just found this "combination" for C64, and i want to have it in my CPC too.
who can do it and what would it cost ?
:P :P :P
What is the RetroPC64 Hybrid?
A C64 and a PC in a C64 case, with a switch to switch the keyboard between systems. Nicely done, but why?
Bryce.
i would love to have a cpc and a pc in the cpc case :)
Huuuum... I am never very sure about these type of things. It is cool but... I almost feel better leaving the Amstrad alone :D
Hey, I wouldn't mind one... because, why not. Also, I'd love to be able to finally use a CPC keyboard for modern uses :)
Quote from: radu14m on 20:56, 28 February 16
i would love to have a cpc and a pc in the cpc case :)
Five years later you have two retro systems in one case. One of them useless. :D
Quote from: Gryzor on 15:53, 29 February 16
Hey, I wouldn't mind one... because, why not. Also, I'd love to be able to finally use a CPC keyboard for modern uses :)
The membrane wouldn't last 5 minutes under day to day use. Better to get a proper IBM Model M.
The IBM model M is actually indestructible, I have been constantly using mine at home since the 90s and is still in one piece. Moreover, it looks like new. Wonderful piece of hardware, although very noisy :picard:
Quote from: ||C|-|E|| on 21:49, 29 February 16
The IBM model M is actually indestructible, I have been constantly using mine at home since the 90s and is still in one piece. Moreover, it looks like new. Wonderful piece of hardware, although very noisy :picard:
AKA an "office machine gun" (main effect: gets you out of the open-plan/cubicle and into a real office of your own instantly. 8) Or fired!).
Model M "FTW": ;D Care and feeding of an IBM Model M 1391406 keyboard (http://www.preater.com/modelm/) Full disclosure: I happen to own the 1391403 with the highest known serial number (i.e. one of the last ever built).
weren't those IBM actually more expensive than even Apple's computers ?
Anyway I'm pretty sure that with some tweak and soldering, you can fit a CPC/PLUS motherboard as extension on a PC1512...
Mine is one of the first :D :D and yes, it belonged to one of those super expensive IBMs that were sold looong ago. I found it in 1993 and I have been using it since then. I keep another one, but it was never necessary to replace it :D
Sadly, I do not dare to take the second one to the lab!