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| Jack Burton:
This is an idea I've been kicking around for a while. To take an old floor model TV like an RCA Colortrak such as this one: and convert into a complete MAME (MESS?) cabinet with RGB video and an internal PC. As a community, we have the knowledge and technology -tapping internal RGB lines or installing a new tube+chassis -PC's the size of an Atari 2600 cart Some of these old sets have fake handles and drawers in the front. They could be converted into real drawers to hold controllers, or ports could simply be cut into the wood. If the old tube could be used the image should be very nostalgic looking. Think it's feasible? Is it a crime against our brothers in the TV collecting hobby? |
| eclipso:
I think its a great idea and could be a fun project. |
| Louis Tully:
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| Le Chuck:
Might be a fun scratch build as well to add some modern flair |
| PL1:
On the subject of modern . . . You might be able to use a newer CRT TV with composite or component inputs and wrap it in a console-type cabinet. With a lot of those old console TVs you'd have to run the video through an RF modulator since many of them only had an antenna input. Scott |
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