Broken TI99 with games, SyQuest cart testing, a Cyrix 486DLC CPU, a smashed Mac, and a hand scanner

#mmmc16 #mailcall #ti99

Welcome to Midweek Mini Mail Call #16! A ton of neat stuff on today's episode including TI99 goodness, SyQuest cart testing, a strange 386DX VESA VLB motherboard and more!

0:00 Intro
1:18 TI99 Cartridges and Games and testing them
10:00 Another TI99 Cartridge and Apple IIe memory board
14:09 Silver TI99 Computer
21:11 88mb SyQuest Cartridges and testing
28:28 Massive box of goodies!
56:12 Outro

Massive box of goodies contents:
386DX motherboard with VLB and Cyrix 486DLC
EISA VGA card
Dual PCI/ISA network card
ISA CGA card, ISA MFM controller
Broken PowerBook 145
Logitech SCSI hand scanner
Apple 5.25" disk drive
Mac SE motherboard

--- Video Links

EISA or Extended Industry Standard Architecture:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extende...

Apple IIc in the dishwasher:
   • Apple IIc love: Cheap 12v power suppl...  

--- Tools

Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16...

Jonard Tools EX-2 Chip Extractor:
https://amzn.to/2VazxDS
https://www.jonard.com/Products/EX-2-...

Wiha Chip Lifter:
https://amzn.to/3a9ftWw
https://www.wihatools.com/precision-c...

O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J

Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi...

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...

TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MI...

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DS...

Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-...

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-...

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-...

Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537...

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI

--- Links

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r...

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/

--- Instructional videos

My video on damage-free chip removal:
   • How to remove chips without damaging ...  

--- Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

Outro Music:
Abyss by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...