I've spent a lot of time browsing this sub, and it was probably my biggest source of inspiration for the design of this little computer. I love this aesthetic, so now that the build is finished, I wanted to share it here. It's called HACK-E, a name that comes from my dog, Aki.

The original PlayStation and first grey Game Boy were the main hardware references. I grew up with both, and the thing I kept coming back to was those big grooves in the plastic casing. They show up on so much hardware from the 80s and 90s. To me, that detail does a lot of the work in making something feel like an old machine, so I wanted the grooves to be a real part of the case's design.

I kept the main shell grey, with a black screen frame and a few orange details to give it a slightly more modern feel. The case folds open to reveal a long Corsair XENEON EDGE screen and a keyboard underneath. There's a Beelink mini PC and a battery inside, so it works as a portable computer too.

I went through 24 design revisions and at least ten printed shell versions. One thing I hadn't anticipated was the weight of the screen making the whole deck want to tip backwards when I opened it. That's fixed now, but finding the balance while keeping the shape I wanted was an interesting part of the build.

I'm really happy to see it finished. After spending so much time looking at the designs posted here, I hope I've managed to capture a little of what I love about them.

Lamborghini Countach Partnership: The 1985 campaign heavily featured a custom Lamborghini Countach demo car equipped with Alpine gear highlighting luxury cassette head units, equalizers, amplifiers, and early mobile electronics like the Alpine 5900 Compact Disc.

A futuristic interior proposal for a Holden Commodore VN series concept instrument panel from the 1980s

After seeing several mods of the W221H I decided to give it a go. Strap is Ali express, $3 including shipping and fits the watch perfectly.

Couldn't be happier with the result.

Apple IIe clone:

CPU MOS Technology 6502a1MHz
RAM 64KB
ROM 32KB

So, this is the Loki, also known as the "Super-Spectrum Entertainment Engine", a concept computer that was going to compete with the 16-bit machines (i.e. Commodore Amiga, Atari ST) at a low price point that was in circulation at Sinclair Research by the time the company was bought up by Amstrad in 1986.

Many of the features and design goals of the Loki would go on to be implemented in the SAM Coupé computer.

For information regarding the Loki, you can go to these links below;

• https://www.worldofsam.org/products/loki
• https://sinclairuser.com/051/loki.htm
• https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2014/02/19/loki-lc3-and-pandora-the-great-sinclair-might-have-beens/1267136

Had fun working on my new site recently. Themed all it around my love of cassette futurism. Had fun with the 404 page too - 404 Page

I forgot to save it.

Found and photographed by me in an abandoned chemical factory in Berlin

I was just waking up and got treated to the the morning sun shining on my control center it looked like it came strength out of a 80s movie what do you all think.