Portable-Palooza (voting thread opened!)

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:27 pm

I have some awesome ideas on what I wan't to do with my portable. And I have around $81 to do it. Found a screen I might get. But I'm hoping I can find a cheaper screen though.

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:36 pm

Yo nightwheel, I have a psone lcd you can have for $21+shipping if you promise to finish a portable!

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:39 pm

palmertech wrote:Yo nightwheel, I have a psone lcd you can have for $21+shipping if you promise to finish a portable!

Quite a mighty tempthing deal there palmertech. I'm at a friends house right now. So let me think about it for a little. And I got to run it by the heads of the house hold at home.

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:28 pm

Case will be done tomorrow and then it's on to the electronics portion!

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:39 pm

Mine will be finished once I have a controller to dice up.

Post by **Triton** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:42 pm

i will be starting mine soon! when is the deadline again?

lovablechevy · Post by **lovablechevy** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:05 pm

Triton wrote:i will be starting mine soon! when is the deadline again?

aug 31st. still plenty of time.

Sharp Sapphire · Post by **Sharp Sapphire** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:36 pm

Ahh.. I might start on this... I can definitely get this done in time

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:45 pm

Yeah, well mine's done, I turned my Atari Lynx into a PS3 portable that also doubles as a panini press and a back massager. Beat that!

Sorry, I just felt so left out...

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:09 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:Yeah, well mine's done, I turned my Atari Lynx into a PS3 portable that also doubles as a panini press and a back massager. Beat that!

Sorry, I just felt so left out...

I could send you a Plug n Play if you don't have a system to portablelize. I got a few laying around.

Post by **Triton** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:17 pm

haha yes, i have 3 weeks to finish 2 portables AND a custom GP2x

looks like i might not be entering this one after all

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:18 pm

What if I recased a ds, relocated the buttons, installed a new screen, and ran it off of AA's?

I'm ready.

SS

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:48 pm

New screen as in a replacement DS screen, or a better screen? The latter is impossible.

Also, running the DS of AA batteries is impractical. The DS will not power on without the li-ion cell present and in nominal voltage condition. And while you could use the charge port, the power loss is immense. I would get a better li-ion cell and call it a day, that is all you can really do.

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:00 pm

palmertech wrote:New screen as in a replacement DS screen, or a better screen? The latter is impossible.

Also, running the DS of AA batteries is impractical. The DS will not power on without the li-ion cell present and in nominal voltage condition. And while you could use the charge port, the power loss is immense. I would get a better li-ion cell and call it a day, that is all you can really do.

http://home.comcast.net/~olimar/DS/jumbotron/

As far as your battery statement, it's not too impractical. Especially with regulators.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:05 pm

Yeah, I mean a replacement top screen. Because I got one.

I'd love to mod the ds, but I'm still considering just buying a replacement case too.