@lefebvre If we don't count that mechanical typewriter I used to pretend coding in BASIC, then it's the #Atari800XL that once appeared beside the big TV that one day I came out of school.
I think even back then I already knew that some life-changing thing just happened.
Sorry, just got nostalgic, but it was THE defining moment of my life.
A very similar model (unfortunately not the original one but bought from a guy similar age as my dad) is now part of my #6502portable.
@mwshook Strictly speaking it is probably a mobile TV, yes. There is even a battery slot but no battery. Which is a pity as it would allow something like my #6502portable without the video grabbing hack.
Monitor or TV - my epic sloppyness. Then again, since TVs became "smart" we are back to use monitors as TV.
And now that you mention the SECAM switch I am curious if there are SECAM retro computers for which this could be useful, the same way as I convert back'n'forth between PAL and NTSC.
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My 2020 project.
Let me call it #6502portable.
It closes the loop between my starting point in 1986 and now. Like a Terminator time line, just backwards.
It's an Atari 800XL on a USB powerbank, video output captured into a Raspi on a 2nd powerbank.
Visuals inspired by Alien movie where computers look like they should. Released in 1979, the year of Atari 800.
I have rarely felt more satisfied.
@RenewedRebecca
I once went an alternative route of using a video grabber to provide captured video from an #Atari800XL as USB device readable by VLC on a Raspi. However, this requires strong powerbanks or an old low power raspi. My setup is quite flaky.
It is described here:
https://git.sdf.org/eizen/6502portable
Unfortunately my original #6502portable post got washed away from history. I will do a repost in a minute.
Got an #Atari800XL in 1986 from my father.
Bought back a very same model in 2016.
Since 2020 it lives as #6502portable #cyberdeck.
And got friends around it: most Atari 8bits, some ST, portfolio, NUC768, plus several non-atari retro machines.
My birthday party featured a #retrogaming #arcade setup.
#Atari 576NUC+, #MegaDrive, #AtariST 1040, and my two #Pinball machines: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Tales of the Arabian Nights.
Plus #GuitarHero Live on #PS3 which also did my music video background.
Yeah, the NUC is cheating for simplicity but I had my #6502portable around, too.
I should combine it with my #6502portable and begin a mobile #arcade.
Oh noes, Trinitron duplication excess!
#retrohardware #AtariST
#Atari400 #Atari800XE #KC85_4 #6502portable
@thomasfuchs Funny, I'm just about preparing a new corner for the old team.
It looks a bit lonely yet but hey, Fridays don't wait.
#retrofriday
#atariportfolio
#Atari800XL #6502portable
#epsonhx20
#sonyvaio
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