PC-In-A-Keyboard

jutus

<sarcasm> Here's a new idea! </sarcasm>







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[ 12-04-2001: Message edited by: jutus ]</p>

groverat

It's not new?



Where has it been done before?

ghost_user_name

I dont know how new the idea is, but DAMN, that's as ugly as a genital wart on a hot summer day.

seb

Kinda like a Commodore 64 with a CD-ROM and, useless as ever, floppy drive.

i am monkey

[quote]Originally posted by seb:

<strong>Kinda like a Commodore 64 with a CD-ROM and, useless as ever, floppy drive.</strong><hr></blockquote>



Nah.. Looks more like the Commodore 128.



Nothing too special really, but put it with a flat screen display and you've reclaimed a lot of desk space. If you saw my desk right now, you'd understand how that could be a big difference!

murbot

Nah, I'd rather replace a keyboard if I dump a beer on it - not replace the whole frickin computer.

doctorgonzo

It looks like a crapified version of the sublime <a href="http://www.amiga.com/products/A1200.shtml"; target="_blank">Amiga 1200</a>

groverat

Looks stupid but it seems like a decent-enough idea.

sizzle chest

[quote]Originally posted by seb:

<strong>Kinda like a Commodore 64 with a CD-ROM and, useless as ever, floppy drive.</strong><hr></blockquote>



I was gonna say, somebody finally made an internal CD-Rom for the Atari 520 ST....

zo

have you seen the specs of it??? This is DAMN cool!!!



PCI expansion slot, 866P3 (or celeron) 64MB video, optical drive bay...



this kicks ass... with a future revision, this could really be excellent

mediaman

Allong those lines. I've allways wanted to build a custom PC in a Atari ST case, the hight allways worried me though, and cooling could become a problem.

doctorgonzo

An Amiga 500 case might be just what you're looking for.

amorph

groverat wrote:



[quote]It's not new?



Where has it been done before?<hr></blockquote>



All the way back to the Commodore VIC 20, if not earlier. That design a lot of sense when computers were plugged into television sets.



It's not a bad idea, although it doesn't make too much sense unless you need to switch monitors (or TVs!) regularly.



My main concern with such a design would be that the keyboard's elevated so high that typing for long periods might be uncomfortable. Computer keyboards have too many ergonomic problems as it is.



[ 12-05-2001: Message edited by: Amorph ]</p>

mediaman

[quote]Originally posted by DoctorGonzo:

<strong>An Amiga 500 case might be just what you're looking for.</strong><hr></blockquote>

My brother had an A500 from what I remember it was quite low & thin, the ST case seamed more sort of bulky.

Humm! what I realy nead to do is get some mesurements before I get the parts to make sure the project is doable.

henriok

You guys really disappoint me. The first time THIS was done was when Steve and Steve built The Apple I!



What's new? Built in drives.. plastic case.. Gee.. That's innovative!

i am monkey

HA! It is kinda funny, because I think everyone has gotten so used to the tower or desktop boxes that are freaking huge that something like this comes out and you think "hey that's cool" at first. Then you realize it's old news...

nebagakid

ach! :eek: