I'm getting closer to the end of this particular PC building journey. Today, I want to show you three distinct features I added to this PC build: Placing the power port on the front of the case The power port hole. Screwing it into the case. Before, the power port was sticking out of the cartridge slot of the case, and that just didn't look pretty. So, after realizing that the power port had unscrewable parts, I decided to make this feature. I found the right bit to drill the hole into (the hole had to be a little bigger for this to work), then just slipped it in. 2. Adding side hinges to the case The side hinge holes. Here's why I decided to add this feature: The backplate to the motherboard had a cover, and at first, I wanted to install that backplace to the com...
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Now, before I put the real hardware in the NES case, I have to cut it to make it fit. So, I had to use a rotary tool to cut off the posts, then a few other things for the motherboard to fit. This took several weeks to do, because the rotary tool kept dying on me. I was doing this while watching Mental Samurai and answering the questions (which was easy for me since I wasn't being strapped to a giant mechanical arm). Here's a picture of my progress: I wasn't with Eva at the time. This was before I cut the back to fit the motherboard, since at the time I haven't bought it yet. Next post: Putting in the goods. ...
Read MoreThis step took me three days, according to the pictures I took. April 11, 2019: Per hatsuli's build, instead of a regular power button for a PC, I wanted to use the original NES power/reset button with attached LED light. The first step is to take off the gold piece that keeps the power button held on, since PC power buttons don't have that feature. Had I kept that gold piece in place, the PC would stay on, even if I toggled the power button off. The Gold Piece. Now it's off. April 13, 2019: Next, I had to find some power leads from an old computer I had. This came from a Compaq Presario made back in 2008. The old power lead housing. The back of it. The rest of the wiring. One thing I wanted to do was make sure of what wire goes to where on the motherboard ...
Read MoreNow, the first step to any NES build is to remove all of the components from the NES, Here are some pictures from that process: The NES I bought for $20. The bottom of the NES. There are a few screws you have to remove to open the case. Now, remove the I/O shield... Then the cartridge chassis... Finally, the motherboard. (Sorry, the image was a bit fuzzy.) There were a few cables I had to remove first... And voila! Note that I saved the power/reset button component per hatsuli's build. The next step is to do some soldering on said power/reset button component. ...
Read MoreThe Builder That Made A Spark For many years, I've been a software guy. I've written many programs in QBASIC, FreeBasic, Java, Javascript, Python, and others. I've also developed a few Android apps. I've now recently dived into web development, which has become thesweepingdeveloper.com . However, there is one particular hardware project that I've been dying to do for years, and it all started with an Instructable done by the late hatsuli. I've thought about doing my own NES PC for quite a while. At first, I wanted to put in a floppy drive for that "retro" feel. Then I just put it off. Then I started gathering materials for the build when I found a Mini-ITX motherboard at a thrift store. I gutted the NES, bought a few necessary components, tried to work with the motherboard....
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