http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/ Engadget Comments for $12 PC based on NES, not Apple II -- even cooler http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/
I don't know many clone or knockoff products that come out of china and make me go "wow, now THAT'S box art!"]]>Aug 6th 2008 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 1:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/i have feeling this'll be a cool little gadget even in the us]]>Aug 6th 2008 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Lawsuits?]]>Aug 6th 2008 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/But if it doesn't end up costing $29.99, I'll save some money to buy one. I spent all the $100 I was saving for the Eee on icecream. Only that brought joy to my life again.]]>Aug 6th 2008 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/]]>Aug 7th 2008 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/allowed anyone with a soldering iron to add a Keyboard, floppy and
Joystick ports to it. When ya held the K key (I think it was K) on
the keyboard it booted in BASIC mode. I made one inside the god awful
Atari 7800/2600 retro case, spray painted it traditional Commodore
beige and added stickers. Fun project. I don't use it much tho.]]>Aug 7th 2008 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/
You created a different user name to post TWICE? never seen that before ]]>Aug 7th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/
Something tells me you haven't seen a Desert Eagle before.]]>Aug 7th 2008 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/
good job tech blog guy]]>Aug 6th 2008 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/
good job tech blog guy]]>Aug 6th 2008 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/
good job blog hater guy.]]>Aug 6th 2008 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/
I FAIL, to see the point of this... Those $20 things are already $12, the other $8 are just the seller's profit

The only thing they are doing is, well, improving the software clones. Wich isn't a bad thing either, but not good enough to make it any cooler...]]>Aug 6th 2008 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 6th 2008 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/dereklomas/TVComputer/photo#5176471145071873378]]>Aug 6th 2008 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/
I have this at home. There are a lot of knock-offs here in the Philippines. The actual cost is around 500 Pesos (around $12). The keyboard is really crappy that you'll have a hard time keying in the letters.

The clay shooting game is fun though...retro stuff and all.]]>Aug 6th 2008 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Aug 7th 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/12-pc-based-on-nes-not-apple-ii-even-cooler/Whether it be based on an Apple, a Nintendo, a C64, or an Atari 2600 it doesn't matter... its all fundamentally the EXACT SAME PROCESSOR!
The NES processor is a lil bit different than the rest, but fundamentally its the same thing.

It'd be curious to see if it has the NES PPU and the 2k of system memory, or if its closer to the Apple ][ with 32-128k... maybe even more...

I also ponder... is the NES GFX chip capable of actually rendering the things these kids hope to do? Or does the system have something else...

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@chefgon_ign and JohnnyBoy
Read the previous article Engadget did
The project, [...], is centered around cheap Apple II-based machines currently on sale in India and other developing nations that plug into televisions, and the goal is to update the systems with more memory, web access through cellphone tethering and actual storage.
(This article is the correction for that one, informing that its a NES clone, not an Apple ][ knockoff, but as I said earlier... there isn't really a difference)]]>Aug 7th 2008 11:38AM