IMac to TV set????

A friend has an old 2006 17" iMac and the screen is shot. He was going to put it out with the garbage until I showed him that he could still use it with an external monitor. Now he's got a new iMac and gave me the old one.
I was considering turning this into a web based TV display unit. I've got a video adapter from an old 15" Aluminum PowerBook. It fits into the video port of the iMac but I'm not sure it's really compatible. On the output side there's a standard video RCA connector (video signal only) and on the other there's an S-Video connector. There is no part number on this thing.
Is there any way to tell if this will work with the iMac. I'd hate to plug that thing into the video port and see smoke coming out of the iMac (then it really would be garbage!).
Thanks.

Hi, I doubt it'd blow anything, but not sure it'd work either.
If you don't know the model, find the Serial# & use it on one of these sites, but don't post the Serial# here...
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php
How to find the serial number of your Apple hardware product...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1349
Here's likely that adapter...
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/mini-dvi-s-video-adapter

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