nuxi Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 13 minutes ago, Gary from OPA said: Glad to hear that. Good luck with your Geneve setup. I sadly, miss mine hopefully one day I will find a Geneve again at a affordable price. I'm just glad the battery hadn't leaked after all these years. That bomb has now safely been defused. Good luck with your search! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Here's a TMS9900 board for sale on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/186377100000?_trkparms=ni_actn%3Anav|ni_nt%3AWATCH_ITEM_ENDING_SOON|ni_apos%3A1|ni_sg%3A1|ni_pos%3A1|ni_st%3ANEW|ni_wh%3A1|ni_nid%3A761734982602|ni_nsid%3A186377100000|ni_et%3A1712895187000|ni_bn%3A1&_trksid=p2380424.m570.l5997 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 38 minutes ago, RickyDean said: Here's a TMS9900 board for sale on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/186377100000?_trkparms=ni_actn%3Anav|ni_nt%3AWATCH_ITEM_ENDING_SOON|ni_apos%3A1|ni_sg%3A1|ni_pos%3A1|ni_st%3ANEW|ni_wh%3A1|ni_nid%3A761734982602|ni_nsid%3A186377100000|ni_et%3A1712895187000|ni_bn%3A1&_trksid=p2380424.m570.l5997 Not many bids yet. Still only 9.50 and 23 hours left 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Here's a PEB with a very uncommon ICS 32K memory card in it. I only know of 10-15 of these within the community, so it could be a definite score for someone looking to expand their hardware collection. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humeur Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 17 hours ago, Ksarul said: Here's a PEB with a very uncommon ICS 32K memory card in it. I only know of 10-15 of these within the community, so it could be a definite score for someone looking to expand their hardware collection. You have eyes everywhere, TMS4500 based card I think Tu a les yeux partout, carte a base de TMS4500 je pense 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 50 minutes ago, humeur said: You have eyes everywhere, TMS4500 based card I think Tu a les yeux partout, carte a base de TMS4500 je pense Yes it is, I am one of those few who own one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 minute ago, RickyDean said: Yes it is, I am one of those few who own one. Is the Multicom and ICS ones the same? -- I have this version in one of my spare PEB's -- If it is so rare, maybe I should sell it! -- I wonder if its possible to upgrade them to 128k or 512k -- Too bad only the TMS4500 is in socket on this one not the ram itself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 10 minutes ago, Gary from OPA said: Is the Multicom and ICS ones the same? -- I have this version in one of my spare PEB's -- If it is so rare, maybe I should sell it! -- I wonder if its possible to upgrade them to 128k or 512k -- Too bad only the TMS4500 is in socket on this one not the ram itself. It could probably be upgraded, I've thought of that myself. That's why I still have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 I just did a comparison of the Multicom and the ICS boards. They are "nearly" identical. Based on the naming conventions and the label on the Multicom board, The ICS version (Intellitec Computer Systems) came first and the Multicom version came after. Now I have another 32K board to hunt down, LOLOL. I have one of the ICS variants, but not the Multicom. ISTR that Multicom also morphed into Boxcar peripherals at some point. . .just checked--it was Ultracomp that morphed into Boxcar Peripherals. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 On 4/10/2024 at 11:35 PM, RickyDean said: Here's a TMS9900 board for sale on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/186377100000?_trkparms=ni_actn%3Anav|ni_nt%3AWATCH_ITEM_ENDING_SOON|ni_apos%3A1|ni_sg%3A1|ni_pos%3A1|ni_st%3ANEW|ni_wh%3A1|ni_nid%3A761734982602|ni_nsid%3A186377100000|ni_et%3A1712895187000|ni_bn%3A1&_trksid=p2380424.m570.l5997 Nice. That's a TM990/101MB, the last version of the 101. It's a great board to see how Texas Instruments would take advantage of all the features of the 9900. For instance, the single-step capability and DMA memory access grant. $113 was a great price! (though you still need to have a backplane, or at least power hooked up.) I have a 101MA and 102, so I'm good for now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Have not seen one of these for sale before: Texas Instruments SDS-6000 Speech Synthesizer tool for LM386 Listed for only: $185 https://www.ebay.com/itm/144984776387 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterfleeman Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Triton TurboXT PC https://www.ebay.com/itm/186389792233?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=mYMBDKnvRru&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=tTs2iVeCRgq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) 11 minutes ago, peterfleeman said: Triton TurboXT PC https://www.ebay.com/itm/186389792233?