"The VCR one"

Only thing new to report would be that I'm actually still working on the VCR mod. And now I really am planning to make a seperate blog just for it. Now that I got the whole VCR gutted I need to re-design the innards to fit minor details like the PSU. That should probably be the minimal requirement, right?

In trying to inspire myself to continue in with this project I have found several other clever PC mods. For instance I found this other VCR mod on the net. This guy used a normal modern sized VCR but the images and instructions are still helpful.

I also found the guy with too much time and love for a portable Commodore 64 called the Commodore SX-64, which he gutted and stuck a mini-ITX mobo in a long with tiny 5 inch CRT monitor. But not only that: he also made a circuit board that interfaced with a C64 emulator to get authentic sounds from games and other programs.

I may have found someone with more tanacity than even me. Is that possible?

I am kinda starting to get discouraged though. I tore apart a non-working old PC (well it's non-working now anyway) chasis, removing the mobo and PSU to test for size. Of course the mobo was an old AT so it wasn't much use anyway but I did learn a lot from the PSU, which I'm fairly certain is standard size. Namely the PSU doesn't come close to fitting so I'll have to break out a hack saw and/or dremel and do some remodeling. Even then not sure I'll ever get it to fit.

Tomorrow if I have time I will setup a sub-domain and start blogging the progress; the main feature of which will be the included pics up until this point. I've got before pics, half gutted pics and completely/totally gutted pics, which is where I am now. Where to from here I'm not sure, just have to do a lot of planning and figure out what I want and how to do it. Good thing I have 3 1/2 months to finish it.

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