S1500 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 So there was Triton, but I'm scratching my head on what the other big-name catalog of items(hw/sw) for TI. Tex-net or something? Also, I wanna read 'em online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 So there was Triton, but I'm scratching my head on what the other big-name catalog of items(hw/sw) for TI. Tex-net or something? Also, I wanna read 'em online. Was it Tex Comp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Was it Tex Comp? That's gotta be it. My memory ain't so good these days. Trying to research a bit for an upcoming podcast episode that I'll take forever to do & really do a cheap effort on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 well, i have over triton catalogs, also have several of: TexComp, The Everything Book, TM Direct, Tenex, Tronics and others but just little catalogs... i will scan them and will put all on my website 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 If anyone is interested in a little nostalgia, I just uploaded a GOOD QUALITY , (Full Color) scan of the Spring 1984 Triton catalog. It's kind of cool to see the items that were sold, some of them long forgotten about, as well as the old prices. TI-Triton-Spring1984.zip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Good... could i use it for upload on my website ? ... so i will scan -1 catalog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Good... could i use it for upload on my website ? ... so i will scan -1 catalog Sure, go ahead! We are all in this hobby together, sharing is what it's all about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+adamantyr Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Triton and Tex-Comp were the two biggest TI catalogs, to my knowledge. Each one released a quarterly catalog for several years. Triton later became TM Direct, went black and white, and eventually released one last catalog after they were purchased by Activision. I discovered Tenex when I found it at a bookstore in a mall in the late 80's, but they only released a few catalogs after I got the first one before folding. I'm not sure what happened with Tex-Comp, I stopped getting their catalogs at some point in the early 90's... I believe the company warehouse was bought by a fellow who used to hang out on the TI-99/4a Yahoo group. Adamantyr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Hot off the scanner (about 3 minutes ago)... TM DIRECT - TI-99/4A CATALOG (Spring 1991) TM-Direct.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I have a bunch of Triton and Tenex Computer Express catalogs in storage. Also a couple of Grapevine Group. They are not in any useful quality, but I come across them every so often when digging around. They make for good distraction from the task at hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 In Europe, Parco was the big distributor. They also produced catalogs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 In Europe, Parco was the big distributor. They also produced catalogs. Hey Willsy, good heads up. I did a search, and old WHTECH came through again. The Parco Electrics catalog also has program listings... ftp://ftp.whtech.com/user%20groups/TIHCUC-England/TIHCUC-England-1985-Winter.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjduplooy Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Willsy's mention of Parco brought back a lot of memories right now. Living in South Africa limited my "experience" with the Texy. I had to rely on some digging in order to get software etc for the TI. In SA there were two sources available, Compute Magazine, and a magazine of which the name evades me now. So after seeing an ad in one of the mags, I sent out a letter to Parco, and Voila, a month later, their catalogue arrived. Years later, I found a supplier in SA with their own catalogue. O and after typing in the program listings from the magazines, and saving it, I cut out advertisements about the TI and pasted them in a book (which I still have) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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