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=mYMBDKnvRru&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=tTs2iVeCRgq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Sadly this item on eBay is missing the connection box sidecar thingy for the ti99 side of things. But all the connection box on the ti99 did was allow you to use your same monitor and use the keyboard from ti99 console. I used to have the sidecar part in Dominican Republic but it got destroyed, I still have the manual. Edited April 13 by Gary from OPA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 24 minutes ago, Gary from OPA said: missing the connection box sidecar thingy I have one I am/was planning to use it with a Geneve and the TI. Just for shits and grins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterfleeman Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Over the years I’ve seen more of the sidecar than the PC itself. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 29 minutes ago, peterfleeman said: Over the years I’ve seen more of the sidecar than the PC itself. The seller, Biff Howard Tannen (I swear I know this name from somewhere...) seems to have a lot of retro electronics. Almost like he went back in time and collected a bunch of stuff, then came back to the future to sell them all as "vintage." Very strange. Anyway, I asked him to post some photos of the inside. It is listed as a restoration project. Its appearance makes me think it might be a little involved. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxi Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 The sidecar is the fun bit, I'd like to pick one up at some point. Still, if I hadn't grabbed that ramdisk this week, I might be tempted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Super Sketch for sale, still a decent price but 5 days left for bidding. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/226086669848 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 This VVV saddens me, I think we all remember the 90s when occasionally something would be bid high - because two or so determined bidders went at it. Now, I see LOTS of profit taking in retro auctions, even auctions that start at impossible numbers, hoping someone will bite. Sad Times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 19 hours ago, peterfleeman said: Triton TurboXT PC https://www.ebay.com/itm/186389792233?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=mYMBDKnvRru&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=tTs2iVeCRgq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY thanks for posting this.. been looking for one of these 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 23 hours ago, Gary from OPA said: Have not seen one of these for sale before: Texas Instruments SDS-6000 Speech Synthesizer tool for LM386 Listed for only: $185 https://www.ebay.com/itm/144984776387 I researched this recently. I was going to start a thread of "other Texas Instruments instruments". From memory: It connects by DB25 to a PC where you run WINSDS.EXE. That software sends your audio samples to the box which has a TMS320C6xxx in it. (Or some flavor of the 320 DSP, I forget.) Alternately, it can synthesize speech. The DSP extracts MELP code parameters, not LPC-10. For playback on one of the late speech processors. So, even if you had the software, it would be of no use for Home Computer speech which is LPC-10. I found two datasheets that describe the SDS-6000. They do have the guidelines for getting good recordings. Pretty cool that, ultimately, Texas Instruments distilled the speech analysis workstation to a little box. Compare @Stuart's big SDS workstation. I found one mention of a little box like the SDS-6000 that still did LPC-10. Maybe SDS-5000? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 19 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: The seller, Biff Howard Tannen (I swear I know this name from somewhere...) seems to have a lot of retro electronics. I bought from him a keyboard compatible with my TI-928 terminal. It was in amazing shape and so an amazing value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 3 hours ago, arcadeshopper said: thanks for posting this.. been looking for one of these I will be @Lee Stewart's age before another pops up. I had been debating all day on whether to grab it. I am glad you settled it for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 2 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: I will be @Lee Stewart's age before another pops up. I had been debating all day on whether to grab it. I am glad you settled it for me. and he took a lower offer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 12 minutes ago, arcadeshopper said: and he took a lower offer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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