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HOLY COW. Thank you for this. I LOVE the Ti99/4a, its one of the first computers I ever used. I've got one up and running at home now currently and can't wait to try this.

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Btw, there is a lovely third party replacement for the TI99/4a video chip that lets you output VGA. It’s a major life improvement if you are seriously using it. I Dremeled my case but you can route the ribbon cable to avoid it if you’d prefer not to modify anything. Happy to send you a link if you don’t already know about it.

Thanks! I've got mine running in to a 9" Pelco PVM and it works well but yea, its tiny. I'd love to plumb in VGA and use a 15" flat panel. Would love a link.

https://www.tindie.com/products/visrealm/pico9918/

There is very little documentation with this device but fortunately several YouTubers have made long videos showing every detail of the replacement. Enjoy!

This is awesome! Thank you!

It's the first computer I ever programmed, I was twelve years old then. <3

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