Expensive but I guess someone might like a PC like this.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393557249217 ... SwPkthN1wJ
Vic20 PC Case
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- orion70
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Re: Vic20 PC Case
Nice! It comes with five function keys though
Re: Vic20 PC Case
17 Function keys...12 on the top row too
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Re: Vic20 PC Case
That's fun. And you're right, it's expensive, and probably more expensive than fun.
But it sort of makes me wonder why more PCs haven't taken the integrated CPU/keyboard route. It probably has something to do with notebook PCs being around.
When I started college, I bought a V-Tech Laser Compact XT, which was a small IBM PC clone in an all-in-one housing. I bought it specifically because I liked that form factor. Apparently, V-Tech originally designed that case for an Apple II clone, which they sold a few years prior to repurposing the case. So cramming a boring computer into a retro case has been going on forever.
But it sort of makes me wonder why more PCs haven't taken the integrated CPU/keyboard route. It probably has something to do with notebook PCs being around.
When I started college, I bought a V-Tech Laser Compact XT, which was a small IBM PC clone in an all-in-one housing. I bought it specifically because I liked that form factor. Apparently, V-Tech originally designed that case for an Apple II clone, which they sold a few years prior to repurposing the case. So cramming a boring computer into a retro case has been going on forever.
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Re: Vic20 PC Case
Well, mini-PCs are so... mini that they can sit anywhere on the desk, and the (wireless) keyboard is much smaller that a breadbox
Re: Vic20 PC Case
That looks like someone bought the rights/plastic-moulds from the old Commodore USA company run by Barry Altman that existed around 2010 and was making the Commodore 64x PC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore ... x_side.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore ... x_side.png
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