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Soooo... Digging through some drawers, I came across my old Gameboy.
Consequently I have a large number of questions; apologies in advance?
I'm a complete newbie to modding, so I'm really gonna need some help here! n__n;; Please & thank you?
The DMG/Classic Gameboy (I presume external) dimensions googled up at 5.82 inches tall, 3.54 inches wide and 1.25 inches thick...
The Pine64 is 5 inches flat by 3.125 inches.
So, I think it might be possible to gut my Gameboy and squidgy the Pine64 and the battery into the case!? =D
I'd need help from Google, too, to actually *do* it, but I think this would be super cool! :3
Or would it? :0c How do I deal with potential overheating? Is it too small a space for this? Or would heat production not be significant enough to be of concern?
And what about data storage...
Awhile ago it was said the hard drive was 2.5"? A laptop one I believe.
And while it wasn't confirmed by Pine64, someone else said it would probably be 7mm thick?
Is that accurate? Would I be able to sneak a hard drive in there, too?
How big are the wifi/Bluetooth components? :0c The idea of connecting it to my (hand-me-down-i)phone to offload all my pictures(because my phone is weird or my laptop sucks(?) and it rarely shows up when I plug it in, making cleaning it out even harder) that take up a huge amount of my phones space is super appealing!
Or do you think it'd just be too tight to fit and it'd be a waste of money to add on additional components for this?
SkairkrohBule pointed out the USB ports stick out a fair bit, and thus gave me the idea of having them poke out of the game cartridge slot, so thanks for that! :D
(I wonder if I can use part of an old game cartridge as a cover for the slot, to protect the ports~ n__n Much as I love it, I'd probably sacrifice my semi-faded Pokémon Blue version for that job! Just so I can look at it all the time :P)
:0c I'll also have to look into replacing the screen, so it has a colour display...
Most results pertained to installing a backlight mod.
So then I wondered if I could fit a GBA screen into the case; I have an old GBA laying around somewhere, too! After that, while searching for (another hand-me-down) my GBA, I came across my (also hand-me-down 'xD) DS lite!
Now... That got me thinking... It would surely have a much higher quality screen/colour -- and *touchscreen!* =D
A bunch of googling later and I had the name of something else that I came across... SSD1289! :3
A 3.2 inch LCD touch screen(with some kind of card slot... Micro SD?) that I wouldn't have to carve out of another system and would be brand new! :D
I'd just have to remove the painted-on plastic screen so the whole thing is accessible/visible.
So, can someone tell me, am I completely barking up the wrong tree, here, or could this actually work?? :3
I also found a store that does modding/parts for retro consoles/handhelds:
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/
It has some stuff that would be important, like GBAmp and Soundpro kits to improve the volume and quality of the sound.
But then, perhaps I need not be constrained by (Classic Gameboy)DMG-specific hardware because I'm gutting it to stash the Pine64, and you guys might have some better suggestions for audio hardware? 0.0?
n____n;;; Sorry for this huge post, hope you guys can help me out!
Soooo... Digging through some drawers, I came across my old Gameboy.
Consequently I have a large number of questions; apologies in advance?
I'm a complete newbie to modding, so I'm really gonna need some help here! n__n;; Please & thank you?
The DMG/Classic Gameboy (I presume external) dimensions googled up at 5.82 inches tall, 3.54 inches wide and 1.25 inches thick...
The Pine64 is 5 inches flat by 3.125 inches.
So, I think it might be possible to gut my Gameboy and squidgy the Pine64 and the battery into the case!? =D
I'd need help from Google, too, to actually *do* it, but I think this would be super cool! :3
Or would it? :0c How do I deal with potential overheating? Is it too small a space for this? Or would heat production not be significant enough to be of concern?
And what about data storage...
Awhile ago it was said the hard drive was 2.5"? A laptop one I believe.
And while it wasn't confirmed by Pine64, someone else said it would probably be 7mm thick?
Is that accurate? Would I be able to sneak a hard drive in there, too?
How big are the wifi/Bluetooth components? :0c The idea of connecting it to my (hand-me-down-i)phone to offload all my pictures(because my phone is weird or my laptop sucks(?) and it rarely shows up when I plug it in, making cleaning it out even harder) that take up a huge amount of my phones space is super appealing!
Or do you think it'd just be too tight to fit and it'd be a waste of money to add on additional components for this?
SkairkrohBule pointed out the USB ports stick out a fair bit, and thus gave me the idea of having them poke out of the game cartridge slot, so thanks for that! :D
(I wonder if I can use part of an old game cartridge as a cover for the slot, to protect the ports~ n__n Much as I love it, I'd probably sacrifice my semi-faded Pokémon Blue version for that job! Just so I can look at it all the time :P)
:0c I'll also have to look into replacing the screen, so it has a colour display...
Most results pertained to installing a backlight mod.
So then I wondered if I could fit a GBA screen into the case; I have an old GBA laying around somewhere, too! After that, while searching for (another hand-me-down) my GBA, I came across my (also hand-me-down 'xD) DS lite!
Now... That got me thinking... It would surely have a much higher quality screen/colour -- and *touchscreen!* =D
A bunch of googling later and I had the name of something else that I came across... SSD1289! :3
A 3.2 inch LCD touch screen(with some kind of card slot... Micro SD?) that I wouldn't have to carve out of another system and would be brand new! :D
I'd just have to remove the painted-on plastic screen so the whole thing is accessible/visible.
So, can someone tell me, am I completely barking up the wrong tree, here, or could this actually work?? :3
I also found a store that does modding/parts for retro consoles/handhelds:
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/
It has some stuff that would be important, like GBAmp and Soundpro kits to improve the volume and quality of the sound.
But then, perhaps I need not be constrained by (Classic Gameboy)DMG-specific hardware because I'm gutting it to stash the Pine64, and you guys might have some better suggestions for audio hardware? 0.0?
n____n;;; Sorry for this huge post, hope you guys can help me out!
