Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-06 Thread Andrew W. Hill
--- Terry Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK, the Macintosh TV chassis is basically the same as an LC5xx machine. The video and TV input is located on the motherboard, but there is the Apple Video system for the LC5xx series. As a matter of fact, you could even install the

Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Andrew W. Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Terry Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK, the Macintosh TV chassis is basically the same as an LC5xx machine. The video and TV input is located on the motherboard, but there is the Apple Video system for the LC5xx series. As

Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-06 Thread Amber Rhea
Everyone should stop picking on the Mac TV... It may not be fast, but it's so cool! That's what I think, anyway... Sure wish I had one... -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber For great justice -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-05 Thread Chris Lawson
At 16:49 -0600 on 05/09/01, Matt Sattler wrote: indoctrinating my ownership of this odd beast by listening to the Joshua Tree on the fine little stereo speakers it has. Ah, and what an excellent album it is too. Anyhow, this thing has crazy plugs on the back that make it look as though my

Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-05 Thread Alex Allee
Hello-- I hope my momentary speechlessness won't interfere with my typing, but I just found a Macintosh TV in a thrift store. There was not yet a price on it and they are usually fussy about selling unpriced computers because they haven't been 'tested for safety.' I told them I wanted to buy

Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-05 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Too bad the Mac TV is like a LCII- (minus). :P Only 8megs RAM, limited to 8bit color in computer mode. Will the TV/Video stuff work with some other 5xx series board shoved into the case? IMHO the Mac TV is the computer equivalent of painting a Yugo black and sticking on a spoiler and plastic

Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-05 Thread Alex Allee
Too bad the Mac TV is like a LCII- (minus). :P Only 8megs RAM, limited to 8bit color in computer mode. Will the TV/Video stuff work with some other 5xx series board shoved into the case? I don't think so. Either the TV tuner is built into the LB, or the tuner plugs into a proprietary slot on

Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-05 Thread the pickle
At 17:30 -0700 on 05/09/01, Gregg Eshelman wrote: Too bad the Mac TV is like a LCII- (minus). :P Only 8megs RAM, limited to 8bit color in computer mode. Will the TV/Video stuff work with some other 5xx series board shoved into the case? No :( p

Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-05 Thread Terry Mathews
Really? I was always under the impression that all that had to be transfered was the motherboard and the female connector that resides in the case. Since the TV is SCSI, and the 54xx is IDE... Isn't this the same hack as the Color Classic Mystic? I mean, aren't the motherboard connectors almost

Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-05 Thread R.A. Cantrell
on 9/5/01 8:57 PM, the pickle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will the TV/Video stuff work with some other 5xx series board shoved into the case? If you're lookin to see tv in a Mac, the cheap/easy/best is via the highly touted 6200 series. Cartridge/card/Applevison/remote--may even work in

Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-05 Thread the pickle
At 22:18 -0400 on 05/09/01, Terry Mathews wrote: Really? I was always under the impression that all that had to be transfered was the motherboard and the female connector that resides in the case. Since the TV is SCSI, and the 54xx is IDE... Isn't this the same hack as the Color Classic Mystic?

Re: Just Found A Macintosh TV!!

2001-09-05 Thread Alex Allee
At 22:18 -0400 on 05/09/01, Terry Mathews wrote: Really? I was always under the impression that all that had to be transfered was the motherboard and the female connector that resides in the case. Since the TV is SCSI, and the 54xx is IDE... Isn't this the same hack as the Color Classic Mystic?