Help! TI-99/4A not working.

[EmOneGarand]

Hey all, awhile back I found a TI-99/4A in great cosmetic condition at a thrift store for 7 bucks, so I picked it up. Well the RF unit it came with was pretty beat up and the 2nd antenna connector was severed so I fixed it and well when I turn it on I get a black screen and a loud repeating tone. Anybody have any experience with these machines and can tell me what might be wrong with it? It was pretty dirt cheap to get but I would like to see if I can fix it myself otherwise I'll probly just dispose of it.

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[Red_Queen]

If you want you can send that my way. Otherwise if the adapter is like a genesis model 1 ( it uses the same RF as most Atari based products ) then use that.

 

 

Disregaurd the following I just saw the item. It might just need a video adapter of the same type. Since this is Texas instruments you can probably call them up ( e-mail and show them a image of your plug ) and order a even better RF.

 

In fact that looks like a camera adapter of my camera. Images of the plug endings, thank you.

 

Also sometimes you might have to refurbish on your own, to get these to work.

Edited June 15, 2008 by Red_Queen