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Thanks Jacques, I did some reorganizing and it probably got pushed up a line or two. Look on the second line of Miscellaneous next to the Bunyard Hardware Manual. BTW, a plug for the quick reference handbook. I bought it at the Chicago TI Faire in 1989-1990 and it was probably most referred to book that I owned. Ernie

I have about 15 more books to add to the Book Archive site, then will have exhausted my collection. However, with the 150+ books that I will have posted I am still missing some english language titles. Please keep an eye out for the books listed below and email me if you see them on eBay, Abebooks, have a copy and are willing to part with it, or know of someone who might have a copy to sell, etc.. I can't pay the $361.97 that someone is asking for a copy of "Fun and Games with your TI-99/4A", but I can spare a few pennies. Some of the titles are UK exclusives so help from the EU guys/gals is especially needed.. Please note that these are likely not all of the TI-99/4(A) titles that I am missing, just the most desired. My thanks to Jim Fetzner and CaDD Electronics for providing me their book lists, so I could compare them with mine. Thanks, Ernie Dynamic Games for your TI99/4A Financial Analysis on TI Computers Fun and Games with your TI-99/4A (Copy available for $361.97 USD) Hands-On TI-99/4A a Beginner’s Manual LOGO Fun (Copy available for $46.47 USD) Making the Most of Your TI-99/4A More Games for your TI-99/4A Survival on Planet X with the TI-99/4A Home Computer TI BASIC - Haskell Tid Bits for Basic

I concur.. Absolutely a great site although it seems that the TI WebRing hijacks it about 80% of the time I try to access it.. Ernie

I've talked with Mike in the past and hasn't had any luck finding a "pure" copy either. On another note, I got a pretty good chunk of the Tigercub library from Tony Zloterzinski and Dave Connery, but 972-2 wasn't one of those in either set. Ernie

I use both PC99 and MESS for the disks that I create for the book archive. The source is copied from the book to Notepad++ and some corrections are done, since the OCR'ed code isn't 100% accurate. The text is then copied to a disk opened in TI Imagetool as a DV80 file using the "Import from Text Editor" option. I have the TEXTLOAD disk in DSK1 because it will autoload. The disk containing the source is placed in DSK2. I then use TEXTLOAD to read the source and covert it to BASIC or Extended BASIC. A few fixes, etc. and Bob's your uncle. Ernie

Thanks Jim, It would be great to get the covers of "Animation, Games, and Sound for the TI99/4A" by Tony Fabbri if you have it. MIne is a library copy,but the cover is in better shape than "Computer Craziness", but having the non-laminated version would be nice. Those are the only two I have that are ex-library copies, so I shouldn't need any others. There is no big hurry on either. I'm still a couple weeks away from scanning either. Thanks again for offering, Ernie

I have a copy of Computer Craziness that I want to add to the archive, but it is an ex-library copy. As such it has been bound and has multiple library stickers on it. I was hoping that someone had a very good to excellent copy and could scan the front and back cover for me. I need the scan in 24-bit color, 200 dpi, full size, jpeg and the final image colors should be pretty close to the original when viewed on the monitor. Also, each "saved" image should be no less than 2MB, so as to not lose too much detail in the compression. I will reduce it to its final size, which won't be much less than that. I apologize for sounding ungrateful for both asking for a favor and then requiring minimum standards, but I have certain goals that I'm trying to accomplish. Also, I'm trying to avoid using the library copy because it's not as clean as I would wish. Thanks, Ernie

Kevan, The Chicago TI Faire is held in Chicago because it's sponsored by the Chicago TI Users Group. There have been Faires that were sponsored by other user groups, so there is no reason that another user group, or group of individuals couldn't put on their own Faire. It might even be worthwhile to initially combine the "new" faire with some other vintage computer clubs to gain exposure and increase the chance of draw. Ernie

Despite being close I have quit attending the faire because the current format has grown tiresome. You have one day to interact with fellow TI'ers, yet most of that time is consumed with sitting in a darkened room being shushed if you speak. Not that the presentations aren't worthy, but not every attendee is interested in ever presentation. To those of you who still attend I wish you a happy and production Saturday. Ernie

The hex E5 indicates that it's a PC99 disk. You might try that Altman Fairware list on ti99ers.org. Some of the disks in the Tigercub collection were also added to that collection. Ernie

And for those of us who still enjoy running it I would like to add PC99, which BTW was the first emulator to have SAMS support.. Ernie

No. Mini-Memory only has 4K of the >6000 - >7FFF space available for programs. It's not all that hard to build a Super Cart if you've got the tools, parts and some knowledge of soldering. The information is in the June/July, 1985 issues of MICROpendium, which is on the WHT FTP site.

