Hey I've been looking around on these forums for a while so i figure I'd might as well join. So I'll kick it all off with something I haven't been able to find anything about anywhere.

I have the casing to an old TI-82, the really old blocky types (still have the guts, but it was given to me dead) Meanwhile I also have a game boy pocket that I picked up in a thrift store for 2 bucks. It was a pretty sweet deal. Perhaps you can guess what comes next...

I wanna put the game boy pocket in the TI-82 case. It doesn't have to be too beautiful - I can live with playing on a cropped game boy screen, and I'm planning on cutting the back up pretty bad to allow the cartridges to be put in there. This is no big deal because I hope to hide it all with the calc's cover. However, it would be cool to use the calculator's buttons to control it. I'm also thinking of putting the headphone jack where the i/o port was.

I've taken both of them apart and here's the biggest problem - the game boy's LCD needs to be moved higher than it originally was and the ribbon to the LCD isn't long enough. Can I extend it somehow? Luckily, the game boy lets you easily detach the LCD from the board. Aside from that there's issues with the button layout and I'm wondering if it will fit all that well. Any thoughts? Help? Could it be done?

If the answers are all no, well do you at least think I could stick some LEDs in my TI-83 Silver edition?

Thanks a lot guys

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What sort of cable has the LCD got? I'm thinking it's either a clear, flat plastic ribbon with flat copper conducters, or something more like an HD cable ...

If its the first, it's difficult but do-able (you'll have to cut it, strip it back a bit & either canibalise terminals from other hardware, or make your own with a tiddly copper & plastic clamp arrangement), or if it's the second it's much easier, if fiddly (just splice individual wires in).

There's fun ahead for me, it's the clear flat plastic ribbon. It'll be so worth it for the result though

I was also going to post a topic along the lines of modding my TI83+ Silver since I don't know how to unscrew those wierd screws. I was also going to do somethin to the N64, but it too has the wierd screws on it. Do I have to buy a special screw driver or is there a home-made tool that can do it?

Quote: Originally posted by Kage ... Do I have to buy a special screw driver or is there a home-made tool that can do it?

I believe the technical term is "tamper proof" , You can get sets of bits
like this one for undoing those.

lol...Tamperproof screwdrivers, what a name I'll have to see if the hardware store has any next time I go there. Thanks jon

Jon, I can't realy tell from the picture, but are those inverse torx bolts, the ones that are called tamper proof? Cause I know that's what the N64 uses, haven't checked my Ti83 yet

I had to order my screwdriver to open my gameboy. If it's the same tri-wing screw I seriously doubt you'll find it in your hardware store. My TI-82 was opened with a normal screw driver so can't help you on the 83

if its a tri wing, a 1/8 flat screwdriver will do it. i popped open my gba with meh glasses repair kit.

I actually considered putting led's to backlight my ti83... its just so annoying to pause my ported mario game when they urn the lights off.

just get a set of small flatheads, i picked one up and love it, if you get all the little sizes, you can just get one that fits in just right on a torx and unscrew that sucker, i've done it one a few cd-players, my GBA, and a Digi cam

i think i will cut a window in my Ti-82+ lol

Hah, I'm gonna stick super bright LEDs in the front, shine them in my teachers eyes, then turn off the switch real quick like

yeah window, with super bright leds... talk about a distraction lol