+helocast Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 You can never have too many TI's so I always keep an eye out... I saw this one that has a hole cut out of the back of it. Anyone care to speculate about what the mod does? I'd venture to say GROM port riser has had another 36-pin connector mirrored, soldered to the back of it to allow two cartridges to be inserted. Sort of a poor man's Navarone ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chue Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I'd venture to say GROM port riser has had another 36-pin connector mirrored, soldered to the back of it to allow two cartridges to be inserted. Sort of a poor man's Navarone ... Interesting! It definitely looks like a cart related mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I think helocast has the best guess. What a novel idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 It was probably modified that way to use it with the GSIM, GROM Box, or EGROM box at TI (to keep the cartridge cable salad out of the way). Since Blaine is the seller, it almost certainly originated at TI. I think I even bought a set of GROM ports modified like that from him about 10 years ago. . . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry.peterson Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 You can never have too many TI's so I always keep an eye out... I saw this one that has a hole cut out of the back of it. Anyone care to speculate about what the mod does? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Texas-Instruments-TI-99-4A-Home-Computer-tested-works-TI99-/222571481421 I asked: "What is the hole in the back for? Any idea?" bcrandell replied: "That 4A is development computer; customized for special diagnostics and capabilities. It should not have been listed as an ordinary 4A." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 another PEB- http://www.ebay.com/itm/TI-99-4a-Peripheral-Expansion-System-w-Cards-Manuals-/112488097884?hash=item1a30d0285c:g:XgoAAOSwbtVZSGW7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chue Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Yet another PEB http://www.ebay.com/itm/TI-99-4A-Peripheral-Expansion-Box-w-Dual-Floppies-Manuals-PEB-Clean-and-Works-/162608814222 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftyde Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Texas-Instruments-TI-99-4-Peripheral-Expansion-System-PHP1200-ti-99-4a-computer-/332323551655 This is interesting - it has a disk controller with Control Data markings. I assume it's a standard TI controller, true? Pretty expensive, but an interesting novelty! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 The disk controller with a Control Data label is a standard TI controller--and one of the last ones they made. Definitely and interesting find, as most of those went into the educational market and disappeared from the face of the earth once the institution that purchased them didn't need them any more (they usually got landfilled). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 a good SPOT SHOT on ebay... i am already the outbidder 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 neat find! I certainly am not in the 'rare cart' budget right now, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Near the end of my employment with Cecure Electronics (and the end of the company's existence), a fair number of Control Data branded cards, consoles, and equipment were in stock and available for purchase. If memory serves correctly, they were received together with the semi-load of parts sent by the TI CARES repair group when Cecure took over servicing the TI hardware. The TI console title screen even displayed Control Data and sported the CD logo. Fabrice's sight has some good pics. http://www.ti99.com/ti/index.php?article16/control-data-cdc-99-4a 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Looks like there is a CorComp 9900 disk controller with orginal eproms. HERE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 man, that stuff of pfleeman's went quick! I bought of couple of games from him just last week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 He's got a nice p-Code card up there now for a reasonable price too. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 this is WAY out of my range- but there's an Anteater cart up. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Only-1-on-Ebay-Ant-Eater-Anteater-The-RAREST-Ti-99-Game-Texas-Instruments-Romox-/391846186299?hash=item5b3bda4d3b:g:hHoAAOSwPzpZc5Eg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 this is WAY out of my range- but there's an Anteater cart up. I understand different people enjoy different aspects of the hobby, and that's all good, but when it comes to collecting cartridges, I'm personally unable to grasp spending that much money on a single cartridge. I could very well be wrong, and probably am, but I believe TI cartridge prices have maxed out. Most people who care about this machine are getting older, some even dying, others who want to play on 'real iron' are getting multicarts like the FinalGROM99. Will the next generation who has no emotional or nostalgic ties to the TI even care about an obscure game for an antique TI? Will it sell? It may, but if it does it will obviously be to someone with more discretionary income than I. