dphirschler Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I get the idea that many people on this forum have several TI computers each. I myself have three, lol. All three of mine are beige. I’ve decided I want to go classic and get a silver/black one. Any chance somebody here has a shell plus keyboard they can part with for cheap? Or maybe trade for beige? Funny, that silver/black design looked so dated next to the beige consoles back in the 80's, and now they look so good. Silver/black made a comeback! Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I get the idea that many people on this forum have several TI computers each. I myself have three, lol. All three of mine are beige. I’ve decided I want to go classic and get a silver/black one. Any chance somebody here has a shell plus keyboard they can part with for cheap? Or maybe trade for beige? Funny, that silver/black design looked so dated next to the beige consoles back in the 80's, and now they look so good. Silver/black made a comeback! I might be interested in trading a working black/silver for a non-2.2 beige console. I have one beige, already, but a second one would be nice. And it is true: black is the new beige! I have seen some consoles with the silver trim removed, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphirschler Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 OK, I am up for it if you are! I prefer black with the silver still attached, please. Couple things, how do I verify it's not a v2.2? I don't think it is, but I'd like to know for sure. Also, you already know the keyboard doesn't work. Well, '1' and '2' work, lol. Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 OK, I am up for it if you are! I prefer black with the silver still attached, please. Couple things, how do I verify it's not a v2.2? I don't think it is, but I'd like to know for sure. Also, you already know the keyboard doesn't work. Well, '1' and '2' work, lol. Darryl The metal fingers in the expansion port are the physical tell-tale. If they are brass-colored, it is the regular, non-v2.2. If they are dull metal aluminum-like colored, it is a v2.2 "QI" model. If you get video from it, when you turn it on the copyright banner will read "© 1983 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS V2.2". Edit: Maybe not fully technically accurate. Here it says that it is possible for a QI board to not have the v2.2 lock-out. I would be interested in such a unit, as well. I just do not want that lock-out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I happen to have a super nice black/silver casing TI w/ keyboard, but I see you two already struck a deal. Funny thing is, I've been running a black/silver model for 15 years now and have been thinking about going back to the beige since that's the model (non v2.2) I first bought and used BITD. I do have a mint beige model boxed (still has $50 rebate sticker on it, so hoping it's not a 2.2) so will probably break that puppy out soon. Have a mint beige TI cassette recorder for it as well. Too bad they never released a beige speech synthesizer! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I happen to have a super nice black/silver casing TI w/ keyboard, but I see you two already struck a deal. Funny thing is, I've been running a black/silver model for 15 years now and have been thinking about going back to the beige since that's the model (non v2.2) I first bought and used BITD. I do have a mint beige model boxed (still has $50 rebate sticker on it, so hoping it's not a 2.2) so will probably break that puppy out soon. Have a mint beige TI cassette recorder for it as well. Too bad they never released a beige speech synthesizer! We got a black/silver unit with a beige program recorder. Was very disappointing. And, yes! a beige speech synthesize would rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 We got a black/silver unit with a beige program recorder. Was very disappointing. And, yes! a beige speech synthesize would rock! I think it would be nice if a bunch of us could get together and "crowd fund" getting a mold made of one of these... ... then you could put your speech in this... ... and Nano users could mess with it... ... and project guys could play... ... etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GratedTopping Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 My main TI is beige...with black keys. The better location of the on/off switch was important -- but I liked the black keys more -- so I had to combine them both. I didn't like the silver with beige keys as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Be nice to stuff both the synthesizer AND CF7+ or NanoPEB in that case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphirschler Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 The one with the non-brassy fingers still says "1981". The other one has brassy fingers. And the third one is apart and already modded. Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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