Check out the Bambu A1 3D printer and filaments I used here: Bambu A1 printer: bit.ly/3WiJ9e5
@SuperDavidEF2 ай бұрын
That printer is priced at $489 but in your video when you went to the website, it was $339. What happened? EDIT: Nevermind, just watched the next 2 seconds of the video, and saw that the $489 price is a combo that includes filament. 😬
@Daveyk0212 ай бұрын
Cool. Yes, Bambu it the best. I do have need for a X1C-XL, which doesn't exist. So I'm not sure if I'll wait for them to come out with a larger bed or not. At a show, you just have to tell people this is a very rare McIntosh MINI that Apple never released but you found one of the prototypes in a storage locker.
@RWBHere2 ай бұрын
You can adjust the deflection coils to correct much of the distortion on that screen. Altering the focus shouldn't be difficult either; many TV's have an on board potentiometer for that.
@Daveyk0212 ай бұрын
That looks like it was a really fun project!
@paulluce255728 күн бұрын
Hey Sean, A very kind friend gave me one of those tiny monochrome CRT televisions in perfect working order earlier this week...Maybe I should make my own Mac Mini? Or maybe just a tiny pc in general..
@georgeh68562 ай бұрын
It's a little-known fact. AMTEL is the Sony of miniature CRT TVs.
@DryPaperHammerBro2 ай бұрын
So, they're good
2 ай бұрын
hell no I had that tiny tv the build quality is horrible@@DryPaperHammerBro
@0ka3542 ай бұрын
This TV has like 10 brands, they look exactly the same. I think vwestlife has a video on it
@Silly-g2 ай бұрын
@@DryPaperHammerBro the original comment is a joke. I'm pretty sure there was a technology connections or vwestlife video on them explaining it was just leftover electronic stock shoved in a brittle plastic case when crts were on their deathbed.
@DanTDMJace2 ай бұрын
@@Silly-gVWestlife
@deltakurshiva2 ай бұрын
I'd recommend using a Pi 3 for this, it still has composite video (on the "audio" jack, it's TRRS) and is much faster - might even get decent emulation speeds with it. And you can route the GPIO to your empty slot in the back!
@Giuliana-w1f2 ай бұрын
I was about to say this. Also, a 4:3 resolution would probably cover the whole screen, and messing with the CRT adjustments could improve the image (mainly the geometry)
@lenni-builder2 ай бұрын
Even the Pi 4/5 still have it, you just need to solder on your own port on with the RPi 5
@gamerboygb60412 ай бұрын
@Giuliana-w1f I have a similar 5' CRT, and none of the potentiometers I've adjusted really helped :/
@lorenzoporciani2 ай бұрын
@@lenni-buildersame for pi zero and pi zero 2 I also highly suggest setting progressive 240p mode and especially disabling color burst on such b&w CRTs
@kFY5142 ай бұрын
Pi 4 has a composite output on the TRRS jack as well, it's just disabled by default there - due to quirks with clock configuration enabling the composite output required downclocking the CPU, at least on the early Pi4-compatible Raspberry Pi OS builds; those clock configurations have been overhauled since, so it might no longer be the case. But then again, on current Raspberry Pi OS builds, the composite output is disabled by default on all models...
@RamLaska2 ай бұрын
3:00 Powering a CRT off of a SATA connector... My mind just exploded into a million pieces of meme-shrapnel. 🤣
@legomasterj2 ай бұрын
If you haven't seen mine, I built the Big Mac @ Open Sauce, which went the opposite direction with a 21" screen-sized Mac Plus and everything else scaled up to fit.
@Robert-we9jp2 ай бұрын
Link to see it (or even a KZbin video)?
@timwilliscroft96152 ай бұрын
You must add an "AMTEL Inside" Sticker.
@SuperDavidEF2 ай бұрын
If you could make that "floppy drive" slot at the front take a Compact Flash card, that would be perfect!
@vorg_2 ай бұрын
I never finished it because I killed the tube in mine, but my original Mac Minus is set up to take an SD card slot there. I did succeed in hiding USB-C in the "phone port" for the keyboard, and even got a curly cable for a mini keyboard.
@usagold82 ай бұрын
You might be able to get better quality if you output a black and white (luma) signal from the Pi, not sure if it’s possible but I’ve heard on old black and white displays the contrast and legibility can improve.
