Start Lifting weights for this portable

jeffslot · Post by **jeffslot** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:43 pm

Hi guys,

I don't think anyone has noticed, but I've been kind of quit lately. Mostly because I've been hard at work building my yet to be named portable.

Here are some pictures:

Front-Gameboy size comparison.
http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/1744/img0298vy1.jpg

4-led modded psone Screen
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4350/img0299dz3.jpg

batteries
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6600/img0301ir2.jpg

Well I'm not sure this officially qualifies as portable, but maybe. It's a Neo-Geo MVS MV-1 board. One of the original huge ones. It does have on-board stereo, though (too bad I've only got mono-going).

This isn't actually much bigger than the motherboard (15 inches by 11.5). I had a bear of a time getting all of the buttons to work. Right now, I'm leaning towards tearing it all apart & "Consolizing" it. I think due to the size it would probably be a better console. Well, tell me what you think.

Oh yeah, I must take a minute to thank Skyone, Iam7805, and Marhsallh (and everyone else at benheck & neo-geo.com that helped). I really couldn't have done this without them. Thanks guys.

Jeff S.

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:57 pm

Woah, neat portable, have fun with the NEo Geo fighting games...that's real nice, I'll give you an A, no - or +

Great portable, and awesome LED job.

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:00 pm

Awesome (and start going back to yard sales too.

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Sword_Gun · Post by **Sword_Gun** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:20 pm

How big is it in inches?

Post by **Skyone** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:22 pm

I think he said 18 inches tall in a PM... Anyways Jeffman, it's lookin' nice! You got the Dpad working?

Grade: A

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:37 pm

Great stuff, Jeff! Cool color, nice LED mod, and relatively small for what you had to work with. Grade=A.

By the way, where did you get that battery? That's perfect for something my friend wants me to work on. What charger do you use for it?

CTFan

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:50 pm

...How tall is it? How much does it weigh?

jeffslot · Post by **jeffslot** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:46 am

wallydawg,
I never stopped going to yard sales, I just haven't had any luck lately

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Sword_Gun,
It's about 18 inches long by 12 inches wide and 1.5 inches thick.

Skyone,
Dpad is good, thanks for all your help!

CronoTriggerfan,
The battery and charger came from batteryspace.com I think this is the charger I use.

http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?P ... rodID=2728

atari2600a,

See above for how tall it is (approx 18 inches). It weighs....... a lot.

Jeff S

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:48 am

Hey, look at the bright side of the weight! Attach a metal chain & it doubles as a medieval torture device!

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:53 am

Is it me, or do the buttons seem...dwarfish.

Post by **Triton** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:31 am

i give it an A for effort and skill but a c for the sheer masivness of the thing! heck i would put like a 10" lcd and arcade buttons on it, make it look more preportional!

jeffslot · Post by **jeffslot** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:34 am

It's not small. But remember the motherboard is huge. Like I mentioned before I'm leaning towards taking this project apart & building a console.

Sword_Gun · Post by **Sword_Gun** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:42 am

Jeff.. can I have that? lol.

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:24 pm

That thing is a frickin monster! But none the less, I give it a grade A! Oh, and your welcome!

Post by **marshallh** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:14 pm

Awesome! Given the huge size of those motherboards, I'm surprised it's portable.

Great job
Marshall