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 I understand different people enjoy different aspects of the hobby, and that's all good, but when it comes to collecting cartridges, I'm personally unable to grasp spending that much money on a single cartridge. I could very well be wrong, and probably am, but I believe TI cartridge prices have maxed out. Most people who care about this machine are getting older, some even dying, others who want to play on 'real iron' are getting multicarts like the FinalGROM99. Will the next generation who has no emotional or nostalgic ties to the TI even care about an obscure game for an antique TI? Will it sell? It may, but if it does it will obviously be to someone with more discretionary income than I. Those are some pretty deep observations! Personally, I'm starting to level off my cart-collecting except for some specific things that I'd like (I lack 2 Atarisoft carts and would like to start grabbing some of the Funware ones)- but, really, to play games or use applications I don't have ready access to I'm saving up my money for the FinalGROM99. The concept of being able to load ANY software I want from the the FinalGROM (well, within reason) and not keep swapping cartridges/disks out of my real iron TI is super exciting to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 I sold off my collection of carts in the 80s when I got a gram kracker and regret it now I've been picking up carts but not those prices for me its about collecting for fun not value Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 this is WAY out of my range- but there's an Anteater cart up. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Only-1-on-Ebay-Ant-Eater-Anteater-The-RAREST-Ti-99-Game-Texas-Instruments-Romox-/391846186299?hash=item5b3bda4d3b:g:hHoAAOSwPzpZc5Eg $159?! I had one not that long ago. Was CIB, like new... couldn't sell here (got yanked/buyer flaked out) for $45-$50 and finally listed it on eBay, where it eventually sold for around the same price. Had a Rotor Raiders in similar condition too... same_exact_experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 There seems to be a very inflated sense of the value of the Romox cartridges lately. . .unfortunately, it is unjustified, based on the sheer number of them in circulation. A boxed cartridge shouldn't be more than about $50 in pristine shape (unless it is Topper or Typo-II--with a Topper in the box being ultra-rare). Loose cartridges are usually under $30 each (although a Romox Topper again is an outlier--it is much more common in the Navarone issue). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeBo Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Topper is probably one of the most polished games ever released by Romox - AND one of the most original Q-Bert clones. Hard to even call it a clone! Anteater and Roto Rooter are not bad either (prefer the original ant Eater with the tongue moving through the maze though)) But some of them are are pretty bad. Princess and Frog is my least favourite Frogger clone (really, it's just plain ugly IMO) and HenPecked (Chicken Coop from Navarone) is a poor substitute for Joust (no lie, the first time I loaded the disc version, I thought the program was corrupt because of the gawdawful music...seriously WHAT were they thinking? Is it even really music by any definition?) I've spent stupid amounts for items I wanted and usually bid mighty high for DBT and Funware releases, but I'd be hard pressed to bid higher than 25 bucks for a Romox cart (with the same exceptions that Ksarul listed). Which is probably why, after 3 years and over 200 collected carts, I still don't have a single Romox cart. (and don;t feel they are "missing" from my collection.) One man's tea is another man's poison though, so I'm sure there are those who loved these games back-in-the-day, that would disagree completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) When I decided to get back into collecting TI gear, I was (and still am) less focused on collecting and more interested in making a functional system. I only have a handful of cartridges (if I see some specific ones in beige I might snag them), but with a FG99 and a NanoPEB, between those two things I can have everything I want and need without dedicating a lot of space and saving wear and tear on the cartridge port. I've eyed the new PEBs that show up on Ebay but I really just don't want to spend that kind of money when the NanoPEB does everything I need and I have a ready supply of media. Now if a beige set of TI joysticks shows up on Ebay...... Edited August 2, 2017 by Casey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 Beige TI sticks? Oh the horror! How about a CX-40 with beige paint or a 3D printed case in a matching color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Only AntEater cart on eBay? Maybe... but last month I scored one by noticing it in a photo of 25 cartridges. There were several unlabeled cartridges, and one half-labeled TOAD. I'm pretty sure that's not a SQL client. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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