@dennissdigitaldump86192 ай бұрын
Yep, you can color kill the output. With some clever timing hacks 720x480(maybe 512) output could be achieved. I did this eons ago on PC & Amiga for a viewfinder experiment.
@kargaroc3862 ай бұрын
you would also need to remove the color carrier filter cap from the circuit, but you'd need to find it. Really ideally you'd file the board down to just the things needed to run the CRT and drive video to it. That would make it waaay smaller and improve video quality. But it's a project that most people don't dare try because it involves the letters C, R, and T.
@joelavcoco2 ай бұрын
@@kargaroc386 Yeah, I have boxes of these old TVs that I pick up for $5 or so from thrift stores for just this kind of nefarious purpose. A really great project would be a CRT controller board for them that would take MDA or mono VGA inputs with separate sync.
@gammongaming90812 ай бұрын
I used to have a Mac Plus as a child, it was my dad's, and my first computer. I played many games on it until it was stolen in a robbery
@TitaniumNitro2 ай бұрын
:(
@Lclc102 ай бұрын
@@TitaniumNitro ℜ𝔦𝔭
@SianaGearz2 ай бұрын
I have one of those CRTs mini TVs. It works. And a pi. And random PSUs and voltage regulators. And a 3D printer. And a VCF nearby. Nah.
@ActionRetro2 ай бұрын
Yesss
@jeffsabados80752 ай бұрын
Dew it
@D0Samp2 ай бұрын
The opposite would be a Mac/2, a cursed computer with a Frankenstein GUI running on top of OS/2 1.0.
@ActionRetro2 ай бұрын
Genius
@timwilliscroft96152 ай бұрын
This should run a Apple IIGS emulator. (Check out the History of GS vs Macintosh.)
@TheOldTelephone2 ай бұрын
@@ActionRetroi actually have the tv in the video, except its branded livingsolutions and its silver. Its a cool little tv
@snowdog9932 ай бұрын
Sean: "Maybe I'll just be careful" LOL!
@Sayakas_Digital_Attic2 ай бұрын
Wow, miniaturizing a Mac with a working CRT is an incredible idea. The glow-in-the-dark filament is such a cool touch! :D
@MatroxMillennium2 ай бұрын
I have two or three of those 5" black and white TVs that I never use, something like this might be a good use of one of those
@TaijanDean2 ай бұрын
The Mac Plus has always been my favourite Macintosh so seeing a smaller, more portable version complete with CRT, is a real treat!
@DryPaperHammerBro2 ай бұрын
"Glow in the dark green! That's what we're using!" Of course you're using the dumbest option, Sean. Never change! ❤
@KheldarLars2 ай бұрын
I'm a simple guy. I see a radioactive mac, I click
@DryPaperHammerBro2 ай бұрын
@@KheldarLars RadioMactive, if you'd like.
@Lclc102 ай бұрын
@@DryPaperHammerBrothat’s cool
@WolfTheDog2 ай бұрын
This needs to be a kit that anyone can build.
@mibnsharpals2 ай бұрын
DankPods would call him Shrek-minus.
@cjsebes2 ай бұрын
As I was watching, I was thinking, "He really needs to bring that to VCF East." Ha! I'd love to see that in person! So cool.
@W4rH4wkXX2 ай бұрын
Mac Plus was my very first computer.... aaahhhh the black and white crt and 24000 baud memories are following back 🤓🤓
@theantithesis12 ай бұрын
Having been doing some research on these 5" CRT's, you don't need the composite inputs because it is piss easy to hack into the composite video signal line that comes out of the main chip when decoding the RF signal from the air (that they don't broadcast anymore). I have a PDF of schematics of a very similar set featuring the KA2915, that does all the TV and radio decoding and pin number 5 is video out and 11 is audio out. But, it is best to know what you're doing when working with a CRT.
@lorenzoporciani2 ай бұрын
You should try to force progressive 240p mode and disable colorburst on the raspberry to have a better source image!
@Zeem42 ай бұрын
As a British person of a certain age, the appearance of RISC OS fills my heart with joy.
@asm12 ай бұрын
And mine. Heh. The Acorns on my Living room table approve.
@DissociatedWomenIncorporated2 ай бұрын
BOOP!
