06-19-2005, 06:45 PM
...you contemplate building a $1,000 computer for the sole purpose of playing ROMs on your TV.
Man, do I need help. Sadly enough, I'm actually considering saving up to do this (once I get my wholesale distributor - which will come AFTER I start up my business {God help me, business in Mass. is a bitch}). A SFF barebones from AOpen, Socket 479 (that's Pentium M, for those of you not in the know), a little passively-cooled GeForce 5200 with Composite Video & S-Video out (for legacy and new TVs alike), and a wireless rig of keyboard, optical mouse, and rumblepad that looks like a wireless PS2 controller (all by Logitech). Built-in sound, networking, etc. - would make use of the onboard video, except it has no video-out for TVs. :( 160GB 7200RPM HD (couldn't find any 10k RPM drives that still use IDE interface, for added speed) will load more ROMs than I could download in a month, complete with a DVD-burner (can't go wrong for $50!) so I can play Saturn and Playstation games (if I have the emulators), or watch movies, too. :)
All in all, I am thoroughly excited about the idea. I mean, really, imagine a "console" PC little larger than a GameCube that has ALL your old favorites from the glory days of video gaming, available in high-quality or standard video, no need to switch systems, cartridges, discs, etc., 100% portable and very power- and noise-efficient. I'd call the it "PCCube Console". I know, the name needs work. :P Hell, I could market these things, even though they'd be a niche market, and of course the ROMs bit would probably land me in court. :P But seriously, is that not a cool idea or what?
If I can get all the parts wholesale, I could probably build one for half the price it'd cost me to get the parts retail. Maybe even less! I'm so thrilled with the idea... If only I had the money.
I just had to share my little delusions. Stick around for next time, when I discuss my ideas for making plexiglass cases. :)
And, hey, at least I'm not as fanatical as this guy. ;)
Man, do I need help. Sadly enough, I'm actually considering saving up to do this (once I get my wholesale distributor - which will come AFTER I start up my business {God help me, business in Mass. is a bitch}). A SFF barebones from AOpen, Socket 479 (that's Pentium M, for those of you not in the know), a little passively-cooled GeForce 5200 with Composite Video & S-Video out (for legacy and new TVs alike), and a wireless rig of keyboard, optical mouse, and rumblepad that looks like a wireless PS2 controller (all by Logitech). Built-in sound, networking, etc. - would make use of the onboard video, except it has no video-out for TVs. :( 160GB 7200RPM HD (couldn't find any 10k RPM drives that still use IDE interface, for added speed) will load more ROMs than I could download in a month, complete with a DVD-burner (can't go wrong for $50!) so I can play Saturn and Playstation games (if I have the emulators), or watch movies, too. :)
All in all, I am thoroughly excited about the idea. I mean, really, imagine a "console" PC little larger than a GameCube that has ALL your old favorites from the glory days of video gaming, available in high-quality or standard video, no need to switch systems, cartridges, discs, etc., 100% portable and very power- and noise-efficient. I'd call the it "PCCube Console". I know, the name needs work. :P Hell, I could market these things, even though they'd be a niche market, and of course the ROMs bit would probably land me in court. :P But seriously, is that not a cool idea or what?
If I can get all the parts wholesale, I could probably build one for half the price it'd cost me to get the parts retail. Maybe even less! I'm so thrilled with the idea... If only I had the money.
I just had to share my little delusions. Stick around for next time, when I discuss my ideas for making plexiglass cases. :)
And, hey, at least I'm not as fanatical as this guy. ;)
Roland *The Gunslinger*