Sinclair had, it seems, a design tradition that oddly mirrors Apple's. Lots of brilliant prototypes, and I hope the Delete book, which is where I first saw this, hasn't exhausted the treasure trove.
I get that this is a hack rather than an actual product but I'd have expected something more in line with 6 days of continuous gameplay with 4 AAA batteries.
The Gameboy lasted 30h. With all the improved processes and powering off the modern peripherals when not in use, I think the computer part should draw very little current during operation. The screen may require some compromises.
I love it. I mean laptops are billed as the tool for "productivity on the go", but this thing just screams "sod all that, I want to play some JetPac on the go".
https://www.reddit.com/r/cassettefuturism/comments/1tnsb2u/s...
https://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=zesarux
.. incidentally, the Open Pandora runs a ton of great stuff:
https://repo.openpandora.org
https://zxbyte.org/leningrad.htm (it's in Russian but I hope you have an auto translator in a browser)
Great post overall!
Looking at that chassis I'd like to retrofit a touchpad with 3 buttons on new standard laptops.
I get that this is a hack rather than an actual product but I'd have expected something more in line with 6 days of continuous gameplay with 4 AAA batteries.
2. The Gameboy screen was LCD not LED, with no backlight, and had a 2.5 inch diagonal compared to this laptop's 14 inch diagonal.
3. Also if you read the article you will see a technical limitation was that the screen had to be run at full brightness
Happy SPECtober everybody!