@BastetFurry2 ай бұрын
As a German i always envied them when seeing one, if you folks had marketed over here a tad bit better it might have had crushed the Amiga quasi-monopol. RiscOS was in every point better than AmigaOS Workbench.
@alop53O12 ай бұрын
@@BastetFurryone way that amigaOS was miles ahead was the fact that it used preemptive-multitasking while risc did and I think still does use cooperative-multitasking which when used with multiple tasks running concurrently can lead to major performance loss
@smileyface81242 ай бұрын
these types of tvs were very common and were even still on sale brand new in 2009 or maybe ever 2010
@mrnmrn12 ай бұрын
Here in Hungary, analog broadcast was shut down in october 2013. I saw these TVs on the shelves of Media Markt literally a week before the shutdown. It was also criminally overpriced. After the shutdown, they probably went straight to e-waste, in their unopened boxes. It's a shame, if they would have made a huge discount on them, I'd probably buy a dozen or so. If I could get my hands on them towards the e-waste facility, I'd get all of them, even if it was 500 pieces. Unfortunately I couldn't.
@smileyface81242 ай бұрын
@@mrnmrn1 you can probably find them at like goodwill or something
@Henderson1012 ай бұрын
RISCOS is basically the OS I used in school. It was BBC B at first, but RISCOS through most of my later years. It was the educational OS of choice. We never had Apple in schools in the UK, at least not where I was.
@paulstubbs76782 ай бұрын
As a mod, that back panel that you thought of using as a USB port, do that but with a twist, data lines from the 'Pi, but 5V direct from the power supply, not the 'Pi, so bye bye keyboard power issues.
@Loogieiphone17 күн бұрын
I just got a little ctr tv and I have been looking for hours for a 3d print like this! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LINKING IT that saved me a lot of time!
@retrotails2 ай бұрын
linux on the pi very recently (6.11 kernel) added the option to set monochrome output, which makes for a much sharper picture without the color burst giving it dot crawl
@metallurgico2 ай бұрын
2:45 "I'm sure it's safe" Electroboom intensifies
@adjusted-bunny2 ай бұрын
Congrats! You are doing some awesome work.
@Michael-Archonaeus2 ай бұрын
Dude... I recently saw one of those tubes in a goodwill, you are tempting me to pick it up!
@laynesamba2 ай бұрын
I am actually working on this same project right now! My plans to hold the front and rear cases together is to make an internal chassis similar to what the Macintosh has and use that to attach the rear with screws.
@BobM9252 ай бұрын
Glow in the dark filament is great. A couple of years back I printed a 12 inch Enterprise 1701-D in the stuff, and its still awesome
@beefglobb2 ай бұрын
I'm impressed how SMOOTH that print turned out!
@hardrivethrutown2 ай бұрын
wow this is almost identical to a project I'm working on, I have an almost identical TV with composite and a Raspberry Pi 1B
@MegaManNeo2 ай бұрын
The CRT gives this thing an authentic look to it 😀
@epictaco858924 күн бұрын
Was lining up to do a similar project to have on the shelf but got stuck on power solutions, the pico ATX power supply is genius!!! Gonna snag one of those and get to soldering!
@A-random-nerd12 ай бұрын
I love my Mac plus, I’m not that old but one of my friends brothers got me into retro computing then I found this channel which is a great channel. I watch it all the time and it’s so cool to see a portable plus
@pelculator2 ай бұрын
Love it, but in my opinion should have gone one step further and install System 6 or 7 (i think, not an expert) emulator on the pi.
@BigBadBench2 ай бұрын
Fun project! Your soldering skills are leveling up!
@AAT30-902 ай бұрын
If someone could print these up based on your crt mod and sell them on Etsy or something, I'd get one in a heartbeat. Those portable TVs are practically free at thrift stores.
@petemc41902 ай бұрын
there's not enough buttons for how much like this computer needs!!! Unbelievable work!!
@Mainyehc2 ай бұрын
What about an FPGA-based or otherwise re-engineered but shrunken version with a BlueSCSI instead of the floppy drive? Or even a smaller version still, while you’re at it 🙃
@TorutheRedFox2 ай бұрын
the moment you flicked the switch on the phone started to ring lmao
@T04STY642 ай бұрын
i have an obsession with functional miniature versions of vintage/older devices
@milkgang19402 ай бұрын
Mini mac with mini ActionRetro thats amazing
@moeskido2 ай бұрын
Damn right, it's adorable. I love how you bring me in to get fascinated by projects I thought I wouldn't have any interest in. Until I do. Dang it!
