[Can a computer built around Superbowl XV predict Superbowl LVII???]

You have failed me for the last time, Admiral 

[Can a computer built around Superbowl XV predict Superbowl LVII???]

Back again for the 3rd year running this model.  49ers are getting 9.00 points of proposition value above their line of -2.  Chiefs are getting 2.40 points of proposition value above their line of +2.   TI BASIC says bet the 49ers!

 

SUPERBOWL2024.txt

[new products at arcadeshopper.com]

Oh wow!  That’s perfect, I’ll find it on your site.

[new products at arcadeshopper.com]

Haha.  Sure, since I asked, id be happy to take on the project of building some kits.  Could someone share a capacitor BOM for a no-QI TI99/4a?  

[new products at arcadeshopper.com]

Any interest in selling a bag of capacitors to recap a 99/4A (main board and power supply) Having populated a SAMS card myself, I’m left with a bunch of extra components as a result of minimum buy quantities.  Just a thought.  Perhaps variations in the 99/4A design (QI, etc.) wouldn’t make the juice worth the squeeze.

[Favorite book]

21 hours ago, Appeelicious said:

I will also follow a YouTube series or equivalent if one exists

NEWLINE99 made some very high quality YouTube videos on ASSM Introduction/Fundamentals and Integer/Floating Point.   I'm hoping he gets back into the hobby and continues the series.

 

 

[IDE v3 Prototype and Pre-order link online]

IDE card received, installed and working great.  Super build quality.  Thanks again!!

[TF, camel, FB Forth fun]

Thanks @TheBF!!  Looking forward to trying this out over the holidays.  Appreciate it 

[Happy Holidays in FORTH!]

I've been building my physical book library as items pop-up on eBay.  Here is a great resource for a lot of the legacy books:

 

https://www.jupiter-ace.co.uk/index_forth_books.html

[An option to restore the appearance of "ugly" brushed dluminum coverings, or to add it to 3rd-party cases...]

Great idea!  Please post some pics when you get a chance to apply it.

[Happy Holidays in FORTH!]

8 hours ago, TheBF said:

 

I have a question. Do you have a reason for not using  ."   to type text?

I've just started learning FORTH this year and could be wrong, but it seems like using S" TYPE gives more flexibility than ."  and so I'm trying to get into the habit of "always" using it for strings.   For example:  

 

: test S" Hello World!"

;

 

test 2DUP TYPE TYPE

 

btw, In my top post, I neglected to thank @Willsy and @Lee Stewart for their fantastic FORTH products and, more importantly, taking the time to document and teach those that follow.

[Happy Holidays in FORTH!]

My favorite Christmas movie is Trading Places and I love the 80s tech in the movie.   Using this picture of the Telerate monitors that were in the back of the Duke's limo and in Eddie Murphy/Dan Akroyd's office for inspiration, I put together a holiday program in Turboforth 40 column mode.  I'll attach the code.  To run in Classic99, just copy the text and paste in TF after selecting option 2.  Happy Holidays!!

 

 

 

 

 

Trading Places.txt

[TI Related -- Ebay / Heads Up Notice]

On 11/30/2023 at 2:23 PM, FarmerPotato said:

Vintage electronics toolbox.

 

Literally.  There is a fuse and AC cord coming out the back.   It seems the power supply, breadboard, and ammeter are permanently mounted inside.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266449527569?hash=item3e09a12311:g:PisAAOSw8EZlJZ2c

 

$84.99.  TTL Compatible!

 

 

                                         

 

It looks like a lie detector test for fishermen.   How big was the catch?  Liar!!!

[IDE v3 Prototype and Pre-order link online]

Ordered, thanks!

[Looking for inverted charset]

On 2/3/2020 at 8:49 PM, GDMike said:

Just fyi for anyone else, reverse color characters are already defined in Turboforth. Wilsy included them..

 

THANK YOU!  I'm so happy I ran across this.  I was just about to start from scratch on inverse characters in TF.  Saves me hours!!

