A furry ZX81

[RWAP]

I came across a ZX81 which had been put into a home made case, and thought I would share some pictures - the furry green baize on the outside is a cute touch, but the case is a little oversized (as is the power supply)..

It uses a Maplin full sized keyboard project, but I am not sure where the joystick comes from! The RAM pack is also something to behold

The furry outer case on the ZX81

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A Joystick to match

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Inside the case

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The ZX81 itself looks lost in amongst all the wires

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Add-on removed from case - presumably a 16K RAM Pack

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Other side of the RAM pack

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[gozzo]

Well,that's certainly...different !!

[1024MAK]

Back in the day Maplin used to sell "open" uncased joysticks. They did a switch type and may have done a potentiometer (variable resistor) type.
The one pictured could have been one of the switch types.

Mark

[PokeMon]

I like that color.

Well you could fix a display on top as this case is big enough to build a 80's computer like Commodore PET.

[RWAP]

Back in the day Maplin used to sell "open" uncased joysticks. They did a switch type and may have done a potentiometer (variable resistor) type.
The one pictured could have been one of the switch types.

Mark

I would guess it is a Maplin joystick (I can of course open it up if required) - it is wired directly to the Maplin Keyboard

[iturbez]

I like it!

[sirmorris]

Hmm, I feel a challenge coming on. Who can make the furriest zeddy

[1024MAK]

Oh, don't tell me, you're green with envy

[Andy Rea]

you could market those, bundled with a copy of PGA golf masters 2012....

[RWAP]

Is anyone interested in taking this off my hands for the cost of postage (it will be a fair amount mind as it is heavy!) - I find it just isn't as relaxing as my furry pet!