OPA Gary!

[Gary from OPA]

2 hours ago, Willsy said:

You made "The Register" today Gary! 

 

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/01/hack_nintendos_alarmo/

Totally different Gary... But not fun at all that he shares the same first name as me. Ugh.

[JasonACT]

I was hoping it wasn't you!

[+Vorticon]

That guy bought the device and he is free to do whatever he wants with it as long as he does not distribute the files on the eSIM. Detailing how to hack the device is not illegal.

[SteveB]

On 10/30/2024 at 9:28 PM, GDMike said:

Nope.

its own windows environment..

I think it could be done in forth easier than assy. Especially since you're going to probably use words to build structure with..

But again I don't know. if I did I would have made it already. 

But I think with the hardware we have as in TIPI, large RAM disks, Sam's, that some sort of desktop windows looking mouse driven workspace software might be ideal.

I think forth could make a pretty good memory manager software, and that's probably where everything should start and be built upon.

 

Oh sorry, I totally misread this.

 

For memory and performance reasons, this should be text-based, like Borland's Turbo Vision for DOS, right? I also liked the way dbase and Clipper handled the UI. At least in my fading memory it looks good ... didn't it?

[Gary from OPA]

One of my neighbors was junking a perfectly good 24" Samsung SyncMaster as it only had VGA input, so I grabbed it and placed it on #TI99 system and moved my HP 25" monitor over to the 99/22 setup as, it will be using the Tang Nano 20k FPGA #V9938 project on it which outputs HDMI.

[Gary from OPA]

Asmusr recently added P-CODE "USCD Pascal" support to his JS99'er emulator, so our custom edition on https://TI99ers.com has now been updated, which by default runs our OPA Micro-Manager with V9938 enabled. Plus the Software button and More submenu has been fixed. Enjoy! 🕹️

[Gary from OPA]

I decided it's time for a GaryOPA Bluesky profile, since so many have recently left for other platforms.

 

I will continue to support all social media places, but this way I can continue to stay in contact with all my TI99 and Retro Technology supporters.

https://bsky.app/profile/garyopa.bsky.social

 

[Gary from OPA]

Asmusr on my request has added a way to preload a floppy disk, so now our OPA Special Edition of his JS99'er emulator at https://TI99ers.com comes with a collection of our Phoenix 2001 Software from our GitHub repos, and an early sneak preview of Bookkeeper and RAMOS. Enjoy!

[Gary from OPA]

I recently had the pleasure of helping out a tiny bit to improve the University of Hamburg Computer Museum TI99 exhibit, which honors the early era of digital computer graphics artwork by the legendary late Herbert W. Franke.

 

It's worth the trip to visit.

 

https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/home/about/museum.html

 

[Gary from OPA]

Happy Thanksgiving to all #TI99'ers in America.

 

Sadly 41 years ago, Texas Instruments decided to drop our beloved Home Computer, which by Black Friday, November 1983 was now only $99, so in honor of this event & holiday, here is a TI BASIC program which displays a Turkey! 🦃

 

 

