wyerd Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I've just ordered one of those shiny new PHP1200 PEBs off eBay as when I originally had my TI back in '83, I never had the chance of owning one. As this is just an empty box, I'll need to fill it with goodies, such as a disk controller. Is eBay the only place that they turn up? I see the same guy who sold the PEB has a NOS going for $175. Seems a bit expensive! What other cards do folks use in their PEBs? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I've just ordered one of those shiny new PHP1200 PEBs off eBay as when I originally had my TI back in '83, I never had the chance of owning one. As this is just an empty box, I'll need to fill it with goodies, such as a disk controller. Is eBay the only place that they turn up? I see the same guy who sold the PEB has a NOS going for $175. Seems a bit expensive! What other cards do folks use in their PEBs? Yeah no kidding! This is just my personal opinion here, but $175 for a disk controller board is just plain ROBBERY! I could care less if it's new or not. I'm sure if someone here cannot sell you one, they might might be able to point you in the right direction. Since you are starting from scratch, and might not be able to locate or get an RS-232 at a reasonable price right away, but still need to get the programs from the Internet/PC to the TI, might I make a suggestion? Consider << ONE OF THESE >>. If you have an SD card slot on your PC, you'll easily be able to transfer all the software you download and put it ALL on the SD card and run on the TI from DSK1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyerd Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Lotharek designs and builds amazing peripherals for vintage computers. I've been looking at his UltraSatan for my STe. You're really happy with the disk emulator? Does it fit ok into the PEB? I'd still need a controller though.....anyone have a spare they'd like to sell?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 The HxC is awesome once you get a disk controller and an HxC you should mod the controller to 80 Track for more space on your disks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 oh also you might wanna check out the new upcoming speech in the box adapter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 You're really happy with the disk emulator? Does it fit ok into the PEB? I'd still need a controller though.....anyone have a spare they'd like to sell?!?! I am VERY happy with my HxC! A couple of other guys just recently got them as well. You might want to ask them were they got their 5.25 to 3.5 adapters, power Y-cable, and ribbon cable though. As for how it fits, look at the picture below... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 The HxC is awesome once you get a disk controller and an HxC you should mod the controller to 80 Track for more space on your disks Iwantgames:) is right! One of out Atari Age guys sells the chips at a very reasonable price. << 80 Track Modification >> Check out that link for more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I got my adapter, power Y cable and ribbon cable from eBay. If you look around on there you can find some decent priced ones. For the 80 track mod, I got my eprom sockets also on eBay and the preprogrammed eproms from arcadeshopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 As for how it fits, look at the picture below... Where you get the TI FDC sticker? That looks cool to label what's in what slot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyerd Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 I am VERY happy with my HxC! A couple of other guys just recently got them as well. You might want to ask them were they got their 5.25 to 3.5 adapters, power Y-cable, and ribbon cable though. As for how it fits, look at the picture below... Looks really neat. Can't decide if I need a 3.5" or 5 1/4" floppy drive as well. I have the editor/assembler package as I'd like to start getting into the language and it has a few 5 1/4" floppies. Back in the day I had the thermal printer. No idea what happened to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Man that's beautiful. Maybe I should ditch my mini-PEB and bring out the beast again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Can't decide if I need a 3.5" or 5 1/4" floppy drive as well. I have the editor/assembler package as I'd like to start getting into the language and it has a few 5 1/4" floppies. Back in the day I had the thermal printer. No idea what happened to it. Well, you have a distinct advantage of starting off with a BRAND NEW P-Box, so you can populate it any way you want! The following are just my opinion(s), and someone else may have another to offer, but here it goes... You may decide that you need no floppy drive at all, (at least at first) as dang near everything is available via the Internet. I'd get the HxC first, play around for awhile and see what your needs become. If you decide later that you do need floppy drive, I would unequivocally suggest the 3.5" variety. Why? 1) There are 1/2 power 3.5" drives and they put less strain on the 3+ decades old power supply, besides you'll want a half-power drive because you'll be sticking two in the place originally designed for one. 2) The media is more reliable and easier to come come by. Honestly, I have no clue if there is a 1/2 power TI compatible 