@lefebvre If we don't count that mechanical typewriter I used to pretend coding in BASIC, then it's the #Atari800XL that once appeared beside the big TV that one day I came out of school.
I think even back then I already knew that some life-changing thing just happened.
Sorry, just got nostalgic, but it was THE defining moment of my life.
A very similar model (unfortunately not the original one but bought from a guy similar age as my dad) is now part of my #6502portable.
@mwshook Strictly speaking it is probably a mobile TV, yes. There is even a battery slot but no battery. Which is a pity as it would allow something like my #6502portable without the video grabbing hack.
Monitor or TV - my epic sloppyness. Then again, since TVs became "smart" we are back to use monitors as TV.
And now that you mention the SECAM switch I am curious if there are SECAM retro computers for which this could be useful, the same way as I convert back'n'forth between PAL and NTSC.
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My 2020 project.
Let me call it #6502portable.
It closes the loop between my starting point in 1986 and now. Like a Terminator time line, just backwards.
It's an Atari 800XL on a USB powerbank, video output captured into a Raspi on a 2nd powerbank.
Visuals inspired by Alien movie where computers look like they should. Released in 1979, the year of Atari 800.
I have rarely felt more satisfied.
@RenewedRebecca
I once went an alternative route of using a video grabber to provide captured video from an #Atari800XL as USB device readable by VLC on a Raspi. However, this requires strong powerbanks or an old low power raspi. My setup is quite flaky.
It is described here:
https://git.sdf.org/eizen/6502portable
Unfortunately my original #6502portable post got washed away from history. I will do a repost in a minute.
Got an #Atari800XL in 1986 from my father.
Bought back a very same model in 2016.
Since 2020 it lives as #6502portable #cyberdeck.
And got friends around it: most Atari 8bits, some ST, portfolio, NUC768, plus several non-atari retro machines.
My birthday party featured a #retrogaming #arcade setup.
#Atari 576NUC+, #MegaDrive, #AtariST 1040, and my two #Pinball machines: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Tales of the Arabian Nights.
Plus #GuitarHero Live on #PS3 which also did my music video background.
Yeah, the NUC is cheating for simplicity but I had my #6502portable around, too.
I should combine it with my #6502portable and begin a mobile #arcade.
Oh noes, Trinitron duplication excess!
#retrohardware #AtariST
#Atari400 #Atari800XE #KC85_4 #6502portable
@thomasfuchs Funny, I'm just about preparing a new corner for the old team.
It looks a bit lonely yet but hey, Fridays don't wait.
#retrofriday
#atariportfolio
#Atari800XL #6502portable
#epsonhx20
#sonyvaio
@cypnk I was about using those as the (fake) visuals on my #6502portable before I went with the Alien 1 emergency destruction system instructions.
Using the Aliens sentry visuals is still on my wishlist though.
Put my new #FujiNet dongle into my #Atari800XL / #6502portable.
I had no idea how easy it is to go online and download and run programs. All with the authentic Atari feeling. Thumbs up!
Downgraded the #raspberrypi 3B+ back to a 3B in my #6502portable because the 3B+ needs too much power and struggles at boot. The 3B I used during prototyping had broken wifi and when I replaced it last minute I thought more is better. Silly me.
@dammn In my rare spare time I'm catching up on low-level and hardware programming I forgot to learn 30 years ago. Strictly only for fun.
I learn assembler along #6502asm and #riscv, drive IO pins, just the simple stuff. When possible I prefer the real #retrohardware. The #6502portable combines everything I do, without my traditional cable mess.
Though I already miss the #scanlines. :-)
@npisanti @joshavanier You can buy "Fresnell" lenses online. I was literally thinking about it for my #6502portable but didn't want to mix styles. Maybe my next selfmade laptop gets a Brazil look'n'feel...
#6502portable with wireframe demo. Space.
If this is cyber then where is the punk, I hear you ask.
My grandfather was a carpenter grandmaster. When he tried to teach me when I was 10 he quickly gave up - I was not qualified. Carving the front plate from wood anyway nearly 40 years later - that's my punk.
The complete #6502portable story at https://github.com/eizen6/6502portable
Finished my 2020 project.
Let me call it #6502portable.
It closes the loop between my starting point in 1986 and now. Like a Terminator time line, just backwards.
It's an Atari 800XL on a USB powerbank, video output captured into a Raspi on a 2nd powerbank.
Visuals inspired by Alien movie where computers look like they should. Released in 1979, the year of Atari 800.
I have rarely felt more satisfied.