1 REM TI-99/4A TURKEY
2 REM BY JOEY LATIMER
3 REM When the relatives arrive at your house on Thanksgiving day
4 REM to the sweet aroma of a cooking turkey, keep them out of your way in the kitchen.
5 REM Set up your computer with a totally different kind of Turkey for them to feast their eyes on.
6 REM First Published in "Family Computing" Magazine, Issue 03 - Pages 106 to 110 - November 1983
7 REM Reprinted 41 years later by GaryOPA from "OPA Phoenix Technologies" - Enjoy - November 2024
10 CALL CLEAR
20 CALL SCREEN(2)
30 READ CS,CHAR,F,B
40 IF CS=0 THEN 120
50 CALL COLOR(CS,F,B)
60 READ X,Y
70 FOR COLUMN=X TO Y
80 READ ROW,REP
90 CALL VCHAR(ROW,COLUMN,CHAR,REP)
100 NEXT COLUMN
110 GOTO 30
120 CALL COLOR(6,16,6)
130 CALL HCHAR(7,15,79,1)
140 CALL HCHAR(7,17,79,1)
150 CALL COLOR(7,12,7)
160 CALL HCHAR(8,16,86,1)
170 CALL COLOR(11,10,7)
180 FOR ROW=9 TO 11
190 CALL VCHAR(ROW,16,118,3)
200 NEXT ROW
210 GOTO 210
1000 DATA 2,40,7,1,1,32,10,4,9,6,8,8,7,10,7
1010 DATA 10,5,11,4,5,3,5,3,3,3,3,2,4,2,3,2,2
1020 DATA 1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,3,1,3,2,2,2,2
1030 DATA 2,3,3,4,4,3,4,12,5,12,5,11,8,8,10,5
1040 DATA 10,5,11,3,12,125,12,1,6,27,9,4,9,6
1050 DATA 8,6,6,7,6,6,6,5,5,5,4,6,3,3,3,2,3,2
1060 DATA 3,2,3,3,4,6,4,6,4,7,4,8,5,8,7,7,7,8
1070 DATA 8,6,9,4,7,85,15,1,6,9,16,4,15,5,14
1080 DATA 5,13,5,7,85,15,1,23,26,13,5,14,5,14
1090 DATA 6,16,4,9,96,7,7,10,22,12,8,11,10,10
1100 DATA 12,10,12,6,16,5,17,5,17,5,17,6,16
1110 DATA 10,12,10,12,11,10,12,8,8,94,12,1,12
1120 DATA 14,24,1,22,2,24,1,8,94,12,1,18,20
1130 DATA 24,1,22,2,24,1,0,0,0,0

 

TURKEY Turkey.txt

[Duewester]

15 minutes ago, Gary from OPA said:

Happy Thanksgiving to all #TI99'ers in America.

 

Sadly 41 years ago, Texas Instruments decided to drop our beloved Home Computer, which by Black Friday, November 1983 was now only $99, so in honor of this event & holiday, here is a TI BASIC program which displays a Turkey! 🦃

 

 

1 REM TI-99/4A TURKEY
2 REM BY JOEY LATIMER
3 REM When the relatives arrive at your house on Thanksgiving day
4 REM to the sweet aroma of a cooking turkey, keep them out of your way in the kitchen.
5 REM Set up your computer with a totally different kind of Turkey for them to feast their eyes on.
6 REM First Published in "Family Computing" Magazine, Issue 03 - Pages 106 to 110 - November 1983
7 REM Reprinted 41 years later by GaryOPA from "OPA Phoenix Technologies" - Enjoy - November 2024
10 CALL CLEAR
20 CALL SCREEN(2)
30 READ CS,CHAR,F,B
40 IF CS=0 THEN 120
50 CALL COLOR(CS,F,B)
60 READ X,Y
70 FOR COLUMN=X TO Y
80 READ ROW,REP
90 CALL VCHAR(ROW,COLUMN,CHAR,REP)
100 NEXT COLUMN
110 GOTO 30
120 CALL COLOR(6,16,6)
130 CALL HCHAR(7,15,79,1)
140 CALL HCHAR(7,17,79,1)
150 CALL COLOR(7,12,7)
160 CALL HCHAR(8,16,86,1)
170 CALL COLOR(11,10,7)
180 FOR ROW=9 TO 11
190 CALL VCHAR(ROW,16,118,3)
200 NEXT ROW
210 GOTO 210
1000 DATA 2,40,7,1,1,32,10,4,9,6,8,8,7,10,7
1010 DATA 10,5,11,4,5,3,5,3,3,3,3,2,4,2,3,2,2
1020 DATA 1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,3,1,3,2,2,2,2
1030 DATA 2,3,3,4,4,3,4,12,5,12,5,11,8,8,10,5
1040 DATA 10,5,11,3,12,125,12,1,6,27,9,4,9,6
1050 DATA 8,6,6,7,6,6,6,5,5,5,4,6,3,3,3,2,3,2
1060 DATA 3,2,3,3,4,6,4,6,4,7,4,8,5,8,7,7,7,8
1070 DATA 8,6,9,4,7,85,15,1,6,9,16,4,15,5,14
1080 DATA 5,13,5,7,85,15,1,23,26,13,5,14,5,14
1090 DATA 6,16,4,9,96,7,7,10,22,12,8,11,10,10
1100 DATA 12,10,12,6,16,5,17,5,17,5,17,6,16
1110 DATA 10,12,10,12,11,10,12,8,8,94,12,1,12
1120 DATA 14,24,1,22,2,24,1,8,94,12,1,18,20
1130 DATA 24,1,22,2,24,1,0,0,0,0

 

TURKEY 2.13 kB · 0 downloads Turkey.txt 1.55 kB · 0 downloads

From a thankful yank - thank you and a Happy Thanksgiving to you.

