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Here's what I want to do: I want to make a KIM-1 type device, only "steal" the layout from a calculator (have 8 digits instead of 6) and insert a place to plug in cartridges (or what have you, but not cassette tapes.). My ideal setup would be cartridges, but maybe in place of that have a USB port to download games from my website or something. The only trouble is, I don't know the first thing about assembling computers. Maybe I could pay someone to do this for me. This sounds like one of my friends back in middle school. He was a techie and I was always interested in what he was doing. One time, he was trying to build a secret game console called something like "Cube 32" or something, a 32-bit game console back when SNES was popular would kind of seem like a daunting task. I also credit him for my introduction to the world of Sega, although I was not always quick to react. This was back in the days where I though something other than Nintendo would harm my...

 

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