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JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:39 pm

I got a c64 dtv today. it pretty cool, not as cool as the real thing though. Does anyone have schematics for it. I'm not making a portable persay. Right now I just wanna make a C64sp you know what I mean

Post by **gannon** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:16 pm

The schematics were already posted, just look

Unidentified Assilant · Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:58 am

There is a way to connect a keyboard to it, as I read in Retro Gamer Issue 12 (I HAVE ISSUE ONE!!!), and there is a soft basic option to dabble around in too.

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:51 am

Hmm...You know, there was a Commodore SX64, which was a Commodore 64 laptop that was in color and had a 5" screen....

Maybe someone could use this thing to make a C-SX64-II, or expands its capabilities and call it a C-DX64 if you are following 386/486 conventions...

The tape darive would be simple enough to compact into the unit, especially with the actual computer so small.

Next would be the 1541 disk drive, which I think was actually a kind of Mac Floppy with some extra boards. Someone may be able to make a normal 5.25" Floppy drive work, but they would have to find a way to convert the connection from parallel to serial...but it'd be worth it. From there, just put the keyboard in and a good screen.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:01 am

The SX-64 isnt small. Its like the size of the Osborne. I'd say you want to make the C-64 smaller and compact go witht the tv thing, There is a site I believe posted that talked about doing all the modifications.

And who wouldnt want a computer that can compete with Ben in size of the 8bit computer,huh.

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:44 pm

Sparkfist wrote:The SX-64 isnt small. Its like the size of the Osborne. I'd say you want to make the C-64 smaller and compact go witht the tv thing, There is a site I believe posted that talked about doing all the modifications.

And who wouldnt want a computer that can compete with Ben in size of the 8bit computer,huh.

I was saying use the TV thing to make a super-small C-SX64, and maybe call it the C-SX64-II or the C-DX64.

Unidentified Assilant · Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:23 pm

Make a handheld C64 with the cartridges

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:21 pm

I was just looking up stuff about the C64 DTV and on person take it and put it in the case of the 1541 disk drive. The only it was missing was a screen and the port for the carts.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:13 pm

^ Yay spark got the 1000th atari post!

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:43 pm

Yeah i wanna do something like that guy