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building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« on: February 22, 2006, 09:35:00 pm »
heya, im going on a trip to Pennslyvania  and realized i always miss my computer the most every year i go...problem is my desktop may be Awesome but its Friggin Huge 20"x15"...

 so im going to prepare for it this year by building a *cheap* MicroATX or ITX... maybe even go the NES/PC mod.. (and use it removable in my MAME...

 anyone got some cool links? ideas? it cant be too big the smaller the better

(small enough to comfortly bring with on a plane)
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2006, 05:24:27 am »
I thought the amish lived in Pennslyvania.... how you going to power it without electricity?

http://www.mystique.net/amish-2.html
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2006, 08:38:30 am »
My portable mame PC:

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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2006, 08:51:07 am »
Quote from: Samstag on February 23, 2006, 08:38:30 am
My portable mame PC:



We could use more info.
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2006, 12:47:21 pm »
Quote from: Edgedamage on February 23, 2006, 08:51:07 am
Quote from: Samstag on February 23, 2006, 08:38:30 am
My portable mame PC:



We could use more info.

ITX motherboard running a 600MHz fanless processor, 30G laptop hard drive, 256M ram, Logitec wireless controller.  It does Svideo and composite and cost me about $280 total with lots of patience and luck on Ebay deals.

And it fits in carry-on luggage very nicely.
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2006, 02:59:14 pm »
Drool*.....

i need some kind of starting point....
currently my PDA's processor can outclock that, and umm... play Playstation games, but...i need something a bit Faster...  :-\
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2006, 04:26:00 pm »
Whats your budget? Can you afford a low grade Laptop?
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2006, 06:32:06 pm »
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2006, 06:46:12 pm »
Quote from: USSEnterprise on February 26, 2006, 04:26:00 pm
Whats your budget? Can you afford a low grade Laptop?

low grade laptop?.... um not much mula left over but i have till June-July i just need some clue to what ill have/need by then... something that can atleast play PC games decently*  though...

(since my PDA cannot stand more than older MS games)
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2006, 06:50:05 pm »
that may be outa my limit.... (the laptop -newegg) id really like to go the custom road, something like the NES MOD or samstags, i need it more so for the trip itself  not so much the plane ride...
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2006, 07:39:10 pm »
If I were you, I wouldn't bother w/ ITX. Stick to mATX

You could also try an SX-64
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2006, 07:50:46 pm »
eBay?
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2006, 10:13:46 pm »
haha I remember the commodore SX-64..

Check this site out they crame mini-itx motherboards into everything. thats how i built my breifcase mini-itx computer for when i travel.

http://www.mini-itx.com

i would suggest the http://www.mini-itx.com/reviews/nehemiah/ just because it has s-video out and its a little over a 100 bucks. thats with a 1 ghz proccessor.
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2006, 11:04:12 pm »
I remember seeing someone do an ITX mod with an SX-64. They even used the original monitor.
ITX doesn't really sound too great, with the speed limitations
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2006, 09:41:21 pm »
hey that stuff is actually pretty neat... hmm ill guess ill have to think up something...
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2006, 10:44:14 pm »
heres a comp they moded out with the monitor
http://mini-itx.com/projects/bbcitxb/
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2006, 02:00:06 am »
They also have examples of a Commodore PET, Atari 800, etc
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #17 on: March 01, 2006, 10:02:26 pm »
not really what i had in mind... more like the look of a custom console, sorta like samstag did, but i dont have a clue what these things normally retail for with a decent CPU
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Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2006, 10:07:45 pm »
im looking along the lines of close to 1GHz, 256 MB RAM and some decent integrated or what have you video



I loved this one... ;D http://mini-itx.com/projects/frame/
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