sidrick Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Cheers. As said, I'll investigate the scart issue in due course, once it's up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Fitted the drive to the modded box lid. You were a fool to squirm at the lolly sticks eetaylog, they are fcuking genius. I have used them with uber-glue to suspend the multi-dvd drive. Looks fantastic rather than the duct tape solution most others have went for. Solid as a rock too. haha, i imagined you were gonna use pillars, but whatever works for you sid! the optical drive looks like it works a treat, as a cosmetic touch, have you thought about putting a white faceplate on the draw instead of the stock black one? how did you manage to fit all those looms in that case, did you have to cut them down a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) Fitted the drive to the modded box lid. You were a fool to squirm at the lolly sticks eetaylog, they are fcuking genius. I have used them with uber-glue to suspend the multi-dvd drive. Looks fantastic rather than the duct tape solution most others have went for. Solid as a rock too. haha, i imagined you were gonna use pillars, but whatever works for you sid! the optical drive looks like it works a treat, as a cosmetic touch, have you thought about putting a white faceplate on the draw instead of the stock black one? how did you manage to fit all those looms in that case, did you have to cut them down a bit? Well the looms are not in the case on the pictures of the fitted drive. Also the looms are from a desktop PSU, not the micro one I'll be using. Everything fits in fine, the only thing I've cut was one connector off the IDE cable since I only needed one of the two, but that was more for neatness than necessity. Those pillars look great for the job, but getting the ideal height would have been a pain, I reckon. With the sticks you get to adjust by about 2-3mm at a time. I hadn't thought about a white faceplate, but if you could point me in the right direction I think I'll be tempted Edited December 23, 2009 by sidrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sortedford Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Looks good Sid, id be thinkingabout making the cart lid open when the draw ejects - I dont know if anyone else has done this yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Looks good Sid, id be thinkingabout making the cart lid open when the draw ejects - I dont know if anyone else has done this yet? Oooh, I like the idea of that a lot! What a mission it'll be though. Something for me to research over christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meekstaaa Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 my god, you bought super mario bros on DVD? WHY?! More importantly why have you got the film 'twins' and don't say thats good, cos everyone knows it isn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 my god, you bought super mario bros on DVD? WHY?! More importantly why have you got the film 'twins' and don't say thats good, cos everyone knows it isn't! 1 - Because Arnie's in it2 - Because De Vito is in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I hadn't thought about a white faceplate, but if you could point me in the right direction I think I'll be tempted what make is your drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 I hadn't thought about a white faceplate, but if you could point me in the right direction I think I'll be tempted what make is your drive? Hitachi or Panasonic. I can't remember and i'm at work. I'll confirm later. I could just take this one off and spray it grey, like a NES cart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_2f2f Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 May sound odd, but I would give it a try if it were me: Cut the top off a cartidge and attatch (glue?) it to the front bezel of the CD drive? obviously cutting a hole for the button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 May sound odd, but I would give it a try if it were me: Cut the top off a cartidge and attatch (glue?) it to the front bezel of the CD drive? obviously cutting a hole for the button? I looked into doing that, but the size difference would make it look stupid and the button was a stumbling block. I'm not fussed about leaving the dvd drive as it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_aaron Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 makem in bundle and make a mint on Egay....i'd have one (at cost price plus £20/30 :-D) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 makem in bundle and make a mint on Egay....i'd have one (at cost price plus £20/30 :-D) I'm looking at about £250 in parts (not including the NES itself), plus a good few hours of my time, which I'd probably want more than £20 for, so say £300 all in or nearer £350 including a NES. I doubt many folk would be interested in what is essentially a low spec PC for that price. It then opens up pottential shit storms should a part fail a few weeks/months down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 I hadn't thought about a white faceplate, but if you could point me in the right direction I think I'll be tempted what make is your drive? Hitachi or Panasonic. I can't remember and i'm at work. I'll confirm later. I could just take this one off and spray it grey, like a NES cart. No idea why I said that considering I've superglued the drive to the case now so cant see any labels. Quite sure it was a Panasonic since the other one I have is a Hitachi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Trial fitted tonight and there's been a couple of developments: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/nespc2312092002.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/nespc2312092001.jpg You may notice a few things: 1 - The motherboard connections are no longer facing the back - The power connector and motherboard transistors fouled the case at the front(cart slot). I don't want to cut any more of the case otherwise it will become visible from the outside. I had to remove a few lolly sticks and drop the board to allow it to fit as it is! 2 - And I like this one..... There's a wireless network card (I dont think many/any of the current NES PC's have wireless built inside the case). 3 - I've cut away the internals of the reset switch, which was dead anyway, to make space for the motherboard. From the outside the switch looks and presses as normal 4 - It's on my bed now. I have ordered a wireless keyboard and mouse set and intend to put the receiver inside the NES in the space on the left (as you look at it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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