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Check this out, Via are going mad with releasing small form factor motherboards. If only they would start selling them ! :roll:

They have popped the Eden-Nano and the CN400 chipset in a nice aluminium package - very cool, or should I say hot.

http://www.mini-itx.com/news/11544953/

I should have ...

Very Nice Job, Well done !



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22 views and no one has anything to say. I take the hint, this was a design step too far. Please someone tell me that they understood what I was talking about, I hope someone could see where I was going with this.
I guess I got too excited about the Radica, just didn't like the Idea of the big old ...

What about the mastersystem that's 8bit.

I just feel forum 42 is getting a little too big, some posts just get lost, but as I am new here, what do I know ?.

I'm not sure about the US but here in the UK SEGA systems were a big part of game life, much bigger than the NES/SNES, don't get me wrong, I ...

Hi, Sorry if this has already been talked about, I have been reading up about the Radica and didn't find anything ike this yet...

I have a few weeks to kill until my Handheld PC's PCB's arrive from the manufacturer so I decided to get a Raddica to hack up while I wait.

I got the thing open and was ...

Forum 42 is getting very full, It's just taken me ages to read stuff about the Radica, and I'm only just started.

It would be nice to have a Sega / (Genesis, SMS, GG) forum

I'm not sure who can make it happen ?

Cheers,

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Gannon,

Did u hit refresh ? This model has no heatsink in the picture (Although it will have a big one when they get to production) This is a new Nano-itx, not the same as the one in the mac-mini case a few weeks back. This one is the Epia NL not the Epia N.

Anyway it's going to take Via ages to ...

I really wish Via would get these things out, If I had one of these 3 months ago It would have given me so much less pain that my current solution :roll: .
Via have just released a few new Nano-ITX Motherboards, designed for manufacturers, they just have really nice 0.1" and smaller pitch connectors ...

I'm currently building a hand held PC, based on a Via chipset, it should have enough grunt to run most of the 8-16bit emulators, and MAME.
The Via Eden 1Ghz processor and Twister chipset kicks out 7-10W of power when it's being thrashed, so if you add a 2.5" hard drive and power supply components ...

Hi,

For me a PC based design has been a ideal hand held for some time, My main driving forces are all the emulators you can get for the PC, and most of them run on a resonable spec, I am really looking forward to running old Amiga games on a hand held for example.
I am also trying to make this into ...

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the feedback, I decided to remove the VMU connector and chop out the pcb area in the middle where the VMU connector is. This gives me two nice PCB's I can position either side of my LCD screen.

I will try to work out how to get pictures onto this forum so I can show you all the ...

Hi,

Has anoyne out there opened up an official dreamcast controller, I have one sat on my desk and I'm trying to figure out where best to cut it in half.

Has anyone used the Hall effect sensors off the PCB ? I am planning to run them to the top on a few wires.
I really like these controllers as ...

Hi Sam,

The 7" screen is quite expensive here in the UK, I got mine from here -
http://linitx.com/product_info.php?cPath=64&products_id=553

This screen is £148 ($273 US) although you can get them for £118 without the touchscreen. This sound expensive, but remember this is a VGA based screen not ...

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback, it's great to talk to others about this stuff, I am working on another remote handheld based on the netplay controller again, but this time I am trying to make the wireless controller work with the Gamecube, Dreamcast and PS2, it's also got a 7" screen this time.
I ...

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post, I have been looking at the furum for a few months now and have been very interested in the numbers of people re-designing production systems into portables. I started hacking up electronics many years ago, I now work as an electronics engineer and have just ...