+mizapf Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Today's 25 years of German Unity. Time flies, really. Can't believe. Sometimes I wished we dared to turn it just a bit more into something like your July 4th and a bit less like a Memorial Day ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1933 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Today's 25 years of German Unity. Time flies, really. Can't believe. Sometimes I wished we dared to turn it just a bit more into something like your July 4th and a bit less like a Memorial Day ... There seems to be no pleasing some people, you had David Hasselhoff singing and dancing on the wall, what more do you need??? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Today's 25 years of German Unity. Time flies, really. Can't believe. Sometimes I wished we dared to turn it just a bit more into something like your July 4th and a bit less like a Memorial Day ... I can see that, and I have to say I cannot disagree. Why not start a movement? I cannot imagine that you are the only one who feels this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 This image blew me away, the light levels being dimmer, the size of the sun on the horizon... it looks so inviting... then you think about the lack of pressure and a breathable atmosphere... OT, but still cool! (BTW - Click on image to enlarge the view) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMole Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 ^^^ That is the coolest post in this thread! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyerd Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) At the local Transfer Station today and I noticed the CRT TV and computer graveyard in a corner behind the office. I asked if I could have a poke around and she said "Sure, just not the towers". I assumed she meant the old computers, as I suppose they have higher scrap value? I was only interested in 4:3 LCD monitors and after lifting up some old CRT TVs, I came across this:- Needs a 12v PSU, but it doesn't look in bad nick. Screen looks scratch free, and just a couple of scratches on the bezel. VGA only and has built-in speakers. Just the job for my vintage collection! Found a 12v PSU, so I connect up to my PC to test. Edited October 17, 2015 by wyerd 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Nice find 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) Nice !!! It could be perfect for a TI99 with F18A ! Edited October 17, 2015 by ti99iuc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyerd Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Nice !!! It could be perfect for a TI99 with F18A ! Needs a good clean first, but just the idea I had. Feeling pretty chuffed! I wonder what else is lurking around there? Another poke around is in order during my next visit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 yes, and should be compatible, as all Compaq-Founders came from Texas Instruments RMSAAED 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Zap! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 At the Portland Game Convention this year.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GYotc1Mo3g Who would have figured that they could do this on a 2600. Anything like this on the TI that I may have overlooked? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Another fun one: Zippy the Porcupine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW6937P5eAI And here in color, four level demo, without the convention noise. I actually would not mind hearing the "sound test" for this game. Sounds like a really good conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 At the Portland Game Convention this year.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GYotc1Mo3g Who would have figured that they could do this on a 2600. Anything like this on the TI that I may have overlooked? That Star Castle's pretty amazing, but that's got to be running on one of the accelerator carts...! They're doing amazing things with the 2600 hardware though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Best selling gimmick ever. Too bad there are no TI carts. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 262059376156 Believe it or not (and you do believe it, I am certain,) there is quite a lot of exhibitionism on eBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I never noticed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 At the Portland Game Convention this year.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GYotc1Mo3g Who would have figured that they could do this on a 2600. Anything like this on the TI that I may have overlooked? Yeah I picked up this cart this weekend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1933 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Zap! Spot the TI title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 @am1933 heheheheheh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 You lost me with the Mitsubishi A6M (Zero). Now if you just like WWII air frames from that era, I much prefer the... Vought F4U Corsair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 F4U Zap makes absolutely no sense 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 F4U Zap makes absolutely no sense GROAN... I totally missed that connection. I feel so stoooop id! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 GROAN... I totally missed that connection. I feel so stoooop id! Yeah, but I should have said it makes ZERO sense! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Today is "Back to the Future" day, the date on which Marty McFly arrives in the future from 1984. Theaters in numerous areas are showing the entire trilogy today, and the 30th anniversary collection is available on BluRay and DVD. But it is more than just a marketing gimmick. It strikes me that 1984 was 30 years ago. On this date I was barely 11 years-old and just starting fifth grade. I recently found some "news articles" I wrote for a school assignment which had me with two kids and running a trans-national technology company. The future was wide as the sky back then and so much was happening, both good and bad. This year I was programming on an Apple ][+ in my gifted class, the family had purchased a TI-99/4A for Christmas prior and I was learning between the two, we had a big birthday party for me in class which I recorded on my TI program recorder (still have the tape,) I started teaching myself about electricity and electronics and wrote about these lessons to a pen-pal in some other country I cannot recall. I learned the thrill of love and the heartbreak of losing love. I learned all of the bones in the body. My teacher read us one of the "Soup" books (not the "Chicken Soup for the xxx" books, but the character,) and this year we started getting more involved in current events with KTHI channel 11 and I first heard of AIDS. One of my dad's friends knew of my intellectual curiosities and took me to see "2001: A Space Odyssey," after having loaned me his "Fellowship of the Rings" book tetralogy (including "The Hobbit," of course.) And I could not have been any more proud than every Tuesday when I wore my Cub Scout uniform to school, perfectly pressed and squared away in preparation for our pack meeting after school. Every day was about learning something new. I still like to learn as much as I can and apply it anywhere possible, today. What about you? Oh, and how could I forget?? This was the year we got our family dog who quickly became a member of our family and was with us for 14 years. We shared the back seat of a 1977 AMC Hornet Sportabout station wagon for many a family road trip bisecting the country down I-29 and down to Florida, many camping and fishing trips, and romps through the woods and the field which divided the housing area with the base WSA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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