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Title: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: Otraotaku 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)

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: missioncontrol 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

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: Samstag on February 23, 2006, 08:38:30 am

My portable mame PC:

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: 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.

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: Samstag 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.

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: Otraotaku 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...  :-\

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: USSEnterprise on February 26, 2006, 04:26:00 pm

Whats your budget? Can you afford a low grade Laptop?

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: USSEnterprise on February 26, 2006, 06:32:06 pm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115324

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: Otraotaku 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)

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: Otraotaku 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...

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: USSEnterprise 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

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: USSEnterprise on February 26, 2006, 07:50:46 pm

eBay?

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: psik0tik 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.

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: USSEnterprise 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

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: Otraotaku on February 28, 2006, 09:41:21 pm

hey that stuff is actually pretty neat... hmm ill guess ill have to think up something...

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: psik0tik on February 28, 2006, 10:44:14 pm

heres a comp they moded out with the monitor
http://mini-itx.com/projects/bbcitxb/

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: USSEnterprise on March 01, 2006, 02:00:06 am

They also have examples of a Commodore PET, Atari 800, etc

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: Otraotaku 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

Title: Re: building 2nd computer (for MAME and travel)
Post by: Otraotaku 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/ (http://mini-itx.com/projects/frame/)