I have finally got the first prototype of the Tim Aidley PicoMachine up and running - a very heavy, crappy laptop designed explicitly for running @lexaloffle.bsky.social 's Pico-8 and Picotron on. It even has built-in storage and a floppy drive! - ThreadSky

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tim.aidley.com • 143 days ago

I have finally got the first prototype of the Tim Aidley PicoMachine up and running - a very heavy, crappy laptop designed explicitly for running @lexaloffle.bsky.social 's Pico-8 and Picotron on.

It even has built-in storage and a floppy drive!

Comments

rog-b.bsky.social•139 days ago

that lever toggle switch to launch/close different apps is briliant :)

tim.aidley.com•139 days ago

Thank you!

curseofremy.bsky.social•139 days ago

Beautiful

132bit.bsky.social•139 days ago

This is awesome.

foxtrotluna.social•143 days ago

This is mega cool!

tim.aidley.com•143 days ago

Thank you!

satnav.neocities.org•134 days ago

this looks awesome!!! i've been dreaming of something like this ever since i learned about the picotron. all you need now is a custom controller, picotron docs imply a dpad, two triggers, and four buttons? might just be a snes controller if i think about it LOL

tim.aidley.com•134 days ago

I got an 8bitdo SN30 Pro joystick for it, as I think Picotron supports analogue joysticks. https://www.8bitdo.com/sn30-pro-g-classic-or-sn30-pro-sn/

satnav.neocities.org•133 days ago

docs say it supports two non analog dpads but the second dpad isn't recommended to be used. it also has like two triggers andd four buttons implied? but the other two (non o and x) aren't confirmed as y and a yet