Comments on: ZPC-GX31 : Computer Packed Inside a Keyboard

By: asfaasfd

asfaasfd — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:32:41 +0000

Why… why would anyone need this? It’s just an inconvenient laptop. o_O

By: Moriko

Moriko — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:36:29 +0000

The computer i got after my spectrum used the same concept it was a pc 200 from sinclair. I miss that machine, it still works!!!

By: Softus

Softus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:50:10 +0000

Looks like my A1200 only uglier… it has btter specs tho : D

By: Lars

Lars — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:14:30 +0000

Retro=new? Well, that’s certainly news to me.

By: Chicago Condo for Sale

Chicago Condo for Sale — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:52:06 +0000

I guess I was too young when the original came out. This is new to me. It looks nice, but I think my blackberry has more power then “the keyboard”. Somebody out there likes it. What’s next, the hammerhead cell phones? The 80′s is coming back.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:08:31 +0000

mmm…what happens if the keyboard breaks?

this thing it kinda accident prone.

verynice though.

By: adam

adam — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:41:38 +0000

omg, this is photoshopped!

By: SuperSparky

SuperSparky — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:13:15 +0000

Ever since the Apple I, there have been computers like this. Atari, Commodore, Texas Instruments, Acorn, Apple, Sinclair, Timex, Oric,etc. etc. all had keyboard sized computers.

There were many “all in one” style computers with built-in keyboards, many of them being not much bugger than a keyboard existed:

Atari – 600XL, 800XL, 520ST, 1040ST(E), Falcon
Commodore – VIC20, 64, 128, Amiga 500
Apple – IIc
Texas Instruments – TI99/4a
Sinclair – ZX80, ZX81, ZXSpectrum, ZXSpectrum 128, QL
Timex – TS1000, TS1500, TS2000, TS2048, TS2068
and so on….

This is not a new idea. However, there were milestones. The first to have a built-in mass storage was the Sinclair QL. The first to have a hard drive, built-in, was the Atari Falcon. So I guess the first to have a hard drive and DVD drive is this unit. Big deal.

Want to know why the all-in-one design kept failing? Simple, lack of expansion, and parts would keep coming loose due to vibration from typing. Any socketed chips will need to be held down firmly with metal brackets. Atari learned this with their 1040ST line. Let’s not forget heat.

By: Ghost

Ghost — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:09:28 +0000

This Screams Vic 20, probably die just as fast lol

By: ravi

ravi — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:49:13 +0000

hey Brain, Thats Great IDEA…