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Necromancer

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PC in a Duo-R shell
« on: August 04, 2009, 05:15:58 AM »
A big thanks to Takumi Suidu for the heads up on this one.

For those who aren't on the Turbo Mailing List: a complete PC shoehorned into a Duo-R case (babelfish translation).  Though it lacks a game pad for gaming, it partially makes up for the omission with a PCE mouse converted to USB and a NEC branded keyboard.  What's not to love about a fairly competent PC with Blue-ray playback and a TV tuner (the HuCard slot was commandeered for the decoder card), all wrapped up in such an awesome package?  Pretty f*cking awesome, if you ask me.  8)
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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2009, 05:25:05 AM »
lol..japanese otakism at its best :D
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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2009, 05:38:18 AM »
wow. that's awesome.

but what happened to the poor duo-innards? perhaps we could shove 'em in a PC case?  O:)
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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2009, 07:35:05 AM »
Awesome!
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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2009, 11:16:18 AM »
Quote from: Necromancer on August 04, 2009, 05:15:58 AM
A big thanks to Takumi Suidu for the heads up on this one.

For those who aren't on the Turbo Mailing List: a complete PC shoehorned into a Duo-R case (babelfish translation).  Though it lacks a game pad for gaming, it partially makes up for the omission with a PCE mouse converted to USB and a NEC branded keyboard.  What's not to love about a fairly competent PC with Blue-ray playback and a TV tuner (the HuCard slot was commandeered for the decoder card), all wrapped up in such an awesome package?  Pretty f*cking awesome, if you ask me.  8)


:shock: Amazing!!!


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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2009, 07:47:28 PM »
Damn, even fitted a hotswap drive.  Pretty impressive.  I've been wanting to do this with something like a Dreamcast, since they are cheap to pick up and wouldnt end up killing a Duo.
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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2009, 10:42:34 PM »
ever see the nintendo one? :)

I was building one into a Commodore 1541 floppy but I got bored and smashed it with a hammer
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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2009, 11:26:35 PM »
Quote from: Arkhan on August 04, 2009, 10:42:34 PM
but I got bored and smashed it with a hammer

haw fa' did yo come? removing all the 1541 inards?
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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2009, 01:47:51 AM »
Although it is a shame that a DUO was sacrificed for this, the final product is amazing.

Love the keyboard and mouse!

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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2009, 02:52:44 AM »
and if it was a past off DUO?
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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2009, 05:03:34 AM »
Never give up on a Duo!
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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2009, 05:31:17 AM »
Perhaps this Duo was sacrificed to save the lives of many of his Duo brethren; that or his guts were transplanted into an awesome looking custom mecha case with rgb and region mods, built-in tap, and wireless capabilities.  A guy can dream anyway.
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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2009, 06:50:45 AM »
Quote from: guyjin on August 05, 2009, 05:03:34 AM
Never give up on a Duo!

Agreed. Never.

Quote from: Necromancer on August 05, 2009, 05:31:17 AM
Perhaps this Duo was sacrificed to save the lives of many of his Duo brethren; that or his guts were transplanted into an awesome looking custom mecha case with rgb and region mods, built-in tap, and wireless capabilities.  A guy can dream anyway.

One would hope that the technology was saved so that someone's system may live another day. Dream away!

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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2009, 11:19:03 AM »
Quote from: Tatsujin on August 04, 2009, 11:26:35 PM
Quote from: Arkhan on August 04, 2009, 10:42:34 PM
but I got bored and smashed it with a hammer

haw fa' did yo come? removing all the 1541 inards?

I had power supply, CDROM, harddrive and all mounted and then decided that buying a tiny mobo to fit it was gay, so i took my gear out , replaced the 1541 drive mech and dropped a few sledgehammer blows down on it.  I felt like MC Hammer.
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Re: PC in a Duo-R shell
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2009, 11:40:32 AM »
I gotta admit... I admire the handiwork, but have a hard time understanding the motivation.  In a year or two it's gonna be a crappy outdated pc in place of what woulda been a nice duo.

Now if it was a PC AND a Duo (and not via emulation...) ... game on! 

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