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My neighbor surprised me by giving me his childhood TI99/4A and a bunch of accessories and he asked to come by the lab if I got it working. Today I get to pay him back, show him his restored computer and try to recover a game from cassette that was lost for 38 years.
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Gaming Alexandria
Tape dumping tutorial by Dustin
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:59 Power supply
03:56 Video cable and test
06:03 Disassembly
07:20 Cassette tapes
09:11 Testing
09:51 Data recovery
14:35 Loading on the TI99/4A
17:27 Putting it all together
20:41 John's visit
Music tracks:
Funky Stars by McKlain
Battro OST by McKlain
More awesome music by McKlain:
Plan music by Marcus Lim
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