MaDDuck Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Hey All... i dusted off by beige 99 and have her set up again. I'm using a WICO adapter with Kraft mazemaster joysticks going through a composite cable to a Toshiba flat CRT and it looks beautiful! I passed my PEB on to a friend so I need to get set back up. To get up to speed, I'm checking out arcadeshopper's, "Extended Basic v2.7 Suite" It looks like a great Swiss army knife cartridge. Also the nanoPEB looks great. It seems a bit too easy to use. Anybody running one here? And to top it all off, an F18A!! Will it really display all screen modes through VGA? Is there anything that trips it up or that it cannot display correctly. And lastly, what ever happened to www.texintreasures.com ? I ordered from them years ago, got my current system from them actually, and had a great experience. Thanks all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Texin*Treasures still sells stuff online through their eBay store. MDUDE is the seller ID. NanoPEBs are no longer made by the designer. Several of us have contacted him to try and get the rights to make more of them, so far without success. One note with the XB 2.7 cartridge: if you don't have 32K attached to your machine, most of the cartridge won't work. A lot of the utilities in it are lobbed into the expansion memory and launched from there--this cartridge and many of the new multicartridges use the same load-and-launch philosophy. It is possible to make huge cartridges that run solely from cartridge space, but things like that have to be developed from scratch or by careful modifications to existing programs. Modifications like that are generally time-consuming and not worth the overall effort, especially when considering that there are alternatives, as noted above. Rasmus went through and modified the Atarisoft images to make a console-only multicart image for them (and it includes two unreleased Ararisoft games in addition to all of the released titles), and Acadiel made a nice image that incorporated about 60 of the 8K cartridge images released for the TI. It doesn't require anything but the console either. The F18A is a fantastic peripheral enhancement. It will do anything a TMS9918A will, but the output will be VGA compatible. Definitely a good thing to have if you don't have an older monitor or TV set. It also incorporates some additional features, like more sprites on a line, an 80-column text mode, and an entire TMS9900 processor core that runs inside the VDP. A few great programs now take advantage of its features, and it is popular enough that there will soon be more. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 ...so welcome to the show :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 Sounds great! I appreciate the insight, Ksarul. I saw this link from VertexRoli: http://www.stargames.be/shop/105-accessoires It looks like it is available. Is this still accurate? I got a PM from Ω TI pointing me to a couple of his VERY useful threads, one saying that the F18A is out of production too. Is there another way to add 32K without a PEB or major-A$$ soldering? That's what appealed most to me about the microPEB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 ...so welcome to the show :) Thanks schmitzi!! I haven't heavily posted here since 2006-2009. Now I'm back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I have sent you the Link to the F18A, or just here: http://codehackcreate.com/store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Welcome back to the TI It really is a great time to get back into the system with all the great new hardware and software that has been coming out lately 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I got a PM from Ω TI pointing me to a couple of his VERY useful threads, one saying that the F18A is out of production too. I Ah, no, just the Nano-PEB is out of production. The F18A is available << HERE >> Matthew currently has 6 available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 I have sent you the Link to the F18A, or just here: http://codehackcreate.com/store So it *IS* still gettable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 yep. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 What about arcadeshopper's, "Extended Basic v2.7 Suite"? How long is he usually out of stock before they are back up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 And matthew makes more whenever he runs out of stock, so it should be around for a good long while. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I build the bare boards for the XB 2.7 Suite cartridges--he's waiting for me to finish a batch of boards and send them to him right now. . . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 Great Ksarul! I'll keep my eyes peeled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 So it *IS* still gettable? Oh heck yeah! Around here, more people use the F18A than the stock video! Refer to: << this most recent poll >>. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) Just ordered one. The wife may KILL me. LOL Will a cable like this work to hook her up? http://www.ebay.com/itm/HDMI-Gold-Male-To-VGA-HD-15-Male-15Pin-Adapter-Cable-6FT-1-8M-1080P-/361517185626?hash=item542c1a7a5a:g:9hgAAOSwKOhW8eF4 Or something more like this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/VGA-Male-To-HDMI-Output-1080P-HD-Audio-Video-TV-AV-HDTV-Cable-Converter-Adapter-/172180568018?hash=item2816c2f7d2:g:79UAAOSw4hdXHtYh Edited May 28, 2016 by MaDDuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) Just ordered one. The wife may KILL me. LOL Will a cable like this work to hook her up? http://www.ebay.com/itm/HDMI-Gold-Male-To-VGA-HD-15-Male-15Pin-Adapter-Cable-6FT-1-8M-1080P-/361517185626?hash=item542c1a7a5a:g:9hgAAOSwKOhW8eF4 More like: << THIS ONE >> Hopefully your monitor or TV has a VGA input. Otherwise, you'll probably also need << THIS KIND OF ADAPTER >> Okay, saw you edited your message @2:44, yes, that converter one should do the job. Edited May 28, 2016 by --- Ω --- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) Thanks Ω, I like the one that you linked better. Except I HATE wallwart AC adapters. It looks like it will work great. I'll get that, and a VGA to VGA cable to go from my 99 to the box, and an HDMI cable to go to my TV. My TV doesn't have native VGA unfortunately. As a side note, I got in on the kickstarter for this piece of kit: https://www.facebook.com/hdretrovision/?fref=ts It gives a strong 240p component picture for the SEGA GENESIS. I've started to "chase the unicorn" for the best video quality for my systems. Between my Chameleon Turbo on my C-64, and Framemeister for SNES, this will fit in perfectly. BTW, you *NEVER* catch the unicorn. But it's a hell of a ride to try. Edited May 28, 2016 by MaDDuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 Oh and this for the audio: http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-5mm-1-8-Male-Stereo-Mini-plug-Jack-TO-2-RCA-Stereo-Phono-Audio-Speaker-CABLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnuphis Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) Welcome back! I myself have returned recently. I bought a populated PEB a few years back from Texin Treasures. Great guy. Glad he is still around. I never had space to set the system up permanently so it was sat in storage. We finally got a house that has a spare room I can use as a hobby room so I can set up some retro systems permanently. Like you I am discovering all the neat things I have been missing in the TI scene. It's a great time to come back. I got the F18A a couple of weeks ago and it is amazing. I would say it's purchase #1, followed up by the PEB and memory. Edited May 28, 2016 by Arnuphis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphirschler Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Welcome to TI paradise, MaDDuck! Sad news about the NanoPEB. I must've gotten one of the last ones he made. I sincerely hope somebody else can carry on making it, and maybe even improving the design someday. Highly recommend the F18A, and even though mine has not arrived yet, the FlashROM cart. Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Got an order confirmation from codehackcreate. I should get it soon. After the weekend After memorial day After I get more desk space cleared up to set up in my main game area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphirschler Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Congratulations. You won't regret it. I love my F18A. Darryl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Cool! What computer was the F18A in natively? All I have to do know is wait, Oh, and I'll have to dig up my Dremel! I haven't seen it in years... I have everything on its way. If only I could get a nanoPEB or other flash storage/RAM solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 The F18A was designed as a drop-in replacement for any TMS9918A VDP. It was never truly native to any machine out there--but it has been installed in a very wide spectrum of machines that use the TMS9918A VDP, with a very large number of them in TI-99/4As. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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