Episode 369: Recreating the Atari Portfolio

Recreating the Atari Portfolio

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An actual Movie Star visits Clem's Bunker. He appeared in Terminator 2: Judgement Day and saved the world by helping John Connor hack an ATM. The Atari Portfolio, the smallest fully MS-DOS compatible Laptop ever made. Clem recreates this beloved device in a modern form using a Beaglebone Black Wireless and a touchscreen to build an ultra portable modern Linux computer - with the classic ATARI look.

Supplemental Content:

BBB - Rechargeable on-board battery system

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BeagleBone Capacitive Touch Cape, LED Backlight	1	Buy Now
BeagleBone Black Wireless, Sitara AM335x MPU ARM MCU	1	Buy Now
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mayermakes over 3 years ago in reply to airbornesurfer

thanks bro!
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mayermakes over 3 years ago in reply to DAB

it is less of a gaming thing (the original was designed for work purely)
I use it mostly for uploading pre fethced arduino code in the field
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airbornesurfer over 3 years ago

Finished product kinda reminds me of those later Palm computers with the fully-functional OS. Love the fact that it can run proper Ubuntu apps in a tiny form factor! That would be something I could put to good use around the shop, too! Might just have to add to my weekender list
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DAB over 3 years ago

Nice build.
Though I am not a gamer, I can see using the same approach for all kinds of remote display and HI applications.

Good job.

DAB
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