The next project

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:42 pm

Quick update. Since I need an LED indicator for the hard drive and power on the PC I decided to use the number leds that came with the console set.

I figure that I can wire them up to display 03, with zero being the power indicator and the 3 the hard drive light. The set HAS to have channel 03 displayed. It wouldn't be all retro without it.

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RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:41 pm

What I've always found scary about you Aardvark, is that not only do you announce a project, but then you actually act on and finish it!

Great looking monitor and am looking forward to the finished result.

Love you long time,

Retro

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:06 pm

I am deeply touched by that compliment, seriously. Everyone else I try to explain my projects to (at home) just looks at me and just rolls their eyes. "Oh no, what are you building now?" So any compliments / encouragement is really appreciated.

Update!

Wired up the control board to the PC. Took me all freaking day too. Not complaining, just took longer than anticipated.
'Borrowed' some multi-strand wire from work cause the solid wire Magnavox used kept breaking off at the solder joints.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sun May 07, 2017 6:23 pm

Removed Windows off my retro game Magnavox machine and put Linux Mint as the OS. Also took apart the inner tower and bolted the mobo to an inside wall for a cleaner look. The Sata drive was iffy so I put in an old ribbon cable style HD ( I ferget what they're called) and removed half the memory. 8 gigs of ram is way too much for Commodore 64 and Atari 2600 games. Wasteful, I'll use it somewhere else. I've been playing PS2 on the thing while waiting for the OS to install. Good times, good times. Oh yeah, I glued black cover strips all around the monitor to fill in the flat panel screen. I put a test pattern as wallpaper cause it looks cool.

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I need rabbit ears now!

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:59 pm

Ya know, sometimes these things fall right into your lap.

Guy at work was trying to get better reception on his boombox with this. I offered him ten bucks but he wouldn't take it, he just gave it to me.

I think this is going to be my new basement wireless router

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Flack · Post by **Flack** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:24 pm

Man, that's a really cool idea.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sun Feb 18, 2018 12:34 pm

Put the bottom cover back on and it's ready to go!

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Feb 18, 2018 12:45 pm

Good old Yar. I hope he gets his long-deserved revenge.

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:45 pm

Haha, that's fantastic, 'Vark! I love those little one day projects that add a little bit of style to a room.

I'm tired of my only style being "cluttered". I'm really thinking about boxing up 90% of the stuff in this computer room and redoing everything.

Jizaboz · Post by **Jizaboz** » Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:07 am

Nice job!

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sat Oct 19, 2024 12:06 pm

The TV pc died. Won't even post but the power supply turns on and the cpu fan runs. Prolly the processor. Im going to look around and maybe put in one of those compact PCs, the kind that screws onto the back of a monitor. Something inexpensive that I can move the power switch wires to the Magnavox buttons

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Nov 09, 2024 8:51 am

Ack! Do you have a picture of the finished project?

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sat Nov 09, 2024 9:20 am

I have plans for this....must aquire discretionary income first.

Probably during Christmas week when I'm off. Stay tuned!

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:01 am

Since the desktop upstairs is working so nice it's time to fix the basement tv PC. It wasn't hard because everything was just a matter of plugging in the connectors. Now I can hook up the rabbit ears Ethernet again and delete out all the junk but the retro games

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:07 am

The pc case is so big it won't fit all the way inside the television console, and you know how big those were! Its one of those big -ass pc cases with the glass sides to show off all the blue fans, there's room for five or six hard drives, basically a gamer's case. I got it off my nephew a few years ago cause he was selling it cheap and I needed a new pc.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:15 am

Just like going to grandma's house, almost...

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 6:57 am

I moved everything around again, it's one of the nice things about constant improvement. The big PC was relegated to music recording as it's the fastest machine and I can have multiple inputs because of the SoundBlaster card.

The Magnavox was supposed to get the Minis Forum PC because I only play MAME and NES emulation on it so it doesn't need to so robust. I hardwired the power switch so I can turn the computer on by pressing the power button on the tv. Well the computer was kinda flakey right out of the box, it's a cheap Chinese all-in-one PC, and modding it made it worse. So I was thinking of putting a Raspberry Pi in there. Based on the power button query in the other thread this might not be a viable solution either. For the sake of content I'll post pix

These are the current connectors to the power controls. Obviously I can only hook them up to an actual motherboard, which I was hoping to avoid, as I don't care to buy another one. I want to get some kind of PC in a box and mod that for my needs

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