alexh wrote:
2) Lots of electronics you will need to make to interface to the LCD panel and the battery power supply
That's true. I had plans to build one of those C64 DTV's into an old laptop I had (imagine a state-of-the-art looking C64 laptop?) but when I started investigating the monitor connections, I discovered that I needed a doctor's degree in electronics to hotwire it. Not surprisingly, I quickly abandoned the project.
5) How crap ECS workbench looks
Objection, your honour!
I love the way the original Workbench looks. Blue, white, black and some orange. You recognize it miles away, as opposed to a Mac or Windows lookalike AGA WB.