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  1. Hey MadDuck, how are you with a soldering iron? Just curious. I've gotten better since I have gotten back into my TI these last few years. I decided that one TI I keep as bone stock, and one is my "modding" TI*. I plan on modding the hell out of my mod TI. Next thing to do is solder the speech module inside the console.

     

    Darryl

     

    * Actually, I have four consoles: a stock black/silver one, a stock beige one, a beige QI with 1981 firmware, and my beige mod TI.


  2. Yeah, the Mitsumis can be identified by a smooth brown colored back. The green ones with solder points are good. You can usually see enough of the keyboard through the vent holes if there is a halfway decent shot of the underside of the console.

     

    Darryl


  3. Welcome to TI paradise, MaDDuck!

     

    Sad news about the NanoPEB. I must've gotten one of the last ones he made. I sincerely hope somebody else can carry on making it, and maybe even improving the design someday.

     

    Highly recommend the F18A, and even though mine has not arrived yet, the FlashROM cart.

     

     

    Darryl


  4. OK, so I have removed the white LED and replaced it with a nice blue LED. Wow! I love it. Here are some photos.

     

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    Here are photos of the process:

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    Thanks to OLD CS1 and Omega for some dandy blue LEDs. The while LED was just too bright. This blue matches the blue color bar on the switch.

     

    Now correct me if I am wrong here. I am no electronics expert. But I believe replacing that resister with a stronger one will dim the LED even more.

     

    Darryl

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  5. I made some slight adjustments to the VGA plate in the back of my TI. And I thought I would share some more photos.

     

    These two show the VGA plate with audio in the back all finished up. You may notice new screws holding the plate in place. These look a little nicer and are flush mounted. You can't mount the audio too close to the video otherwise, the plug may not have room.

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    Here's some photos showing the plate as the console is taken apart. One of the photos shows the old screws holding the plate in place,

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    Darryl

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  6. You crack me up. LOL. I appreciate both of your offers. I sent you both a PM. I want to try them both out. Also, if one of these turns out to be perfect, I'd like to somehow find out who the supplier is so maybe I can order some... and perhaps even pay it forward someday.

     

    Darryl


  7. Green is good. I will use a diffused blue if I can find one easily. The bright water-clears seem to be the easiest blues to find in the stores.

    Did you ever find the blues? I'd like to get some. I don't like the white. It's just too bright.

     

    Darryl

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