I was out of the country for a few months, came back and switched-on my Atari and during its period of neglect it seems to have developed a rolling black-bar video problem. I've put a video up on YouTube here. And here's a still:
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30 downloadsAfter I switch it on, as you can see in the video, it sometimes almost looks okay for a few seconds, but then the colour changes and the bar gets really intense.
The computer is an NTSC 800XL. The problem is definitely on the computer, as the monitor behaves perfectly with other sources.
Anybody familiar with this and know what components I need to look at to get it righted? Thanks for taking the time to look.




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