Posted by: RichP - 11-26-2014, 09:56 AM - Forum: For Sale
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I've been contacted by a person who lives in Derry, NH and has some TI equipment available for anyone who wants to pick it up. It sounds like he has several consoles, an expansion box, a Super Sketch, and various cartridges and documentation. If you are near him and are interested, PM or email me and I will forward your contact info to him so that you can sort out the details.
If you're not familiar with the OSCAR, the name is an acronym for 'Optical Scanning Reader'. It runs on batteries, and connects to the cassette port of the TI. You use the wand to scan programs that are printed in bar code format into the computer rather than typing them in. The auction includes the original box, the OSCAR, the cassette cable, manual, a plastic scanning guide, and a binder full of programs.
At this year's Chicago TI Faire, 2 DVD disks of files were given out. I offered to host copies of them here on 99er.net, but I'm not sure now if that will be feasible due to the fact that they are so large in size.
In the meantime, I created bit-torrents for them, and have been seeding them.
I originally started seeding just the ISO images since that's the format that I plan on having here for download. However, it was pointed out that it may be preferable to have the contents of the disks torrented instead of just the ISO files. By that time, the ISO files were already being downloaded and seeded by others, so I am still offering them here. Unless you know that you want them in ISO format, you should just download the ones with the multiple files since it will be faster.
Posted by: RichP - 11-03-2014, 10:51 AM - Forum: Ebay
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I am auctioning off a Super Sketch drawing device.Sold!
The item has been tested and works fine, but it should be noted that the drawing area has 'groves' cut into it. I'm not sure if these are from the stylus, or if they were melted in.
When I tested it, the grooved did not interfere with drawing- it would be even less so if you were tracing a piece of paper.
Hey all, just registered for an account since I just bought a TI-99/4A in box for $5. So I would like to use an old cassette tape player I have to write programs to and play programs from. I don't have a cable but seems easy to fabricate. I found one pin out guide online but I was hoping someone had a real easy to follow guide. For instance pins 1 and 2 go to 3.5mm plug for mic, etc...(that was a Hypothetical). Also I have audacity loaded but not sure if I have to make any changes to the com port on the PC when interfacing. Thanks in advance for all the help.
TI-99 fans with Android phones can now carry their favorite computer around in their pocket. The new Droid99 is a TI-99/4A emulator written by Eric Lorimar (EML Labs) and can be downloaded from the Google Play store like any other Android app. A TI-99 emulator has been a long time coming- most of the other classic computers have had emulators on Android and iPhone for a while now. I had been able to get an older DOS TI-99 emulator running under a DOS Box app, but it was really clunky and slow. Droid99 is waaaay easier.
Droid99 installed and ran on my Samsung Galaxy S5 without any problems, and worked great. It emulates VDP graphics, CPU, keyboard, joystick, sound, and one 180K disk drive. Once you start the app, you're presented with the TI-99/4A boot screen and a TI keyboard if you're in portrait mode (turned sideways, landscape, the TI screen goes full-screen). Near the bottom of the screen, there are save, load and setting buttons. The save/load will save the state of the emulator so that you can just load it back up later. Tapping the 'settings' button takes you to a screen where you can choose which cartridge to use or load ROM and disk images.
There are currently 15 cartridges pre-installed in the app: Demonstration, A-MAZE-ING, Car Wars, Diagnostics, Tunnels of Doom, Blackjack, Football, Hustle, Video Chess, TI Invaders, Parsec, Early Learning Fun, Music Maker, Mini Memory, and Editor/Assembler. The author notes that if there is enough interest, he may add the ability to add custom ROMs from non-TI sources. The settings screen also has an option to enable a debug socket (instructions are provided on the app website).
So far, I've found the on-screen TI99 keyboard very usable. Below the keyboard, there are 'joystick' buttons for playing games- left, right, up, down, and fire. I'm still testing the emulator out, but it's been working great for me. In any case, I certainly can't complain, given the price (free!). The author has made the source code available on Github. For more information as well as the debug instructions, visit Eric's site at http://ericlorimer.com/droid99/ .
Anyone out there has this card.
Looking for photos of both sides as well as a schematic.
Also, any other info on the card you might have...pdf of the original manual
Also any info on accessories for it that might have been produced?
There are 2 options connectors on the board.
I'm selling some of my doubles, and I thought I'd try selling them here before ebay.
The more common carts are in good shape and $2.75 unless otherwise noted. If there's damage, writing, etc., I'm posting a picture.
Payment only accepted via Paypal; Shipping will be actual cost (USPS priority).
Qbert - $5.75Sold!
Label missing, but works fine.
Popeye - $5.75Sold!
Torn label, has some writing on it. Tested, works.
Shamus - $5.75Sold!
Donkey Kong - $5.75 Sold!
Pole Position - $5.75Sold!
Microsoft Multiplan - $5.75Cart only, no binder/docs
The following are $2.75 each:
Household Budget Management
Indoor Soccer
Parsec
Hopper
Number Magic
Alligator Mix
Home Financial Decisions
Hangman
Car Wars
Disk Manager 2
Early Reading
BurgerTime
Beginning Grammar
Personal Record Keeping
Chisholm Trail
Tunnels of Doom
Super Demon Attack
Star Trek
Football
The Attack
If you are interested in any of these, PM me or email me at [email protected]
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