[ubuntu-uk] Looking for a Speccy

Rob Beard rob at esdelle.co.uk
Fri Mar 26 22:17:14 GMT 2010


Matthew Daubney wrote:
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>   
>> LOL, I've got a breadbin style C64 in the loft, I'm undecided if I 
>> should leave it as is (it's dead), bung a MiniITX board in there or wire 
>> up one of those C64 joysticks to it.
>>
>> The wife isn't too happy though with my 'collection of junk'.  Well it's 
>> not really a collection as such, certainly not along the lines of the 
>> Museum Of Computing, I've got a VIC20, dead C64, Acorn Electron and a 
>> Speccy, oh and a few games consoles.
>>
>> Rob
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> Ah! You're on to me! I want to try and fit an Atom into a speccy and
> wire the keyboard upto it. Was feeling nostalgic about learning to
> program on it, then decided there was no reason why I still couldn't
> with a few upgrades :)
>
> -Matt Daubney
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LOL.  I'm sure it can be done.

Only thing that would stump me is the keyboard. Okay maybe the keyboard 
and hacking bits out of the case neatly.

Rob





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