Gary from OPA Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 21 minutes ago, RickyDean said: When: Friday – July 28th, 2023 (3:00pm – 8:00pm) Saturday –July 29th, 2023 (10:00am – 8:00pm) Sunday – July 30th, 2023 (10:00am – 3:00pm) Where: I only see in 2024 mid April and mid June events. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 30 minutes ago, RickyDean said: When: Friday – July 28th, 2023 (3:00pm – 8:00pm) Saturday –July 29th, 2023 (10:00am – 8:00pm) Sunday – July 30th, 2023 (10:00am – 3:00pm) Where: 9 minutes ago, Gary from OPA said: I only see in 2024 mid April and mid June events. We are VCF-SE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1 hour ago, OLD CS1 said: We are VCF-SE. Strange the main page on VCF https://vcfed.org/events/ only lists the East and SouthWest no SE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 6 minutes ago, Gary from OPA said: Strange the main page on VCF https://vcfed.org/events/ only lists the East and SouthWest no SE. Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 2 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: We are VCF-SE. Assuming all goes according to plan, Turtles and I plan to be down that way for that weekend. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 2 minutes ago, Ksarul said: Assuming all goes according to plan, Turtles and I plan to be down that way for that weekend. . . Well, just so you know, I was probably not going to be able to make it as I am teaching that week in Alaska. Once I heard y'all would be there, I upended the entire University of Arkansas system to get me back in time. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ksarul said: Assuming all goes according to plan, Turtles and I plan to be down that way for that weekend. . . Hopefully, someday there is proper retro festival in Canada that other ti99ers attend as well, as I can't attend any of these state side shows until after year 2033. Edited March 27 by Gary from OPA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 If anyone wants to fill out their black label collection or their collection of shells. https://ebay.com/itm/266740879470 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 28 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: If anyone wants to fill out their black label collection or their collection of shells. https://ebay.com/itm/266740879470 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 42 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: If anyone wants to fill out their black label collection or their collection of shells. https://ebay.com/itm/266740879470 the same seller had a few other bundles of TI99 cartridges, they all sold soon after this one as well, most likely to the same person -- someone is building up their collection, most likely for the 'shells' themselves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 46 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: If anyone wants to fill out their black label collection or their collection of shells. https://ebay.com/itm/266740879470 I got most of those, that E/A cartridge is the most added bonus in that run to me. But a lot of them would make good cartridge shells for the good stuff. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 5 minutes ago, Gary from OPA said: the same seller had a few other bundles of TI99 cartridges, they all sold soon after this one as well, most likely to the same person -- someone is building up their collection, most likely for the 'shells' themselves. Yeah, I put in an offer on the color labels for about $1.50 each ($.90 each for the black labels is rather fantastic.) Looks like I won my offer. Fear not, they will go to go use. I plan to give some away at VCF. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 4 hours ago, RickyDean said: I got most of those, that E/A cartridge is the most added bonus in that run to me. But a lot of them would make good cartridge shells for the good stuff. I had not thought about that. I would like to get my hands on a couple of E/A carts to make SuperCarts for the fun of it. I have a 32k SuperSpace II, but the CRU bank switching is not universal. Although, assembling one version of something to test on it then another version with regular bank switching is not too much of a hassle. Of course, any more the FG99 provides an excellent prototyping platform. I think I just talked myself out of it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 TIGraph 100 https://www.ebay.com/itm/143208585595 My hunch is this was made in the 1960s to print manufacturing line data. I guess it counted electrical pulses from the back terminals. In 1961, TI needed real-time charts of how many transistors were falling automatic testing. The Geophysical and Instrumentation Division invented countless machines to automate the production line. (Mike Bunyard got his start there.) See Ed Millis' book: TI, the Transistor, and Me: My Dis-integrated Journey Through Texas Instruments. (It has very funny stories too.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Anybody feel like going through these and seeing if we are missing anything? https://ebay.com/itm/296326554703 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 5 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: Anybody feel like going through these and seeing if we are missing anything? https://ebay.com/itm/296326554703 not bad if it stays at that price, and shipping around $30 more usd to canada. good thing it is not that apple ii game disc, it is over $4,500 on ebay so far, just for one floppy in plastic baggie with the index card insert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 55 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: Anybody feel like going through these and seeing if we are missing anything? https://ebay.com/itm/296326554703 I'm tempted too, putting it on my watchlist. But have to pay medical and other bills, so don't know if I'll have the cash for a bit. Also need a good PEB, haven't had time to fix one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Reasonably-priced Navarone cartridge expander. At least more reasonable than some others. https://ebay.com/itm/176303883468 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 19 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: Reasonably-priced Navarone cartridge expander. At least more reasonable than some others. https://ebay.com/itm/176303883468 sadly, he doesn't believe that Canada exists north of usa, so out of my reach, too bad as it is good price, would grab it if i was in america. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 On 3/25/2024 at 8:57 PM, chris36 said: You can just make out the ribbon cable in the first picture, on the back. It's an external drive for the PEB drive controller. or side car controller.. there are many of these.. check the FAQ if you aren't familiar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 eBay's automatic "Inspired by your recent views": What I actually viewed: Texas Instruments Color Graphics Board RARE What it said I should look at: Cray X-MP Memory Board The Color Graphics Controller Board works with TIPC or IBM PC. It is based on a TMS34061 display controller with 256KB of VRAM. (4 banks of 8 TMS4161 64Kbit dual-port). The output is 1024 x 512 display in 4-bit color. The DE-9 port is for an EGA monitor - digital output in 8 colors. A 2nd version of this board would have a TMS34070 palette chip, providing analog output with 16 colors per row (18-bits per color). I thought of it as an evaluation board. Wonder if any TIPC software drove it. The Cray X-MP Memory Board works with... a Cray X-MP. See those QUAD INLINE PIN chips? Those are MECL-to-TTL translators, to isolate noisy TTL circuits. MC10125 type. MECL is a differential signal with + and - traces (like USB D+ D-). RAM is MCM6287L-35. Fast 35ns access time, 64Kbit each. Total 256K x 9 (parity). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Kewl.. But get out your checkbook! https://www.ebay.com/itm/235501953488 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Oh wow, i never seen It before, and Is Is a official not-polyoptics peripheral 🤔 incredible. For which games they thought this One Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonACT Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Looks like the AU$ is winning (I really don't think it is): Gone though. Wasn't up for very long. I had my chance, but... No, not at that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonACT Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Truth be told, there was a Tic-Tac-Toe for the '99 back in the day - with a schematic to build a light pen for the joystick port. The device registered light (the CRT, at very close range, like with the "pen" pressed to the screen) and if it detected a few flashes "in tune" with the software, it selected the square from 9 flashing positions. Very ordinary. Mine worked. I used it a couple of times. My Playstation1 "gun", with the total of 2 games that used it, was quite a lot better when used with a real CRT. I still have that one, but sadly, no CRT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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