Commodore 64 Laptop

Step 2: Modding the original keyboard

The keyboard needed some hacking to make this size, specifically the function keys. I lobbed them off, bypassed the traces and then rewired the keyboard plug so the whole thing was thinner.

I recycled the original connectors so there was one less thing to buy!

The keyboard& with the function part sawed off. I opted to use the original keyboard because 80s computers had such great keyboards, why ditch em?

Comments

[sqeeek]

AMEN to them having awesome keyboards. I need to find an old C64 and make a keyboard for my desktop... What happened to us? Now everyone likes sqooshy, cheap, rattly keyboards.

[SuperPIXEL]

i use a bigger-type keyboard just because pressing those buttons have better feedback :D

THE KEYS

THEY
ARE
JUMPING
UNDER
MAH
FINGURZ

yes, epic.