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[Beetle]

Hi,

check out what atarinoob would have loved to get for cheap on last sunday's flea.

Video of an Atari machine running a demo


Greetings,
Beetle

[orpheuswaking]

Beetle, on Wed Jun 6, 2007 7:36 PM, said:

Hi,

check out what atarinoob would have loved to get for cheap on last sunday's flea.

Video of an Atari machine running a demo


Greetings,
Beetle

I'll take 3

[Gregory DG]

Cool. Looks like a Ben Heck special.

[remowilliams]

Beetle, on Wed Jun 6, 2007 9:36 PM, said:

Video of an Atari machine running a demo

Damn, there's just no stopping you is there! Aside from your other obvious project, that little card reader is quite the give away.

Awesome, let's see the inside!

Edited by remowilliams, Wed Jun 6, 2007 8:51 PM.

[Allan]

Do you have pics of making it or just it's insides?

Very cool.

Allan

[MrFish]

Gregory DG, on Wed Jun 6, 2007 7:45 PM, said:

Cool. Looks like a Ben Heck special.

Ben Heck's laptop was cool, but a little too much with the "burled walnut" etc... This looks like something more along the lines of a "real" Atari machine. It looks great from what I can tell. I would love to have something like this... more, more please!

[Pengwin]

GIMME, GIMME, GIMME!!!!

I want one.

Beetle, you are a genius!

[pseudografx]

That's pretty awesome, much better than the old Atari laptop project. Will you post some more pictures of the exterior and interior? And will you accept credit cards?

[BigBen]

Hi beetle,

you are the greatest. Please create a new production line for us.
We all want to get it.

BB

What´s the name of this notebook????

[Beetle]

Hi,

I am glad you like it

I call my machine the Atari 1500XL.

It is running now but has not yet all the upgrades i plan for it.
An internal mass storage device like SIO2SD, SIO2USB an/or SIO2IDE
is mandatory, 512k SRAM and stereo sound will be added, too.

The 1500XL is based on my "empty" 600XL. i needed the space above the mainboard
for the TFT controller electronics, because of the the design goal of staying as flat
as a stock XL computer. 'By accident' the outer dimensions are same as a 1200XL.

Here are some pics for you.

[Goochman]

Who do I need to boker a deal with to get one?

- Looks great

[Gury]

Beetle, great work

Atari 1500XL officially announced

[tjb]

Wow! That is really cool!

tjb

[Redb3ard]

Beetle, on Thu Jun 7, 2007 5:56 AM, said:

Hi,

I am glad you like it

I call my machine the Atari 1500XL.

It is running now but has not yet all the upgrades i plan for it.
An internal mass storage device like SIO2SD, SIO2USB an/or SIO2IDE
is mandatory, 512k SRAM and stereo sound will be added, too.

The 1500XL is based on my "empty" 600XL. i needed the space above the mainboard
for the TFT controller electronics, because of the the design goal of staying as flat
as a stock XL computer. 'By accident' the outer dimensions are same as a 1200XL.

Dude... I expected something impressive, in an amateur sort of way. You know, just a notch above having the lcd duct-taped to the 600XL case or something. But this is absolutely awesome. I can't even figure out how you did the case, short of having some injection molds milled. It looks better than authentic, it looks like what an XL-styled laptop would look like, if we were in some weird parallel universe where Atari had made such a thing. I'm stunned.

When can I expect my NeXTBook?

[FastRobPlus]

I'd love to see a recreation of the Atari XE luggable that was being considered back in the 80s.

*edit* I have to agree with the others here that this has de-throned the famous Ben Heck 800 portable.

Edited by FastRobPlus, Thu Jun 7, 2007 5:33 PM.

[deathtrappomegranate]

Beetle, it's a thing of beauty!

[Almost Rice]

I like this so much more than the keyboard from Ben.

[classics]

That is so awesome I do not even know what to say.

I'm totally speechless.

[Pengwin]

Beetle, how many requests for one of these would it take for you to go into production?

[remowilliams]

Pengwin, on Thu Jun 7, 2007 5:20 PM, said:

Beetle, how many requests for one of these would it take for you to go into production?

Sadly I don't see any of this awesome type of work going into production, unless you had injection molds made - which would then make the cost astronomical.

By hand that's a crazy amount of work to be doing for someone else, but I'd still like one.

[bf2k+]

Absolutely amazing!!

[kheller2]

Redb3ard, on Thu Jun 7, 2007 10:41 AM, said:

Beetle, on Thu Jun 7, 2007 5:56 AM, said:

Hi,

I am glad you like it

I call my machine the Atari 1500XL.

It is running now but has not yet all the upgrades i plan for it.
An internal mass storage device like SIO2SD, SIO2USB an/or SIO2IDE
is mandatory, 512k SRAM and stereo sound will be added, too.

The 1500XL is based on my "empty" 600XL. i needed the space above the mainboard
for the TFT controller electronics, because of the the design goal of staying as flat
as a stock XL computer. 'By accident' the outer dimensions are same as a 1200XL.

Dude... I expected something impressive, in an amateur sort of way. You know, just a notch above having the lcd duct-taped to the 600XL case or something. But this is absolutely awesome. I can't even figure out how you did the case, short of having some injection molds milled. It looks better than authentic, it looks like what an XL-styled laptop would look like, if we were in some weird parallel universe where Atari had made such a thing. I'm stunned.

When can I expect my NeXTBook?

Looks like a pair or more of 1050 case tops for the lid, the main back looks like a 600xl (make the cart port that much closer to the rear of the unit).

Incredible.

[MrFish]

Beetle, on Thu Jun 7, 2007 2:56 AM, said:

Here are some pics for you.

What, no pictures of the rear connector panel?

[Beetle]

I am currently on vacation, so i cant upload new pics right now. On the back ist a stock
PAL 600XL.

The case is done by using parts of

600XL
2x800XL
1050
1027
1010
3 tubes cyanacrylate
some 2 component polyester resin
and a dead PC Keyboard

Pictures of the inside i will add after all is tidied up and the planned upgrades are in.

Beetle

Edited by Beetle, Fri Jun 8, 2007 1:41 AM.

[JellE]

Very good job Beetle!