like a mangy three-legged dog that stopes every ten feet to eat it's own poop that dribbels out it's ass.

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  13. What's Next? by limekiller4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of these days, I'm going to wake up, select Slashdot from my bookmarks, and find that the top story is about some 7 year-old who managed to get his bicycle -- complete with training wheels and little brother onboard -- into lower earth orbit using some recently GPL'd Mathematica clone, an overclocked Furby, 50ft of CAT5 scavenged from the local LUGs trash bin and Jack Valenti's ego tinsnipped into tiles for the re-entry shielding.

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  14. That damn ENTER key by rsteele19 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see it uses the original Commodore keyboard... I wonder, do you still need to use a hammer to press the "Enter" key?

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  15. Great Hardware design... by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 5, Funny

    The SX-64 page mentions--
    "Ah, the DX. That was the american version which had 2 disk drives. (The UK gets short changed
    again! - Akuma). Our european version had one plus a hole marked 'Storage'. Very useful, as long
    as you don't store disks in there; the magnetic fields generated by the SX64's drive tends to wipe
    them clean or corrupt them at the very least. Nice piece of design.
    "

    Probably Commodore's way of paying tribute to the Coleco Adam..

  16. Next up : 2.0 GHz C-128D by baine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dig-dug oughtta get something like 3,500 fps.

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  17. Re:For crying out loud by shayne321 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Yeah, next thing you know people will be turning IBM PC's into catboxes. Sheesh.

    Shayne

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