Bruce Harrison did a write up on boot tracking as part of his "The Art of Assembly Series" that he wrote for MICROpendium. You can download the entire group from the "articles" directory at ftp.whtech.com. Ernie

Hi Michael, No. The SuperCart and its clones use a single non-banked 8K SRAM. It sounds like the HSGPL is attempting to emulate something like Extended BASIC's ROM structure. Ernie

Robert, While it's not advertised, clicking on the date at the bottom of the book page will open a change-log in text format. That should allow you to check periodically for any new books without having to visually scan the page. New scans typically get put to the top of the page in the 'Recent Additions' section , but books that I deem non-books, or miscellaneous may go immediately to the 'Miscellaneous' section. BTW, The AS & AT files on the Funnelweb disk are designed to work with the FW environment. Exiting AS/AT from within FW will return you to the FW menu. That may, or may not be the case with the two files that you mentioned from Harry's XB compiler. Ernie

MIchael, DSSD should work fine also as it uses both sides. Hopefully some day your workload will be such that you can return to fixing the PC99 disk code to accept SSSD or SSDD. Ernie

No, although somewhat unintentionally I seem to have become one these past few years. After helping with Dave's estate, I was contacted two other collectors to help them liquidate some of their items. All of that is behind me now and I'm trying to clear out a few of my personal bits and pieces that I've been sitting on before all of that began. Hopefully, once that's done I can return to being just a user. The only person I know in Elgin that would have came close to being a dealer was Dave Connery. He was a long-time Chicago TIUG member who actively bought and sold equipment. At one time he did the whole Faire circuit. The only other person, although from another suburb was Roy Hunter who ran a company called "Hunter Electronics" back in the late 80's and 90's. Of course there was also Elec-Tek that was a large TI dealer until they folded. Ernie

Hi Owen, As long as time isn't a major consideration.. I tend to be a bit of a butterfly when it comes to working on things these days. I think I have more than a touch of senior induced a.d.d. Ernie

Hi Jon, Thanks for making them available. It's probably easier getting them from you since a password isn't required. Ernie

Hi Owen, I wish! Having someone nearby might actually inpire me to pickup TMS9900 programming again. Other than helping Marc with the SidPlay 99 program I've done very little programming in the past few years. Ernie

Yep. I still have one beige and one black & silver TI-99/4A. Also, an empty expansion system (pbox) with silent fan, some disks, cassettes, flex interface, etc. Not a lot, but still free if someone wants it. Ernie

Some of you may know or have met Dave Connery at one of the Chicago TI Faires. He passed away a few years ago and I assisted the estate with liquidating his TI/Geneve items. Among his items were some SyQuest EZ135 cartridges. I transfered several of them to the PC using Michael's TI Image Tool. The files are in TIFILES format and can be viewed with Fred's Ti99Dir. Both TI Image Tool and Ti99Dir can be used to transfer the files to a disk or other image. The files have been uploaded to my site. They are also available on the Chicago users group web page if for some reason my site isn't available. There is a mix of TI/Geneve files and mulitiple duplicates. Some useful, some not. url: ftp.pergrem.com user: ti994a password: DqN#B%03aSCp Feel free to share these with other users. Ernie

Robert, All of the Scott Adams adventures are available on disk, as well as a bunch of other adventure games are on the WHT FTP site. Unless you have a saved game that you are trying to retrieve, then that may be the way to go. Ernie

A very early technique for dumping an Adventure cassette was to use the TOD module (page 22 mp8403.pdf in MICROpendium directory on the WHT FTP site). Another, maybe better way is the CASSTRANS program. It's disk CV157.dsk in the Cedar Valley User Group Library on WHT FTP. The disk is in PC99 format, so you'll need to convert/upload to a real 99/4A to use it. There are more, these are just the two that came to me the quickest. Ernie

Thanks Robert, Unfortunately, my obsession with making everything as perfect as possible started to take a toll, so I had to back away. Fortunately, I have "recovered" and posting new material. Ernie