Airshack Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) Project #2 is going well! Console is working (easy fix - the switch cover was not seated on the switch) and now is painted. I am awaiting an F18A to become available. Orange TI99 01.JPG Orange TI99 02.JPG Orange TI99 03.JPG Orange TI99 04.JPG This orange TI is awesome! Looks like something from 1965-1974 era. Details please on how to best paint the beige away. Sanding? Primer? Special plastic paint? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Edited November 15, 2018 by Airshack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 It's probably the only TI here on AtariAge that most closely resembles the original TI black & orange cartridge labels! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoodland Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 This orange TI is awesome! Looks like something from 1965-1974 era. Details please on how to best paint the beige away. Sanding? Primer? Special plastic paint? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro I used Rust-Oleum Painters Touch 2X "Real Orange" and "Satin Clear" spray paint. I disassembled the console. I only painted the top bezel. I removed the cartridge cover bracket. Using a hair dryer, I heated up the logo sticker on the top and removed it using a small plastic screwdriver (this worked well and I would have re-used it but it had a scratch on it, so I printed a new one on photo paper, laminated it, then cut it to fit. I used double-sided tape to reattach). I cleaned the top bezel using dish soap and warm water, then rinsed with warm water. After it had dried, I took a cotton ball with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol and rubbed the entire top bezel (over and under). I then painted the top bezel, doing a very thin coat. I let it dry for 1 hour, then did a second thin coat. After another hour, I did a third thin coat. I held the can about 8" from the top bezel and would start spraying and stop spraying in the air away from the top bezel, then using a sweeping motion from side to side taking care to paint evenly. I let it dry for 24 Hours and then did the same process to the underside of the top bezel. I then let the top bezel dry for 48 Hours. After that, I sprayed the clear coat using the same process (3 thin coats) on the top bezel, top side only (not the underside). I did not use primer as it was integrated into the paint. I did not sand between coats (I would have if something had gotten into the wet paint). After 48 hours, I reassembled the console! I made the TI-99/4A on the label green to compliment the orange color. I also filled in the line on the power switch using a green crayon. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Perfectly detailed response. I’ve saved this message for a future De-Beige-ing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TI99_IN_TX Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Hello Hello, fairly New 99er here. I've recently bought a few machines and repaired and restored some of them to working condition. I recently purchased a large lot of cassette tape programs and will be recording them and archiving them for people to download and try out on their machines. There isn't a very large library of cassette programs online and I figured this would be a good winter project of TI-99 Program Archiving. Please feel free to contact me if you have interest in a project like this. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Hello Hello, fairly New 99er here. I've recently bought a few machines and repaired and restored some of them to working condition. I recently purchased a large lot of cassette tape programs and will be recording them and archiving them for people to download and try out on their machines. There isn't a very large library of cassette programs online and I figured this would be a good winter project of TI-99 Program Archiving. Please feel free to contact me if you have interest in a project like this. ebayti.jpg before you make too much effort look at http://ftp.whtech.com/Cassettes and make sure they aren't already there.. and I'm happy to upload anything new you come up with that's not there. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 Nice thing about those WAV files is that you can load them up in JS99'er if you do not have a real TI. If you do have have a real TI you can load them up, see if you like them, and if you do, save them as a DSK image on your PC then you can transfer the program to your TI using various methods. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 before you make too much effort look at http://ftp.whtech.com/Cassettes and make sure they aren't already there.. and I'm happy to upload anything new you come up with that's not there. Greg I never looked in the Cassettes directory before. Under Mini Memory it looks like it contains copies of the LINES demo? I find myself in need of the Mini Memory Line by Line Assembler cassette. Recently I have been hand entering machine code into Easy Bug. If someone could add the wav file I could really use it. http://ftp.whtech.com/Cassettes/Mini_Memory/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjduplooy Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Hi Contains both a dsk image and a wav file. Works in js99er LBLA.zip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 i did fire up the old TI and have started playing through some games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 I have been working for a week, with very good progress, on a port from the ZX Spectrum in the action-adventure genre. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Ooooooh..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Another wonderful addition to the fantastic collection of Rasmus' games. Turtles has been playing a lot of Flying Shark and Knight Lore lately. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Flying Shark is fantastic- i'm super terribad at it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 There’s also new cassette tape multi-game collections available at Arcadeshopper.com. They’re reasonably priced as well: https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/?page_id=11#!/Cassette/c/31711005/offset=0&sort=nameAsc Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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