Finally I have a little bit of time to explain what this project entailed.
First of all, I saw that Narion had a Mac TV case for sale in the trading post. At the same time, I had spotted a Macintosh LC 520 that was badly yellowed that I could have for free. So I thought, why not combine the two?!
After some talking with Narion, we came to an agreement for him to send me the slightly damaged case and a Mac TV logic board in exchange for some RAM and $50.
So yesterday I got the case, and much to my surprise, it contained everything except the CRT, analog board, fan, drives, and IR receiver board. The speakers, front panel buttons, and the internal cabling was included. Also the TV tuner board was included, which we hadn't explicitly talked about. I didn't realize this could be detatched from the logic board.
So I simply took the CRT, analog board, fan, and drives from the 520 and put it in the Mac TV. I had a couple problems with damage to the case during assembly. First of all, the front case between the drives and the CRT was broken in half. There was a previous repair attempt, but I repaired this with epoxy and is not noticeable unless looking from underneath.
Also each of the screws on that hold on the back case had broken through, so I had to use some longer with big heads for the top 2 screws, and washers on the middle 2 screws to hold it together. The screw in the bottom needed some special attention. I cut out a replacement plastic piece from the LC 520 and glued it on with epoxy. This worked VERY well. There is some visible beige plastic inside the area where the screw sits if you flip the machine over and look at the bottom, but I'm not sure if you'd realize that it's a repair. It looks very good.
You can see most of these repairs in the pictures I took except the screw on the bottom of the machine.
I don't have an IR sensor board... I have the microphone board form the 520 but I don't know what good that does for me. But otherwise the machine is complete and it's basically an authentic, fully-functional Mac TV for $50. I am quite happy with it. Many thanks to Narion for such a cool addition to my collection.
First of all, I saw that Narion had a Mac TV case for sale in the trading post. At the same time, I had spotted a Macintosh LC 520 that was badly yellowed that I could have for free. So I thought, why not combine the two?!
After some talking with Narion, we came to an agreement for him to send me the slightly damaged case and a Mac TV logic board in exchange for some RAM and $50.
So yesterday I got the case, and much to my surprise, it contained everything except the CRT, analog board, fan, drives, and IR receiver board. The speakers, front panel buttons, and the internal cabling was included. Also the TV tuner board was included, which we hadn't explicitly talked about. I didn't realize this could be detatched from the logic board.
So I simply took the CRT, analog board, fan, and drives from the 520 and put it in the Mac TV. I had a couple problems with damage to the case during assembly. First of all, the front case between the drives and the CRT was broken in half. There was a previous repair attempt, but I repaired this with epoxy and is not noticeable unless looking from underneath.
Also each of the screws on that hold on the back case had broken through, so I had to use some longer with big heads for the top 2 screws, and washers on the middle 2 screws to hold it together. The screw in the bottom needed some special attention. I cut out a replacement plastic piece from the LC 520 and glued it on with epoxy. This worked VERY well. There is some visible beige plastic inside the area where the screw sits if you flip the machine over and look at the bottom, but I'm not sure if you'd realize that it's a repair. It looks very good.
You can see most of these repairs in the pictures I took except the screw on the bottom of the machine.
I don't have an IR sensor board... I have the microphone board form the 520 but I don't know what good that does for me. But otherwise the machine is complete and it's basically an authentic, fully-functional Mac TV for $50. I am quite happy with it. Many thanks to Narion for such a cool addition to my collection.