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(Image credit: u/Kirkwood1994 on Reddit) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google The Commodore PET is unimpressive by modern standards, even if it was part of the "1977 Trinity" of legendary all-in-one systems that defined modern computing. It's a classic these days, considered quite rare, so when you see it being retrofitted with current-gen (well, relatively) hardware, it might seem sacrilegious. That's what this passionate Redditor has done to bring a Commodore PET 2001 to the 21st century.
Over on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit, user u/Kirkwood1994 posted their new custom PC build — only it wasn’t housed in a typical PC case, but rather a Commodore PET 2001 chassis. Don’t worry, they didn’t destroy a working unit for this; it was found “pre-gutted,” with no internals except for the keyboard, so it was almost asking to be repurposed. The modernized insides don’t look particularly neat, but who cares? They won’t be seen 99% of the time anyway, and more importantly, the keyboard still works.
It’s apparently wired up to a USB microcontroller, which is then connected to the motherboard, allowing it to function like any regular keyboard. Unlike the IBM units hobbyists chase these days, it’s worth noting that the Commodore PET’s chiclet-style keys were one of its clear downsides. Anyhow, the screen is also a repurposed Retina LCD from an old iPad, hooked up via a controller board. Somehow, the pictures show it running macOS, so we’re assuming it also acts as an external monitor.
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/enthusiast-modder-stuffs-an-entire-gaming-pc-inside-a-gutted-commodore-pet-2001-replaced-the-screen-with-an-ipad-retina-lcd-but-the-original-keyboard-still-works#main
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