dabone Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I never had a 99/4a growing up, but I'm thinking about adding one currently. My collection currently has Commodores, Apples, Atari, TRS-80's, Coco's, and early PC's. My goal with the 99 is having a standard unit and a multicart to play with it occasionally. What cart is available for purchase just to show off the old system? (I'm looking for a Ti equivalent of the megarom cart for the Vic-20, just plug in and enjoy alot of games..) Thanks, Later, dabone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 In a nutshell the best thing to get would be the 2048 multigames 1-4 cart.. that has the most games in one cartridge.. It requires memory expansion to work so you will either need to purchase a sidecar 32k expansion, nanopeb, cf7 OR modified console with 32k onboard. There are some made available periodically via the forum here. And of course there are ebay auctions for some of these items. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabone Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 "2048 multigames 1-4 cart" And where is this available from? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectrexroli Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Hi dabone, I don´t know how much experience you already have with a TI-99/4A, but just in case this video might be helpful for you: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I provide the multicarts (and a lot of others). It is also possible to get them from Arcadeshopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+arcadeshopper Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 "2048 multigames 1-4 cart" And where is this available from? Thanks. www.arcadeshopper.com click on store ti99 games Sent from my LG-H811 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabone Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 I already ordered one, but you show out of stock on it anyway. On a side note, can any of the emulators run the multirom images? I was going to play around while I wait for the computer, ram upgrade, and cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Classic99 can be used to run them. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I already ordered one, but you show out of stock on it anyway. On a side note, can any of the emulators run the multirom images? I was going to play around while I wait for the computer, ram upgrade, and cart. I build up stock and sell them over time one will be available soon.. Was waiting on some parts that arrived today to build more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 It generally takes both of us building boards to keep up with the community. That's a good thing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabone Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Well, my TI arrived today, and looks great. I'll try hooking it up and looking at basic only until next week sometime. I got the static ram, but the 74ls21 won't arrive until friday or saturday. Later, dabone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Well, my TI arrived today, and looks great. Enjoy the ride! Once you get it all hooked up take a pic or two and post them << HERE >> Welcome aboard! Oh, if I can make a suggestion... that RASMUS "8N1" cartridge will give you a whole lot of fun if you decide to get it to go with your console once that 32K is installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabone Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Ok, 32k 8 bit memory upgrade installed, but I'm currently unable to test it. (I have nothing but the machine, no carts, nothing....) Just on a side note, it works alot better if you mount the 7421 to the CORRECT 74138.... Doh!. Now awaiting my multicart. Later, dabone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 There is a way to determine size of RAM in BASIC... You can use DIM statements to reserve space in RAM for your variables. I don't remember exactly how I did it before, but I'm sure someone will remember how to do it. I don't have my TI set up right now, but I will have it up and running later this week, in case someone can't get you the test you need before then. Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Now awaiting my multicart. Which one did you order? XB2.7S? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 There is a way to determine size of RAM in BASIC... You can use DIM statements to reserve space in RAM for your variables. I don't remember exactly how I did it before, but I'm sure someone will remember how to do it. I don't have my TI set up right now, but I will have it up and running later this week, in case someone can't get you the test you need before then. Welcome to the forum. The technique I always remembered was: 10 A=A+8 20 GOSUB 10 Run that, when it runs out of memory, PRINT A. (Something nags me that I have the number wrong...) But it doesn't matter in this case, TI BASIC can't use the 32k memory expansion, it only uses the 16k VRAM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabone Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Which one did you order? XB2.7S? I ordered one of Ksarul's 2048 carts. I forgot, now I need to build my atari joystick interface. I should have all the parts for that laying around. Later, dabone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabone Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 And, the cart came in the mail today. And didn't work at first. But after plugging and unplugging a few times, it all seems to be working fine. Joystick interface tomorrow! Later, dabone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I ordered one of Ksarul's 2048 carts. I forgot, now I need to build my atari joystick interface. I should have all the parts for that laying around. Later, dabone Yeah, the TI is a hobby great hobby because there is always ONE MORE THING ... it never ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Sounds like you had a dirty cartridge port at first--you might want to double check that you don't have the evil cartridge port felt still in there (it coats the cartridge fingers with oil, but it also collects dust and other crap until it starts shorting everything out (metal dust is a bad thing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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