![]() I wasn’t sure what the fit would be like inside the C64, so I bought a mix of pieces from a market stall to see what would work.” “I already had a Lego Raspberry Pi case, so it seemed to make sense to build around it. “I didn’t have access to a 3D printer, and Lego has so many different pieces that it’s really versatile to experiment with,” he says. Stephen turned to Lego for a practical reason. My project blends retro with a modern twist, and brings together some of the things I’ve liked to play with over the years – notably Lego, the C64, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino.” Building the project “I had a truly broken Commodore 64 that I felt would benefit from a new lease of life. “I’ve played with Raspberry Pi since the computer first came out, making and discovering new things along the way,” he tells us. But while that sought to create a new C64 case out of Lego, Stephen’s project retains the original, iconic ‘breadbin’ plastic. ![]() It reminds us of Christian Simpson’s fantastic Brixty Four project ( /brixtyfour). He’s stripped out the original motherboard, replaced it with a Raspberry Pi computer, and used Lego bricks to build the internal housing. In this instance, Stephen Williams has brought a broken Commodore 64 (C64) computer back to life.
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