ZX Spectrum Laptop mashes in a Toshiba Libretto 110 for some fun retro times

Let's not get hung up on trying to figure out a use for this thing, and just admire it for what it is: awesome. Jim built this "Spectrum ZX Laptop" out of an old ZX Spectrum 48k and a Toshiba Libretto 110, using the Libretto for innards and the screen, while the Spectrum serves as a case and keyboard. The "laptop" gets a couple hours of batter life, and naturally Jim is running Linux on here -- he plans to emulate some old ZX Spectrum games with it, but mostly it's just art. A shot of the two machines in their original states is after the break.

[Via Hack a Day]

[Flashpoint @ Mar 20th 2008 11:36PM]

But...can Linux play DOOM?

[JAmerican @ Mar 20th 2008 11:42PM]

WINE

[tokyo_suicide @ Mar 20th 2008 11:50PM]

Why whine when you can have WINE.

[mushrooshi @ Mar 21st 2008 12:50AM]

FIRST.

Will it blend?

I for one welcome our doom playing, blending overlords.

Will it give me cancer?

Is the government spying on us?

APPLE RULES MICRO$OFT SUCKS
MICROSOFT RULES APPLE SUCKS
LULZ LINUX PWNTS BOTH
STFU

[d840 @ Mar 21st 2008 3:45AM]

@mushrooshi +1 for that.

Thank you, now that we have every cliche out of the way, perhaps we can get on to what the comment should really be about: discussing the article and giving this guy mad props for extreme modding.

[SimonRichards @ Mar 20th 2008 11:37PM]

I hope that spectrum was already dead before he did this, ive heard they fetch a pretty penny.

[Chip @ Mar 21st 2008 10:31AM]

Are you serious? I was storing mine in a box in the garage when the box overflowed and the ZX fell out and wifey ran over it.

[webon @ Mar 20th 2008 11:40PM]

Pffft MB Air ripoff


(srcsm)

[CraigJ @ Mar 21st 2008 12:01AM]

so how much pitcher life does it have?

[Ben M. @ Mar 21st 2008 12:06AM]

well holy my crap thats insane awesome
crazy laptop guy you = pwnxor
props man props

[jason @ Mar 21st 2008 12:16AM]

doom aside... does it blend?

[andres @ Mar 21st 2008 3:28AM]

blending aside, i welcome it

[fischju @ Mar 21st 2008 12:15AM]

"gets a couple hours of batter life"

[jason @ Mar 21st 2008 12:18AM]

Hahaha heres a video of it being blended...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZr3JWYdy8

[Reader @ Mar 21st 2008 12:48AM]

Gah I wish I could rate your entire profile down. This is the second time I've seen you post about blending and a link to go with (which is most likely a lame attempt at a rickroll).

[SimonRichards @ Mar 21st 2008 12:51AM]

I was going to give you the thumbs down, but I thought, ill click the link, and what I found, was truly epic. I thank you. And I gave you thumbs up.

[SimonRichards @ Mar 21st 2008 12:53AM]

Yes im aware there are no thumbs here. I spend too much time on youtube.

[HighTeckRedNeck @ Mar 21st 2008 12:59AM]

I have a Libretto 100 ... sweet machine. Needs a new battery, though. I still use it like a pda -- manages my calendar and todo list; has a wifi card so I can keep up on email or google random stuff on the go.

[Loonie @ Mar 21st 2008 2:02AM]

Nerdgasm!

[Kspraydad @ Mar 21st 2008 3:37AM]

Do you still lose your whole program if you touch the ZX with out grounding yourself first...goodtimes.

[richard knights @ Mar 21st 2008 5:01AM]

mmmm. Can I poke it?

[charlie.hampson @ Mar 21st 2008 11:12AM]

RANDOMIZE USR 1000

[Hans Dekker @ Mar 21st 2008 5:31AM]

Such a waste of a perfectly good Spectrum. Where do you keep the cassette player?

[larry Friedman @ Mar 21st 2008 7:20PM]

>>...Where do you keep the cassette player?

You have to use the Remote-Casette™ feature.

[Aizen @ Mar 21st 2008 7:00AM]

Doom runs natively on Linux, infact any ID-software game runs natively on Linux, aka. Doom, Doom II, Doom III, Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3, Quake 4, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Wolfenstein 3D, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. There's no need for wine.

But to answer the question, no it can't run doom as the CPU is not supported nor fast enough, Doom requires a 386 cpu at 33 MHz, the Spectrums Z80 @ 3.5 MHz wouldn't be able to run it even if the cpu was supported. (The same answer applies to Wolfenstein 3D aswell).

[Aizen @ Mar 21st 2008 7:02AM]

Was supposed to be a comment / reply to Flashpoint above (first post). (Also yes I know he was trolling and not serious).

[Jonathan Allen @ Mar 21st 2008 11:21AM]

Before reading the article, I thought from the picture that this was some Ben Heckendorn project!

[kyle allen @ Mar 21st 2008 3:46PM]

i feel like such a nerd, i knew that was a libretto before i saw the title.

[Clark H. @ Mar 23rd 2008 12:44AM]

Batter life? Cake?? ^_^

[mitul @ Apr 15th 2008 5:39AM]

Kindly request you to please can you provide with final amount ( including all Taxes & other charges).

My budget is Rs.28000/- - Rs.30000/-.

[Smock @ May 20th 2008 1:58PM]

POKE 35136,0