Dreamcast laptop progress (pics) 80%

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:57 pm

in the picture above you can see the dreamcast along with the 6" TFT (from a portable DVD player, A game, The Modified game cube regulator and the screen controller(s)

this it going to be a bit like the wii laptop, but a bin more frankencase.

post comments and ideas please!

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:33 am

heh this was totally my idea stick in the dreamcast keyboard on top and itll totally be awesome i cant wait to see how it turns out as i think its the one console that truly deserves to be a laptop

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:44 pm

is there any way to use a ps/2 keyboard on a DC?

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:10 pm

paul4990 wrote:is there any way to use a ps/2 keyboard on a DC?

yeah you can get an adapter i figure that would be the best way considering youll need a smallish keyboard i think on playasia theres an adapter for ps1 to dreamcast and its made by the same company

Gump-in-space · Post by **Gump-in-space** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:07 pm

If you are looking for a laptop style keyboard the Japanese had one that is super small, stylish, and you can usually find it on E-bay.

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:39 pm

i dont think i will use a keyboard on it, as i cant find a use for it

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:53 pm

paul4990 wrote:i dont think i will use a keyboard on it, as i cant find a use for it

what? for like everything homebrew theres a use for the keyboard and all shooters can use it also for webbrowsing its great. please include a keyboard or else......

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:59 pm

And if you ever planned to install a BBA into the DC you could run a Web browser on your DC laptop, and you can use the Jeyboard for Homebrew apps, like Marathon, Half-life, Quake and other Computer game ports to the DC, lol I made a Marathone 1, 2, and 3 self bootable disc yet I booted it up and I needed a Keyboard and Mouse to play it.

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:03 pm

Jongamer wrote:And if you ever planned to install a BBA into the DC you could run a Web browser on your DC laptop, and you can use the Jeyboard for Homebrew apps, like Marathon, Half-life, Quake and other Computer game ports to the DC, lol I made a Marathone 1, 2, and 3 self bootable disc yet I booted it up and I needed a Keyboard and Mouse to play it.

Yep, I burned marathon and then I realized it needed a keyboard lol

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:31 pm

DC HB = nothing w/o a keyboard

SS

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:53 pm

someone tell me how to use ps/2 on a DC without buying crap and i will

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:16 pm

but its only like a 6 dollar crap

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:38 pm

dudex77 wrote:but its only like a 6 dollar crap

illustriouschin · Post by **illustriouschin** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:41 pm

paul4990 wrote:i dont think i will use a keyboard on it, as i cant find a use for it

Typing of the Dead. And I guess PSO if you like boring ass hack-n-slashers with a chat function.

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:46 pm

Progress!

Soldered AV Leads to the board.

and it works!

hoorah for tupperwaren we are going somewhere!