@otter-pro2 ай бұрын
another idea for CRT monitor is to find monochrome 9" VGA monitor used for POS. I see them a lot in Ebay and is affordable, and offers much sharper image.
@eDoc20202 ай бұрын
But then it would be full-size.
@Sb1292 ай бұрын
It's too cool that it uses a real mini CRT, perfect~
@D4236.2 ай бұрын
"when in doubt, solder directly to the board." best phrase ever.
@ScottDuensing2 ай бұрын
Watching this video while also watching my Bambu printer print. They really are amazing machines!
@МаксимСмирнов-л4ш2 ай бұрын
Шон, огромное удовольствие смотреть твои работы. Спасибо тебе большое!😊
@LukeTheJoker2 ай бұрын
Well done Action Retro and Bambu Labs, this is the way to do a sponsored video!
@PresJPolk2 ай бұрын
Congratulations. Very well done build.
@rex152672 ай бұрын
That miniature CRT is the exact same one my great grandpa has I remember using it back in the day to play my Nintendo Wii when they wanted to use the main television in the living room
@indy17252 ай бұрын
I've been planning that if I can't get all my Mac Minis and SEs fully refurbished that I'd take an old 9" CRT and turn one into a Raspberry Pi game console, but now I'm liking this project too!
@vorg_2 ай бұрын
You really did a great job with my unfinished model. Keen eyes will see some mistakes on the design, but it's a good 10 foot Mac clone.
@jackpijjin40882 ай бұрын
YES PERFECT. Here's my excuse to bring out my 3d printer again. Stuff I'm interested in printing is finally popping up.
@SoundsLegit712 ай бұрын
I found an IBM monitor in the trash. The horizontal output transistor was smoked. I used a 5inch b/w TV guts to power the IBM tube. The tube socket is the same!
@TheDigitalOne2 ай бұрын
Another cool project, she’s alive! 😺👏👏👏🥰⭐️💎
@jimi-w2 ай бұрын
RISC OS! Sean you are a man after my own heart. I’d also argue that keyboard is much more BBC Micro keycaps than Commodore 64 (again, very appropriate). Can you jank one of those USB Y-cables to get more power to the USB port? The output could sit in that top slot (or even route to the front) for bonus (Plus) points!
@JanusCycle2 ай бұрын
That is extremely cute, well done! I didn't know there are Pi's with composite video out. It seems to be more common that I realized.
@DanielMReck2 ай бұрын
4:12 Sean, buddy, how is it possible you haven't mentioned your new studio is built on a hologrid‽ Now we know why your production value is so unreasonably awesome.
@janno2882 ай бұрын
You should adjust the end magents of the CRTs electron gun to center the screen. You also shoukd try the on board adjustments to improve the picture quality
@JakeR0bH2 ай бұрын
This is what an Apple Archimedes would look like!
@echobucket2 ай бұрын
Wait, I want that Commodore themed keyboard, holy cow.
@paulstubbs76782 ай бұрын
Nice, I have that exact TV, Raspberry Pi, & power supply, shame about the 3D printer that is way outside my budget, maybe I should follow Google in one of their budget builds an make a cardboard version. Actually on second thought, a polished and oiled wood version could come out really nice.
@AlexDaDermahurrАй бұрын
i love watching mac content on a mac
@Borgedesigns2 ай бұрын
I love those little CRTS, shame they are so much harder to find these days
@MotownBatman2 ай бұрын
This is d0Pe as Hell! Well Done Sir!
@dglcomputers14982 ай бұрын
RISC OS, brings me back to my school days as all three schools I went to had Acorn machines, my secondary school even had an econet installation (though unused). Perfect school machines with their ROM based OS meaning students couldn't mess with the OS too much and you could get away with no HDD (though it did mean that they needed a battery which does leak and can kill the MOBO). Also some machines used the very first SoC. You need a real Acorn machine now!
@Brian-qg2qw2 ай бұрын
I had the same CRT as a kid,i had a blast playing nes games on my bed on black and white until the shitty internal circuitry melted,some years algo i found a larger one and been holding it for making a project similar to this,glad someone thinks the same way about how classic mac replicas feel weird without a crt.
