Omega-TI Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 This thread is rather atypical from my norm, but after Gazoo's passing and reflecting on others who have left us << REFERENCED HERE >> I've pondered a few things... First, I was so pleased that Tony was able to fulfill his 20 year long quest to make a cartridge. I was beyond pleased that his last year must have been a blast seeing how wildly popular his Legacy Cartridge became. In my mind it's the best damn cartridge that has ever been made for the TI. Gazoo, I'm so glad you succeeded, now we all have something in our homes to remember a great guy. Now, after looking at the list in the link above, I realized as a community, we are all getting 'OLDER', sadly there are far too many names on that list, many I recognize, hell, many of us use the software written by a few of them. With the passing of each and everyone of the TI-gods, the knowledge pool shrinks, there is one less person to pass his knowledge and experience on to others, one less chance of someone writing the next awesome program or someone to design and build the next piece of hardware. What are we going to leave behind? How much time do we have left to leave something behind? Tony was only 57... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 If one day I log in and find that I'm the only one left here I will probably switch over to the CPC464 - my second favorite 8-bit home computer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 It is my hope to leave behind 10-15 original games, LoBR included. I also want to put out the SSGC compendium (with full manual) on tape and on diskette at some point. That one means alot to me, as I played a small part in helping motivate those excellent programmers to produce the brilliant games they did. Of course the games are free to DL, but I want to put the media out there for console-only folks or those without the ability to transfer files so that the games might be played on a real TI, even unexpanded... Which was kind of the point of that competition from the get-go. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+adamantyr Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I'll just be happy to finish my CRPG! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 It is my hope to leave behind 10-15 original games, LoBR included. I also want to put out the SSGC compendium (with full manual) on tape and on diskette at some point. That one means alot to me, as I played a small part in helping motivate those excellent programmers to produce the brilliant games they did. Of course the games are free to DL, but I want to put the media out there for console-only folks or those without the ability to transfer files so that the games might be played on a real TI, even unexpanded... Which was kind of the point of that competition from the get-go. That's a great idea Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 If one day I log in and find that I'm the only one left here I will probably switch over to the CPC464 - my second favorite 8-bit home computer. BLASPHEMY! If you're gonna go British on us, as least go for one of these: What a handsome machine! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I ain't done with Forth yet. TurboForth is only scratching the surface... There's more in me yet. I will convert you all, one by one 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 If one day I log in and find that I'm the only one left here I will probably switch over to the CPC464 - my second favorite 8-bit home computer. If I was going to leave the TI behind (no plans to) I'd move to the Atari ST. Still got an itch to blast out some 68K assembly on that motha...! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I generally produce at least one piece of software a year on average Let's see: Panzer Strike Close Action TI Lander Robot War Gravity Run Dedalus Core War Orbital Rendez-vous SkyChart Chaos Musings Musings in Artificial intelligence Pi Calculator Sim Rocket Hangman Lightpen Edition And a couple more in the oven While none are masterpieces by any stretch of the imagination, they are therapy for me as they help me escape from the stresses of the real world as well enjoy the opportunity to share with my fellow TIers. Priceless... As for the alternative to the TI (a horrible thought), it would have to be the Apple IIe. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Myself, I would be happy if I could just find the time to finish the last 1% of my testing on my BBS code, for the programming side. And the other. To meet as many TI buddies as I can. I have to agree with Willsy as far as the Atari ST is concerned. I don't know a lot about it, but it has always interested me. I think if I were to leave the TI (I don't see that hapening) then my next machine to finally get of my butt and learn would the the ST. I have even been pondering picking one up over the last few days! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I generally produce at least one piece of software a year on average Let's see: Panzer Strike Close Action TI Lander Robot War Gravity Run Dedalus Core War Orbital Rendez-vous SkyChart Chaos Musings Musings in Artificial intelligence Pi Calculator Sim Rocket Hangman Lightpen Edition And a couple more in the oven While none are masterpieces by any stretch of the imagination, they are therapy for me as they help me escape from the stresses of the real world as well enjoy the opportunity to share with my fellow TIers. Priceless... As for the alternative to the TI (a horrible thought), it would have to be the Apple IIe. Sadly I haven't played any of these except Panzer Strike (which is awesome BTW) I'll have to remedy this situation soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 BLASPHEMY! Blasphemy indeed! Now if I was going to abandon my beloved TI and turn traitor and go British, I'd go with one of these... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 This thread didn't really start in the 'funny' category, but things always turn light hearted here, which is very refreshing. I think, that if I was on my own, I'd still hobby around with the TI. But it certainly is more fun knowing this group is here actively enjoying the TI as well. I think if I were to investigate alternate retro-computing, I'd look at MSX2. Probably because of the 9938 and 9958 usage. And someday I'll pick up an Atari ST because it is the only platform I've found that has a decent 'Star Wars Arcade' game implementation. But, the TI lives in this evolutionary spot that feels really unique and special, besides being the platform the neighborhood girls of my youth would angrily suggest that I marry. But, as far as leaving a legacy... I'd like to suggest: github. It seems a natural fit for cross compiled projects, and there are tools now for extracting XB into text. Forth code seems a good fit there as well. Publicly visible repositories are free. This forum is a legacy as well. This August, I found thousands of pieces of information here, and jokes, and jabs, and more information. Quite a strong legacy already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Blasphemy indeed! Now if I was going to abandon my beloved TI and turn traitor and go British, I'd go with one of these... I believe that's what us Brits call a BBC Master System. They're very nice machines. If Acorn is your thang, you might want to check out the Acorn Archimedes - the worlds first RISC Micro, with the first generation ARM CPU. Now, pretty much every mobile made today has an ARM CPU core in it of some kind, including those made by Texas Instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Yeah there is an outfit over there that will restore and modernize them, complete with SS storage and practically every program known to exist on it. And yes the price with shipping is the only reason I don't have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith99er Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 If I were forced to leave my beloved silver and black TI99 machine for another, it would have to be the beige TI99. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 If I were forced to switch from my 99/4A, I would have to switch to my 99/8 as my primary system. . .or to my Geneve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Yeah there is an outfit over there that will restore and modernize them, complete with SS storage and practically every program known to exist on it. And yes the price with shipping is the only reason I don't have one. Which outfit is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Which outfit is that? If I remember correctly it's: http://www.retroclinic.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic1975 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) Here is my collection of computers. If my TI goes beyond repair or there would be no TI users my choice would be Yugoslav computer Orao (in english Eagle). It is black and white, have 6502 processor and sound like ZX Spectrum. Orao is in 3rd row on right. Orao was produced in my hometown Varaždin Edited October 8, 2015 by Manic1975 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Nice collection. Love the Commodore 128. Lovely machines. Is that an Amiga 500 or 600? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic1975 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Nice collection. Love the Commodore 128. Lovely machines. Is that an Amiga 500 or 600? It is Amiga 500. I have ACA-500 and Lotharek's HXC Floppy Emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic1975 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 In the last row is not Commodre 64, it is Commodore 16 expanded to 64k. I use C64 case. I must remove c64 label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 The Commodore 16 (anf the Plus/4) was a nice little machine, too. preferred the Plus/4 - liked the case design and the neat cursor keys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1933 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Don't really know what I would do without the old 4a, I would probably concentrate more on the Atari 8bits and my BBC, I would like to get a bit more indepth with the C128 at some point. But if I have to keep it British, I can try some of my other babies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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