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Mini-ITX PC in an Atari 800

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the retro-look-with-brand-new-feel dept.

tgeller writes "As case mods go, this one's not the weirdest, But it has its own retro charm. Musician and geek Andy Hutson slipped a Mini-ITX motherboard into an Atari 800 case... and used an old cartridge as the mouse! Too bad the original keyboard's not functional." This almost makes me want to tear apart my old Apple //c and see what I can make. Almost.

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  1. The Mouse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, as if using an Atari 800 to house your ATX wasn't bad enough.. but to use a game cartridge, Star Raiders nonetheless, and transform it into a MOUSE? MY GOD MAN, I'm dripping in geek just reading this page!

  2. Anti Theft! by Leroy_Brown242 · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least nobody will steal your computer! Well, at least not after they find out you ruined an Atari and put all the modern crap inside! ]:3P

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  3. It's running Windows... by Koushiro · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...so the graphics may be prettier, but it'll still run at the same speed.

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  4. I can't wait for... by borgdows · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://mini-itx.cx ... guess where the mini-itx pc will be! ;o)

  5. I had by Konster · · Score: 2, Funny

    I had one of these.

    Load SCRAM into the cassette drive, and go ride the BMX bike (with mag rims!) around for 45 minutes while it loaded, return and scram the core ;).

    Seriously though, has anyone considered putting a PC into *gasp* a PC chassis?

  6. Re:Incompatible keyboard? by FrostedWheat · · Score: 2, Funny

    the days of sitting crosslegged on the loungeroom floor 3 inches from the TV screen tapping stuff into a machine like that

    Wow, you mean I wasn't the only one?! :)

  7. Re:Much cooler running the real thing... by Cloud+9 · · Score: 5, Funny
    They even have a web server running on a real Commodore 64.

    Not anymore, they don't.

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  8. Re:Why want? by peekitty · · Score: 1, Funny

    How about jamming the Via mobo into a lime green IBM selectric, and adding the guts of a daisywheel printer to spit out printed text. Oh wait, that's what Brother has been doing for ages.