@rebootretro2 ай бұрын
You need to add the Apple boot chime as a perfect finishing touch :D
@4kleidisc2 ай бұрын
glowing green is actually sick, but will you have plans to make another in the classic beige, or shell swap it?
@damson34132 ай бұрын
CCTV monitors are much better fidelity since they were designed and intended specifically with b&w or greyscale input already and usually a similar size to a macintosh plus's CRT, they can usually be had for near to nothing used as well. I have one I use as a stand in for an analog monitor for old games consoles, the lack of latency in such simple displays with the minimum required circuitry between the input and screen is simply unbeatable.
@krzbrew2 ай бұрын
It is so adorkable!
@psergiu2 ай бұрын
Hi Sean, can you please post your updated STL files (with the standoffs for mounting the CRT) as a Remix on Thingiverse ? I have the exact model mini-tv. Thanks !
@ActionRetro2 ай бұрын
Sure!
@CRCBenjamin2 ай бұрын
Oi! WTH?!?! Where is the mini vMac experience???? That would be perfect! Great video :)
@nicholashein123822 күн бұрын
I'm definitely thinking about doing this! I have an old pi somewhere in the basement and my Crealty K1 should print this out excellently. Did you post the modified STL files anywhere? What was the model of the Amtel TV?
@SoundsLegit712 ай бұрын
There should be a vertical or horizontal adjustment pot on the board of the tv to fill out screen. I know theres one on the back theres another one inside those tvs.
@unicodefox2 ай бұрын
when i'm on the 'tube i wanna see those mac classics, those mac mac classics
@fbc84582 ай бұрын
Great content!!! Keep it coming!!!
@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs2 ай бұрын
That is really cool Sean
@I_am_Allan2 ай бұрын
So you can build a nano mac ... can you build a MACsimus ?! Take a similar era MAC and put it into a 32" Sony Trinitron?
@johnpendleton16472 ай бұрын
Add in a ADB to USB adapter and use the Macintosh keyboard and mouse! I have one and use the keyboard with several systems!!
@Impossiblah2 ай бұрын
Love this idea, it's only a shame these cheap little sets were pretty low quality. But hey, it's a use for them!
@stevvieb2 ай бұрын
I wonder what my next project will be now
@MSThalamus-gj9oi2 ай бұрын
It's a cute project! I'm not sure if the TV screen looks better in person, but it looks pretty unusable through the camera. IMHO, the LCD projects turn out better, though I do understand why a CRT would be wanted. I've always thought it would be nice to have a glass or acrylic front piece in the contoured shape of a CRT face, to give the illusion of a CRT with the picture qualty of an LCD.
@samuelbanya2 ай бұрын
Badass idea. Literally was debating the same 3D printer, will check out the promo code my dude thanks man.
@pseudotasuki2 ай бұрын
Yeaaaa Bambu! They should send me a free 3D printer. To compliment the other two.
@Redmage9132 ай бұрын
I remember being stupid bored one day and getting my GameCube running on one of these TVs. It’s still surprisingly playable in monochrome!
@eDoc20202 ай бұрын
I played an entire game of TTYD on my _ancient_ 1940s monochrome TV. Most cheap B&W TVs lack DC restoration which severely hurts the contrast of the display.
@nicholashein123822 күн бұрын
I think a missed opportunity was not making a working brightness knob in the empty spot on the front printed panel. Maybe a short video on upgrading the Mac Minus with brightness control and an SD card extension to the floppy drive opening so you can boot off totally normal floppies (ok, ok, boot off of SD cards). Because that is totally normal computing
@bobweiram63212 ай бұрын
Check out Kevin Noki's 3D printed macintosh. Unbelievable!
@coolduder10012 ай бұрын
I wanted to do this exact thing at one point, didn't know someone else already designed it. I did want to have os 9 or older running on it though
@VagrantCode2 ай бұрын
I wonder if you can mod it to run a better video signal than S-video
@CaribouDataScience2 ай бұрын
My eyes are hurting looking at that Green.
@matthewday75652 ай бұрын
Maybe it should use a CF card in the slot
@alexandrecouture24622 ай бұрын
Super fun video!
@zipora-nong-fu2 ай бұрын
Things that should eventually end up in the Macintosh Library
@pl_60372 ай бұрын
the next stop is pippin with a powerful hardware that runs all games