Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!qucdn!gerlachj Organization: Queen's University at Kingston Date: Saturday, 29 Dec 1990 00:58:16 EST From: Jim Gerlach Message-ID: <90363.005816GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti Subject: Sick TI99/4A - Weird video Years ago - when TI's were going for a song - I bought a second machine as a backup. I used it to replace my existing TI, which was about a year old, and packed the other TI away. Today I unpacked that machine and plugged it in. The video (hooked up to color TV with RF modulator) was verrrry strange. All character were in the right places but some were "off" by one character. e.g. "TDX@R HNRTRTLDNTR" instead of "TEXAS INSTRUMENTS" The background color was brown instead of blue and the screen was flickering. I proceeded to open up the machine to see if anything obvious was wrong. I wiggled all the connections, re-seated the socketed IC's and generally mucked about - no joy. Any and all suggestions would be welcomed. If it isn't obvious, I know nothing about these computers. I would like to get this "spare" computer running so I could give it to a friend who has a couple of kids interested in computers. Any chance of picking up a replacement "motherboard" for example? Thanx in advance - Jim Jim Gerlach - Cancer Research Laboratories James.H.Gerlach@QueensU.CA Queen's University GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (NetNorth/BITNET) Room 358, Botterell Hall tel (613) 545-6446 Kingston, Ontario fax (613) 544-9708 CANADA K7L 3N6