[+Ksarul]

On 11/17/2024 at 10:50 PM, Gary from OPA said:

Notice several nice things about the console they are using: it is the earliest version as released in Europe with the speaker under the grille and the volume slide at the front of the cartridge port. Oddly enough,I was looking at mine of that variant today. This variant also feeds DC voltages into the console, as there is no internal power supply board. The connector is the same though, so using the wrong power supply is a really quick way to destroy the console.

 

The other thing is the nice multicolor, multilingual overlay for the Video Graphs cartridge. The cartridge itself is of much later vintage, but that overlay belongs with the earliest ones put together in Almelo, Holland. There were very few of these consoles in existence, as they were only made during the last weeks of 1979 and the first weeks of 1980. Mine is from 02/80.

[jhd]

On 10/23/2024 at 2:36 PM, Gary from OPA said:

Having a crazy ass day.. Somehow, someone was able to authorize as me with Bell Canada and cancel my 8 gigabyte Internet service and asked for mailing package to return my modem, so I no longer have Internet

 

I'm a bit late to the party, but I very recently had the opposite issue with Bell.

 

Due to health issues, my elderly Mother has had to give-up her apartment and move into a senior's facility. Bell was extremely reluctant to cancel her account and accept return of the equipment. They kept demanding to speak directly with the customer, despite my explaining that she is currently in hospital and so unreachable. I asked to speak to a supervisor, but I never did get a response. 

 

We ultimately decided to cancel the automatic monthly bill payments out of Mother's bank account. We figured that would get their attention. 

[globeron]

On 11/29/2024 at 10:13 AM, Ksarul said:

Notice several nice things about the console they are using: it is the earliest version as released in Europe with the speaker under the grille and the volume slide at the front of the cartridge port. Oddly enough,I was looking at mine of that variant today. This variant also feeds DC voltages into the console, as there is no internal power supply board. The connector is the same though, so using the wrong power supply is a really quick way to destroy the console.

 

The other thing is the nice multicolor, multilingual overlay for the Video Graphs cartridge. The cartridge itself is of much later vintage, but that overlay belongs with the earliest ones put together in Almelo, Holland. There were very few of these consoles in existence, as they were only made during the last weeks of 1979 and the first weeks of 1980. Mine is from 02/80.

 

RE: The connector is the same though, so using the wrong power supply is a really quick way to destroy the console.   

>> Mine has a different connection (the BIG pin)

>> I have the difference pictures of both /4 versions in one of the forum and on TI99VIDEOS  (and selling both versions via Ebay).

 

 

 

 

[Gary from OPA]

After a few weeks of renovations at my condo, I have now finally completed everything, and setup all my various workstations, with a PC Desktop area, a Retro Wall of #TI99 systems, a new Office Laptop area near the windows, and a Den Workshop area. More space to expand is good!🥰

[Serafini Lapo]

10 hours ago, Gary from OPA said:

Dopo alcune settimane di ristrutturazione del mio condominio, ho finalmente completato tutto e ho allestito tutte le mie varie postazioni di lavoro, con un'area PC Desktop, un Retro Wall di sistemi #TI99, una nuova area Office Laptop vicino alle finestre e un'area Den Workshop. Più spazio per espandersi è una buona cosa! 🥰

What a beauty for the eyes..🤩

I don't know if you've read the news about

a sheik who offered a huge sum to repeat Mike Tyson's last fight...

Gary, if by chance one of these sheiks had a passion for Ti99,

seeing these wonders he would offer at least 1,000,000 dollars

for everything he sees in your photos👍🏻😅