Omega-TI Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 There are a couple of TI RS-232's available of eBay right now. #1: << HERE >> It's $90.00 before shipping. #2: << HERE >> This guy wants $99.00 for what looks like a couple of trashed consoles and an RS-232. Since they are being sold for parts, I would not even consider buying what looks like someone else's garbage. There is also an 80 track modified TI controller for a 'kings ransom' << HERE >>. I think prices on cards like this are going to tank when the DDCC-1 clone is finally released. Maybe he's trying to beat the release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 How bout this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/Texas-Instruments-TI-99-4a-computer-EPROM-video-game-test-cartridge/131959406365?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D39240%26meid%3D5bd593a5f0f144988e83d8ad4311d659%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D262643532217 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 How bout this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/Texas-Instruments-TI-99-4a-computer-EPROM-video-game-test-cartridge/131959406365?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D39240%26meid%3D5bd593a5f0f144988e83d8ad4311d659%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D262643532217 ? Doesn't that look fun... Ok, there is a lot of cart board recognition skill on this forum: Can anyone name what cart that was before it was molested? -M@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I actually get the impression most of the sellars on ebay have no idea what goes on in this forum. I don't imagine that they should, either... You just see stuff that looks pretty funny. And then, retro collector value is different than hacking and tinkering value... -M@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnuphis Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I sell the daughter boards though I recently ran out of stock. They require a ti rs232 card to operate. Those seem to be getting harder to find at a reasonable price. Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk I have the RS232 so no problem there. Just need the daughterboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I have the RS232 so no problem there. Just need the daughterboard. Ok well It took me a LONG time to sell out.. I'm not sure I want to order another 50 of these.. let me do some polling to see if there's more demand than you.. if it's just you I will just order 3 .. Probably later this month.. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 If it comes to that, I still have two or three left, Arcadeshopper. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 On that cartridge board, based on the fact that it is expecting a 4K 2532, it is probably a TI EGROM board--not a molested standard cartridge board. The other side should have a second, similar socket for another EPROM--but that one would be a 4K GROM socket. I've got several proto cartridges made using the various flavors of EGROM boards. . .it is actually the primary way to determine whether a proto is a proto or a preproduction Qual unit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 7, 2016 Author Share Posted October 7, 2016 Is << THIS GUY >> one of us? He mentions the Great Gazoo in his auction for an Extended BASIC 2.7 Suite cartridge. When I see a guy getting rid of multiple items, I wonder if they are just 'thinning things out' or if they are 'getting out' of the TI all together. I know one guy from Texas I would hate to see leave us. (Hoping it's not him). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Is << THIS GUY >> one of us? He mentions the Great Gazoo in his auction for an Extended BASIC 2.7 Suite cartridge. When I see a guy getting rid of multiple items, I wonder if they are just 'thinning things out' or if they are 'getting out' of the TI all together. I know one guy from Texas I would hate to see leave us. (Hoping it's not him). Yes, he is. He is on AtariAge as user: 'hloberg' He lives in San Antonio. I purchased his other FlashROM 99 cart a few days ago and it arrived a couple of days ago. In great condition and packed well. He's legit. He said the TI-99/4A drew the short straw of his retro systems and was drafted as the one that had to leave. So he is selling his TI stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 He's legit. He said the TI-99/4A drew the short straw of his retro systems and was drafted as the one that had to leave. So he is selling his TI stuff. Bummer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 Bummer. 100% agreement. If I'm ever forced to scale back, the FR99 and the main console will still remain with me until death comes knocking... of course by then, I figure Matt would already have designed and built an SD card based storage device to plug into his 32K card. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 100% agreement. If I'm ever forced to scale back, the FR99 and the main console will still remain with me until death comes knocking... of course by then, I figure Matt would already have designed and built an SD card based storage device to plug into his 32K card. If I am ever force to scale back any of my hobby "collection," I will lose an appendage, first. Since I can envision circumstances under which I would have to eliminate my way of living, it will be all or nothing for me. That means my Amiga, Commodore, Atari, and TI stuff will all go if any of it has to go. Of course, I would only trade it for gold as it would be the world-wide apocalypse which forces me to do so (Hallowed are the Ori...) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 ...I would move to Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfreige Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 I got the cartridges 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 . ...only 6 PEBs left in Waterloo http://www.ebay.com/itm/222247076447 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 They may be worth that to someone, but I've never liked his pricing. If there was only one new PEB available on the entire planet at that price, my answer would still be.... ... I'd wait for a used one with cards in it all ready to go, but then again, I'm thrifty by nature, some might even say cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I have bought some of his PEBs last year. I don´t know, but I think they were a byte cheaper. But of course, these are the last ones... And I snatched some more 220 volt PEBs this and last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) I paid 150 for one with all the ti cards and a full height drive Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Edited October 11, 2016 by arcadeshopper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Here is another example of his 'stellar' pricing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 IIRC, his original price on the PEBs was about $79 each, which was an appropriate price for an empty PEB, even if it was NOS. He kept slowly increasing the price, until we have the somewhat crazy amount he wants now. I guess he figures that since his stock is running low now, he can make the prices insane because he's the only one out there with PEBs. Unfortunately, there are lots of additional PEBs on the market--for much better prices and with partial to full complements of cards. I wish him luck, but I think he's begun to totally price himself out of the market. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Ja. I paid either $79 or $89 for mine form Zach. DEFINITELY worth that price. But his prices now? Fekno. I would say selling to that TV show caused his head to swell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Yes, I think I´ve paid 79$ for my ones. One of the 219$er here was sold, as ebay tells. (Initially on this price, there were 7 pcs.) I remember that Zach wrote about his need to clear space in his stock, years ago. Strike. So this has be done now, and this 6 PEBs will remain, maybe go higher if only 3 left, and I am sure he will sell them all, one day. Oh, what was this about the "TV show" ? Never heard before, or cannot remember. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Yes, I think I´ve paid 79$ for my ones. One of the 219$er here was sold, as ebay tells. (Initially on this price, there were 7 pcs.) I remember that Zach wrote about his need to clear space in his stock, years ago. Strike. So this has be done now, and this 6 PEBs will remain, maybe go higher if only 3 left, and I am sure he will sell them all, one day. Oh, what was this about the "TV show" ? Never heard before, or cannot remember. I recall mention that he sold a bunch of his TI stock to a TV show about the 70s and 80s Home Computer Revolution. I cannot recall what it was called and I never watched it: I have no interest in modern entertainment re-interpretations of a time through which I lived. Make it a documentary, which have traditionally been held to higher standards of research and accuracy, and I may consider. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftyde Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Without exception every NIB or NOS console I have purchased on eBay was broken. Not a problem actually - sometimes I'll pick one up just for the shiny new case or keyboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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