IM NEW HERE AND I WAS WONDERING...

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:29 am

Oh my (place religious figure here) Do some research for your stuff! Sheet metal is sheets of metal

Like aluminum and what not...Where to buy it...basically off the inernet or a hardware store...

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:19 pm

supernoob wrote:whats sheet metal? Also, where can i buy it and for how much?

Atleast your name shows how much you need to learn.......how old are you, you have to know what sheet metal is...it's up there with duct-tape......anyway, i don't know where you live, but in the U.S. you can go to Home Depot or Lows for a lot of things, such as wood and sheet metal...also, you should search...but sheet metal is kinda like tin foil, but thicker and sturdier.....well, not really...but it gives you a good pic of wut it looks like

Atleast, the kind i have looks like that.

supernoob · Post by **supernoob** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:46 pm

i just turned into a teenager

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:20 pm

.... well umm good luck building a portable...you don't even know what sheet metal is?!?!

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:05 pm

Don't take this the wrong way, but i think you should wait awhile till you start your portable. Try to learn as much as you can. My Uncles taught me a lot about electronics, and my dad is very helpful...my mom is well, the typical "Take it apart b4 u blow something up" type of caring mom...

Don't be afraid to ask questions, but search everywhere here and POD....heck, even google! I wish you good luck, but if you know whats best, wait a while......i preped for 2 weeks before i actually started....making sure i understood everything. Oh, the most important thing of all is the amount of fun you have.....not the results, i would be happy even if my GCp fried........i would be upset, but happy

supernoob · Post by **supernoob** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:42 pm

*waits for 2 years without a bathroom break*

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:49 am

you should try something easier, like the nes or snes. Not a ps2, as that's pretty much a death wish for someone with no electronic experience.

Post by **Gamelver** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:44 pm

I went through 3 N64ps before actually working on my GCp.....if you've even got one portable done it's a lot of good experience that'll make it so much easier

. hell, if I wasn't so busy and had about million (er, 3 or 4) portablizing ideas to try I'd do a PS2p...maybe next year, around fall....'till then, though, I'm working on a secret N64p project

.....should be interesting.

about this, too:

harshboy wrote:Oh, the most important thing of all is the amount of fun you have.....not the results, i would be happy even if my GCp fried........i would be upset, but happy Very Happy

well, I consider actually playing the portable fun, not building it

....of course, when it's the third/fourth GCp you're working on, I suppose the fun is out of it

...it becomes more like work, but the reward is great

. building your first portable is an awesome experience, though, and it's better if you have a cart. based system, IMHO (NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, etc.) to start out with.