+arcadeshopper Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Yep it can only read that bar code nothing useful like a upc code Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 And it is also questionable with the bar code reading. IIRC, you can't read a COPY of the bar code with it, as it requires some kind of weird, special ink for the read function. It also worked as a sort of program copy protection, as only an original print could be read. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 i guess i'm spoiled to modern bar code readers that read like a million symbologies, lol. I'll have to go look up this device! veering slightly off-topic but talking about readers, i had one of these (as attached) as a kid. i remember being bored pretty quick at a device that just reads books back to you back to your regularly scheduled topic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Wow, something like this would be cool... IF it also translated from a foreign language into English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 And it is also questionable with the bar code reading. IIRC, you can't read a COPY of the bar code with it, as it requires some kind of weird, special ink for the read function. It also worked as a sort of program copy protection, as only an original print could be read. . . Shotgun meet foot. So for magazines to print programs for it to read they would have need to use a special ink, thus increasing the cost of production. Also making it, unlike mass recording media like floppies or cassettes, so one could not produce his own Oscar-compatible programs. Talk about dooming yourself to obsolescence before time! Real bummer. Now it makes me wonder if it was something akin to MICR ink, and if that could have been bypassed. Seems to not be a handy way to distribute commercial programs given, again, media of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Some day I'm going to hack my Oscar barcode reader and see what I can do with it I should be able to tap into the sensor data stream, and from there it's all software... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Some day I'm going to hack my Oscar barcode reader and see what I can do with it I should be able to tap into the sensor data stream, and from there it's all software... I want to see pictures of you with the TI (PEB, monitor, OSCAR, UPS for power) in a shopping cart scanning groceries at your local supermarket. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F223025526053 great price mostly working Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F223025526053 great price mostly working Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk Why "mostly working"? Looks like a great deal if it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Why "mostly working"? Looks like a great deal if it works. a line on the bottom of the screen, as detailed in the auction. If I didn't already have 5 I'd pick it up just because it's cheap..but figured I'd let others have a shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 i guess i'm spoiled to modern bar code readers that read like a million symbologies, lol. I'll have to go look up this device! veering slightly off-topic but talking about readers, i had one of these (as attached) as a kid. i remember being bored pretty quick at a device that just reads books back to you back to your regularly scheduled topic. The Magic Wand Speaking Reader indeed required the iron ink (as in check printing.) This made the sensor durable. A version of the Magic Wand which uses a red LED laser scanner exists. It can work from any photocopied material and read Magic Wand books. Also, an interface between the Magic Wand and the TI-99/4A joystick/cassette ports was made, with which the 4A could send commands and allophone strings for speaking. This was for testing the MWSR, not expanding the 4A, since the 4A with a speech synthesizer and TE2 was just as capable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Hey Farmer Potato... I sent you a Private message . Have you seen it yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 if you're looking for a binder to round out your collection, pfleeman has several he's selling- the EA ones look nice. https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&_ssn=pfleeman&_sop=16 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Hmmm. Disk Manager cartridges (not 2) and TE2 carts, all pretty cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 With Ksarul's SAMS's remake and JediMatt42's 32K sidecar, the market for original 32K cards does not seem as strong, at least to those of us here at AtariAge who are up-to-date on the new stuff. However << THIS AUCTION >> on a TI 32K card is still (for now) very reasonable. Currently at $5.50 with free shipping. FOR THIS PRICE IT'S WORTH IT JUST FOR THE SHELL! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Yea the shell is work the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Yea the shell is work the cost. Was thinking the same thing. I have a couple of cards I would like to shell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Corcomp Triple Tech ~200 $ https://www.ebay.com/itm/123208432059 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I almost hit "Buy It Now" until I realized I'm in the hole this month. Someday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I traded my first TT card (and an Exceltec Extended BASIC cartridge) for my Funware collection about 10 years ago. I got: Ambulance Driving Demon Henhouse Rabbit Trail St Nick Video Vegas We were both happy, but I think I won that deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 Corcomp Triple Tech ~200 $ https://www.ebay.com/itm/123208432059 Nice share Schmitzi! These jewels don't come along every day and it even has the speech synthesizer on board which kind of makes the price a little bit more down to earth. If I didn't already have one, I would have clicked BUY without hesitation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 Okay... who bought the Triple Tech card? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Someone already snagged it. Hope it is in the community. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Me Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 Me Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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