My NES HTPC

Awesome,...I wonder how others can be creative using other "cases" to make a HTPC.

BTW, this reminds me of the people that brought the rights to the Commodore/Amiga systems and now sell a retro computer with their version of Linux installed.
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx

Here's their Commodore OS Vision (Linux)
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_OS_Vision.aspx

Pretty smart of them!

What else from the 80's can be repackaged

(2012-07-07 04:01)Mick1152 Wrote:  Me too!!! My NES in the garage should be getting nervous, this is tempting! Replace the controller connectors with the USB NES Controller adaptors so I can plug in my NES controllers and run the games off the emulator. Best of both worlds!

Was gonna wait until I get my new power supply in to share this but ...



:-)

[postal scriptation: that's an original controller, not one of the second hand remakes that are floating around]

I have a few questions for anyone that has this motherboard.

1. Does the onboard video pass hd audio through it? My htpc I have has a nvidia card that passes video and audio through it. I just want to make sure this one does also.
2. Does this mobo require you to have a keyboard plugged into the ps2 port to boot up? I read a review on newegg saying that he did. I assume that you can turn that off in the bios.

(2012-07-09 05:48)helpermonkey Wrote:  Was gonna wait until I get my new power supply in to share this but ...

:-)
[postal scriptation: that's an original controller, not one of the second hand remakes that are floating around]

That's hot! I may do that instead of what I was planning. I was planning on using the existing NES controller connectors and converting them over to USB like this:

NES USB controller adapter

Although, changing the controllers over to USB and adding some front USB ports may be a better option since I'm gonna want some usb ports anyways. Arghh, decisions!!!

If i remember correctly i think there was a kit or aftermarket Bluetooth nes controller out there. I'll use either that or a ps3 controller when my build is done.

(2012-07-10 01:12)Mick1152 Wrote:  That's hot! I may do that instead of what I was planning. I was planning on using the existing NES controller connectors and converting them over to USB like this:

NES USB controller adapter

Although, changing the controllers over to USB and adding some front USB ports may be a better option since I'm gonna want some usb ports anyways. Arghh, decisions!!!

Ultimately it's going to be about how clean you want everything. What you have there will work obviously but you'd have to do some serious work to your case to get those to mount cleanly. There are lots of diagrams on the internet if you're comfortable with a soldering iron. If not, there are both aftermarket options and a few people who will do the assembly for you.

If you decide to do it yourself, you can do it by breaking down some usb items or a few other pieces of equipment. Otherwise, a few people sell usb boards that they've designed essentially for this job.

(2012-07-11 15:49)bastafari Wrote:  If i remember correctly i think there was a kit or aftermarket Bluetooth nes controller out there. I'll use either that or a ps3 controller when my build is done.

I haven't seen it, but i don't doubt it exists. If you want to add wireless to an original controller, i can think of a few ways to skin that cat.

True. I just saw a newer youtube post of xbmc with spinfire as category to select within the xbmc navigator. He wrote in an executable and ours a perfect add on for any nes htpc.