I went to electronics class on Thursday to find a stack of old units sitting on the shelf, the idea was we were going to dismantle them and learn about them internally. My class, being the destructive arses they are, proceeded to smash each and every last one of them.
The teacher saved a Panasonic Super Drive VCR, someone I knew saved a DVD Player and I rescued an already smashed up stereo. Wires cut and case dented with a hammer, regardless I took it home.
4 hours in the shed with a soldering iron and a light hammer, carefully straightening the top case back out and soldering in various components, including repairs to the power supply, a new plug and accompanying wiring, fixing a cracked PSU cover and the damaged faceplate electronics. I plugged it in and to my surprise, it started up.
Here's the beauty, paired with a cable taken from an old Commodore 64, the Mac can now retrieve and record audio from this thing directly.
So, the liberation:
- Aurex/Toshiba Stereo Tuner
- AV to Line In Cable
- A ton of solder
- One sense of self satisfaction
I'll probably add it to my studio kit which now consists of a National NV777 Studio VCR, a Sansui Turntable, a Jands Mixing Desk and the Tuner Deck. Hopefully I can add a Jaycar FM Transmitter and a 2KM Broadcast license to that sometime this year.
Next is to replace the broken front door on the Studio VCR, luckily I grabbed 3 or 4 spares from the carnage on Thursday.
The teacher saved a Panasonic Super Drive VCR, someone I knew saved a DVD Player and I rescued an already smashed up stereo. Wires cut and case dented with a hammer, regardless I took it home.
4 hours in the shed with a soldering iron and a light hammer, carefully straightening the top case back out and soldering in various components, including repairs to the power supply, a new plug and accompanying wiring, fixing a cracked PSU cover and the damaged faceplate electronics. I plugged it in and to my surprise, it started up.
Here's the beauty, paired with a cable taken from an old Commodore 64, the Mac can now retrieve and record audio from this thing directly.
So, the liberation:
- Aurex/Toshiba Stereo Tuner
- AV to Line In Cable
- A ton of solder
- One sense of self satisfaction
I'll probably add it to my studio kit which now consists of a National NV777 Studio VCR, a Sansui Turntable, a Jands Mixing Desk and the Tuner Deck. Hopefully I can add a Jaycar FM Transmitter and a 2KM Broadcast license to that sometime this year.
Next is to replace the broken front door on the Studio VCR, luckily I grabbed 3 or 4 spares from the carnage on Thursday.
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