XEBook - Atari 130XE laptop conversion

[Sideburn]

Posting my 130xe laptop (XEBook) here.
grand plan is to do a short run of them once some more details are ironed out (making an all in one consolidated power and sound management board and CNC milling the hinges myself to shave costs down) or offer conversion kits.

Inside is an original 130Xe motherboard with the following mods:

• 1MB ram upgrade
• Fujinet WiFi and SD drive
• Stereo Sound amp and built in speakers
• 6 hour lithium ion battery
• High res LCD video driver

 

[akator]

Impressive!

 

[Sideburn]

Thanks! Comments like yours make me feel a little bit less nuts for spending so much time and money on things like this

 

[akator]

Being nuts is part of being a glorious creative bastard. Just don't slice off any ears.

 

[Sideburn]

Being nuts is part of being a glorious creative bastard. Just don't slice off any ears.

Lol I’m not that nuts! (yet)

 

[JDW]

The sheer amount of work that went into this project is stunning. What a beautiful result! This is genius level stuff, @Sideburn. You should be very proud of that accomplishment. Bravo!

 

[Sideburn]

Wow thanks a lot! I’ve always been a tinkerer. I used to drive my mom crazy with the screws and tape and wires all buried deep into the 70’s shag carpet and taking out her vacuum cleaner my electronic toys never lasted very long before succumbing to the wrath of my soldering iron!