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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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Links: Gaming Alexandria https://www.gamingalexandria.com Tape dumping tutorial by Dustin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWpTHZC53YE

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 https://mcklain.bandcamp.com/track/funky-stars-amstrad-cpc-true-8bit-version Battro OST by McKlain https://mcklain.bandcamp.com/track/battro-ost More awesome music by McKlain: https://www.mcklain.com Plan music by Marcus Lim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAS4t1IKm1A

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