sometimes99er Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Your Computer was a British computer magazine published monthly from 1981 to 1988. At one stage it was, in its own words, "Britain's biggest selling home computer magazine". It offered support across a wide range of computer formats, and included news, type-in program listings, and reviews of both software and hardware.I think I had at least a dozen of issues starting November 1982. Some coverage of the TI-99/4A now and then. December 1984 saw 276 pages. I think my last issue was February 1986.June 1983 saw this on page 46 ...https://archive.org/details/your-computer-magazine 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I remember the buzz around about the 99/8. After it failed to appear and TI dropped from the home computer market I stayed with my 99/4A until I could afford a replacement, which was my first Commodore 64 and a tape drive. An Enhancer 2000 disk drive came soon afterward, followed by a real 1541 so I could run GEOS. Ah, my young days. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) Here's a November 1982 TI-99/4A listing from Your Computer ... Edited February 27, 2017 by sometimes99er 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky007 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) you can also find hundred game listing here : http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=7&page=1 This magazine was really amazing... every week, a new listing for TI99 ( and for all other computer ). They proposed a challenge : everyobdy could send a program, and if it would be published, the programmer received +- 150 $. I remember when i was 8 years old: my parents bring me to supermarket every saturday. At the first second in shop, i ran like crazy to buy this magazine, and then spent the day in typing the listing .. I also tried my luck to be published with a music creation program, but i lost.. Edited March 10, 2011 by rocky007 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) you can also find hundred game listing here : http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=7&page=1 Very nice. Thanks for the link. Many TI-99/4A program listings to type in there. Good quality scans. Most in French though, and that would be another interesting aspect. Edited February 27, 2017 by sometimes99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 you can also find hundred game listing here : http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=7&page=1 Great Link !!! there is the 99magazine too !!! i have all the originals magazine and maybe i can save my time becouse it's are already scanned... i looking to contact the webmaster ThankYou 99er !! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humeur Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 you can also find hundred game listing here : http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=7&page=1 very good weekly review, with full program for all sorts of computer. jean louis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 The November 1981 issue of Your Computer magazine saw a review of the TI-99/4 (front page news). It actually was a TI-99/4 review, that's without the "A". However one photo, and the big one, shows the "A" and the full page ad in the same issue was also the "A". Both review and the ad have the price at 295 / around 299 British Pounds - about 600 US Dollars at the time. There's some good things said, and also some not so good ... It is an "old" computer, without the kind of features and facilities - such as Peek, Poke and the USR function - now taken granted on most personal computers. The on-board Basic is somewhat limited ... My main criticism of the machine is that it is very slow, as slow in fact as a ZX-81 operating in the Slow mode. Listing a program seems to take an age as the program is printed out a letter at a time. Conclusions The only real objection I have to the computer, and it is a major enough objection to discourage purchasers, is the speed of the machine: It is appallingly slow in many fields, and this lack of speed is not really acceptable nowadays. