Does anyone know anything about the Retro Gaming Museum? It's on US1 between Dixon and Michigan streets. I stopped by today for the first time, and it's totally empty with no info on the door or window. It takes up 4 bays/storefronts of the strip mall... and has 4 signs... but I can't find much about it online other than some old Yelp entries.
I got a Genesis Model 1 for $30 at a show today. It plays fine over RF, but for composite it has audio but no video.
The cable and pinout check out continuity-wise and I've tried it on two TVs (CRT and LCD). I opened it up and it was a mess inside, it looks like something (cola?) was spilled through the air vents onto the RF shield right above the heatsink, which is also right above the RF modulator and video chip. The screw that attached the RF shield to the heatsink was rusted and stuck, so I pried the RF shield off (it was all corroded anyways. I tried to clean up everything, but the heatsink covers some of the mess, it is safe to remove it? I took the voltage reg screws out, but they are still stuck with thermal paste or something.
At this point I wanted to slow down and think things through. Would just cleaning around the DIN connector and video chip really help? On other systems, they have to have a good video signal to feed into the RF modulator, so how can the modulator work while the (more direct) video out doesn't? (but of course I'm speculating and not sure of the circuit)
Any advise would be appreciated!
I added the section on the right and moved things around a little. Not exactly centered... but I didn't want to redo all of it.
What is the name or ID for the AC Power connector on the TI Program Recorder? It's AC, but it's not the current standard AC cords, the pins are too small and too close together.