[TI-GROMmy, the system GROM replacement]

I was just browsing eBay and looking at the Jupiter Ace's and their $1500 asking price (on average).  Thought back to this project.   Perhaps a "TI-99/4ACE" that boots to Forth instead of BASIC could be a reality someday?  

[Classic99 Updates]

Spoiler

 

That was it!  Thank you, Bob @atrax27407

[Classic99 Updates]

Question about Classic 99 emulation of TurboForth for @Tursi and/or @Willsy.   When I create a 80K BLOCKS file on DSK1, I can go into 1 EDIT and the 1st Block displays fine.  However, every subsequent block edit appears with the character field all in white (pics below).   Any way to get 2 EDIT to display the same as 1 EDIT?  thanks! 

 

Note:  Other than MKBLK, FLUSH, COLD and EDIT, I haven't used any other words of note to display the pics below.

 

 

 

[VCF East]

The proposed dates in early April might work for me this year for VCF East.  Just curious if any of the 99ers on here go to this one?

 

https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

 

[New IDE Card]

I’ve already got two DSK solutions in my PEB (TIPI and Corcomp DSDD running real iron 5 1/4). Could I throw this into the mix in the same box??

[Benchmarking Languages]

On 7/6/2017 at 2:18 PM, Tursi said:

 

We don't have TI LOGO in there, anyone want to try that one?

It has been over 6 years since you asked....and my TI LOGO II code has finally finished running (ok, ok, it only felt like 6 years):

 

//DEFINE PROCEDURES FOR EACH SIDE OF SCREEN

TO TOP :NUM
IF :NUM = 116 THEN STOP
SX :NUM
TOP :NUM + 1
END

 

TO RGT :NUM
IF :NUM = -81 THEN STOP
SY :NUM
RGT :NUM - 1
END

 

TO BTM :NUM
IF :NUM = -128 THEN STOP
SX :NUM
BTM :NUM - 1
END

 

TO LFT :NUM
IF :NUM = 96 THEN STOP
SY :NUM
LFT :NUM + 1
END

 

//USE GRAPHICS EDITOR TO CREATE 16X16 ASTERISK

MAKESHAPE 6

 

//INITIALIZE SPRITE IN UPPER LEFT CORNER OF SCREEN

TELL SPRITE
CARRY 6
SC :BLACK
SXY -128 96

 

//CLEAR SCREEN AND LOOP 100 TIMES

CS
REPEAT 100 [TOP -128 RGT 96 BTM 116 LFT -81]

 

 

 

Updated standings:

On 7/26/2017 at 12:11 PM, TheBF said:

Language   First Pass     Optimized
GCC           15 sec         5 sec
Assembly      17 sec         5 sec
TurboForth    48 sec        29 sec
CAMEL99 DTC   49 sec        27 sec
Compiled XB   51 sec        37 sec
CAMEL99 ITC   55 sec        29 sec
FbForth       70 sec        26 sec
GPL           80 sec       none yet
ABASIC       490 sec       none yet
LOGO II	    1920 sec       none yet
XB          2000 sec       none yet
UCSD Pascal 7300 sec       273 sec

 

 

[Need 360k drive]

Cool, I’ll try to get it in the mail later this week

[Need 360k drive]

Hi Chris:  Would a Alps DFC222B02A 360K 5.25" HH Floppy Disk Drive suite your needs?  -Bill

[TI Related -- Ebay / Heads Up Notice]

When I hit Powerball tonight, this will be my first purchase:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134632036069?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=TKA4pH8QTsG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=QfU6nnIiRby&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

I’ve never seen a complete Triton system before.  I had a sidecar once, but not the IBM computer.

[Video Chess]

On 6/22/2023 at 1:37 PM, Switch1995 said:

I just ordered this video chess XB auto load floppy from Buddybear on eBay.  I’ll be trying it in my PEB system (Corcomp DSDD, SAMS, TIPI, F18a).  Curious to see if I experience the same issues.  Will report back.

Floppy version works great.  I'm not going to pursue this "issue" any further since I have several options available to play.  Thanks to everyone who offered help.