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Here's a November 1982 TI-99/4A listing from Your Computer ... your.computer.1982.11.p108.jpg This XB Line Plotter is pretty cool. If anyone wants to see it run but does not feel like typing it out. Here it is: 60 REM R.MATHEWS 70 REM TX SOFTWARE 80 REM LINE PLOTTER (TI994A EXTENED BASIC) 85 REM *********** 100 CT=96 110 CALL CLEAR 120 READ RW,CL,RW1,CL1 130 CALL PLOT(RW,CL,RW1,CL1,CT) 140 STOP 150 DATA 2,20,7,60 160 END 170 REM *********** 180 SUB PLOT(RW,CL,RW1,CL1,CT) 190 BIN(1),BIN(5)=8 :: BIN(2),BIN(6)=4 :: BIN(3),BIN(7)=2 :: BIN(4),BIN(=1 210 X1=RW1-RW :: Y1=CL1-CL :: Z1=MAX(ABS(X1),ABS(Y1)):: G=RW :: H=CL 240 FOR I=1 TO Z1 :: G=G+X1/Z1 :: H=H+Y1/Z1 :: RW=INT(G):: CL=INT(H) 250 CHRW=INT(RW/8.01+1):: CHCL=INT(CL/8.01+1) 260 PIXRW=RW-((CHRW-1)*:: PIXCL=CL-((CHCL-1)* 270 CALL GCHAR(CHRW,CHCL,CH):: IF CH=32 THEN CH=CT :: CT=CT+1 :: CALL CHAR(CH,"") 275 IF CT=144 THEN CT=96 280 CALL CHARPAT(CH,X$) 290 PS=INT(((PIXRW-1)*8+PIXCL)/4.001)+1 :: CD=ASC(SEG$(X$,PS,1)) 300 IF CD<65 THEN DEC=CD-48 ELSE DEC=CD-55 310 DEC=BIN(PIXCL)OR DEC 320 IF DEC>9 THEN CD=DEC+55 ELSE CD=DEC+48 330 X$=SEG$(X$,1,PS-1)&CHR$(CD)&SEG$(X$,PS+1,16) 335 CALL CHAR(CH,X$):: CALL HCHAR(CHRW,CHCL,CH):: NEXT I 340 SUBEND 350 REM *********** 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I thought it would do more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) I thought it would do more... Insert these lines and it'll do a bit more. 100 CT=33 120 CALL PLOT(RND*100+1,RND*100+1,RND*100+1,RND*100+1,CT)::GOTO 120 Edited February 27, 2017 by sometimes99er 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 A little... but when I ran this I did not see the updated line 100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 That's pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 If I recall back in the 80's there was a line demo in XB that was like a missile command shooting a lazer line to create a logo. I wish I could locate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I like the review article, I thought it might be nice in PDF format... TI-99 4A - REVIEW.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmheads Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Here is a New Zealand computer mag that reviewed the TI-99/4a in Feb 84. Some distributer must have got hold of a shipment of PAL machines suitable for the NZ market once TI had exited the market Unfortunately was not a glowing review! Interesting seeing the price points - reckon the TI might have been a bit overpriced (given computers in general here were VERY expensive) TI-99/4a $NZ595 C64 $NZ995 VIC20 $NZ495 ZX SPECTRUM 16K $NZ425 ZX SPECTRUM 48K $NZ525 Sega SC3000 $NZ399 cheers Daryn NZ-bits-and-bytes-issue-2-5.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Here is a New Zealand computer mag that reviewed the TI-99/4a in Feb 84. Some distributer must have got hold of a shipment of PAL machines suitable for the NZ market once TI had exited the market Unfortunately was not a glowing review! Interesting seeing the price points - reckon the TI might have been a bit overpriced (given computers in general here were VERY expensive) TI-99/4a $NZ595 C64 $NZ995 VIC20 $NZ495 ZX SPECTRUM 16K $NZ425 ZX SPECTRUM 48K $NZ525 Sega SC3000 $NZ399 cheers Daryn How many in that list used a 16 bit CPU? Far as I can see they were half that size at 8 bit CPU's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 And here's an August 1983 listing from Your Computer ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 Found some old Danish magazines here. Found at least two games for the TI-99/4A. I might get around to typing them in etc. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 One more old danish magazine. This one came in the summer of 1982. The price of the machine is said to have been cut from (danish crowns) 5,900 to 4,600, and I paid 2,495. I may have bought it later than I thought. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 Here's another old danish magazine from 1987. Pretty late for coverage of the TI-99/4A, - even referenced on the front page. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Another review ... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Another review ... Computer.Input.1983.12.pdf Man, I think you are on to a really cool and useful format for these PDF's! The cover, with just the TI related stuff inside, all very nicely and cleanly done. EXCELLENT! I hope others start copying your method/format here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Enter Magazine, April 1985. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 wow, the start screen really seemed to be very exciting, back in the day 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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