Some of us tinkerers want to keep the apearance of their classic mac as original as possible…..
If like with the Macintosh it has a CRT, it is difficult to emulate that. CRT shaped Plexiglass has its problems as I understand. So why not use the tubes glass? Dont know if it has been done before, but did seems like a good idea.
Over the last few days I took an broken 9“ mac tube and cut of excess glass.
Then smoothened it out with an angle grinder & diamond disc…..keeping just the front CRT glass.
Then put the display behind the glass to see how it looks like in the mac frontpanel.(see pics)
For me its a too small display but the actual result is looking pretty good.
Negative is that a bit dim due to the tinted glas and minimal inside surface stucture.
Now for the next step I was thinking, filling the glass partly with clear resin, and lay the display into the resin (under vacuum)
My guess that this resolves any interference as it becomes one part.
Resulting in a sharper image.
The question is if this will work…Alternatives?
Any suggestions?
Anyone?