5.25 that will do 80 track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazoo Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Man that's beautiful. Maybe I should ditch my mini-PEB and bring out the beast again. Is your mini-PEB a Corcomp? If so, you might be interested in the new DSR eprom for it. It removes that nasty startup code and allows it to respond like a normal TI, eliminating the problems with some software and games. Gazoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Is your mini-PEB a Corcomp? If so, you might be interested in the new DSR eprom for it. It removes that nasty startup code and allows it to respond like a normal TI, eliminating the problems with some software and games. Gazoo No it's just the CF7+. I guess mini-PEB isn't the right term for it. Although that Corcomp unit is really nice looking as well, I've seen pictures of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyerd Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Well, you have a distinct advantage of starting off with a BRAND NEW P-Box, so you can populate it any way you want! The following are just my opinion(s), and someone else may have another to offer, but here it goes... You may decide that you need no floppy drive at all, (at least at first) as dang near everything is available via the Internet. I'd get the HxC first, play around for awhile and see what your needs become. If you decide later that you do need floppy drive, I would unequivocally suggest the 3.5" variety. Why? 1) There are 1/2 power 3.5" drives and they put less strain on the 3+ decades old power supply, besides you'll want a half-power drive because you'll be sticking two in the place originally designed for one. 2) The media is more reliable and easier to come come by. Honestly, I have no clue if there is a 1/2 power TI compatible 5.25 that will do 80 track. Thank you for taking the time to explain, I really appreciate it. I still have to get my hands on a FDC. Looks like I'll just have to be patient and hopefully one will turn up on eBay at a reasonable price. There's a used one available, but it doesn't look that well looked after. The pcb connector is broken and the crack is close to the ribbon cable connector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Not sure if he has any left but you can send him a PM. He has/had some FDC's for $35+ shipping http://atariage.com/forums/topic/230545-ti-994a-peb-expansion-cards/?do=findComment&comment=3101955 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyerd Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Not sure if he has any left but you can send him a PM. He has/had some FDC's for $35+ shipping http://atariage.com/forums/topic/230545-ti-994a-peb-expansion-cards/?do=findComment&comment=3101955 Thanks for the info. I've PM'd him. Here's hoping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Thanks for the info. I've PM'd him. Here's hoping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kl99 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 welcome to the PEB owners club My girlfriend hates me for it but I will never get rid of the PEB. You should be able to find people with spare cards here and on the ti-99 yahoogroups. It might take some time until a possibility shows up to get all the cards. The Basic setup consists of the Flex Interface (you got that?), the Disk Controller, the 32K Memory Expansion and the RS-232 card.If you are impatient try ebay:http://www.ebay.com/itm/151475738372?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649http://www.ebay.com/itm/151468562121?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEXAS-INSTRUMENTS-TI-99-4A-DISK-CONTROLLER-CARD-PHP1240-DISK-DRIVE-CABLE-/291298165766?pt=US_Vintage_Computing_Parts_Accessories&hash=item43d2b94406 Klaus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 The Basic setup consists of the Flex Interface (you got that?), the Disk Controller, the 32K Memory Expansion and the RS-232 card. Ok I have all three. What else is there? I don't think TI released any other cards other than the P-Code card and the only third party ones I can think of are a calendar/clock card and the Speech Synthesizer on a card (not sure if that was an official card or just a hack). Of course there's always the Geneve but that's a whole new computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Here is some information: http://www.ninerpedia.org/index.php/Peripheral_Expansion_System Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kl99 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 think of Gram Cards, Ramdisks, SCSI Controller, Harddisk Controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 think of Gram Cards, Ramdisks, SCSI Controller, Harddisk Controller. ... Yep, there were those, as well as an 80 column card or two, and some might even have a SID card installed. the only third party ones I can think of are a calendar/clock card and the Speech Synthesizer on a card (not sure if that was an official card or just a hack). Of course there's always the Geneve but that's a whole new computer. Yep, there was the printer buffer, clock, speech interface also know as the CorComp Triple Tech Card. and soon we'll have Greg Warner's new speech interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyerd Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Wow, thanks for the info guys. I've got a FDC on the way from the guy IWANTGAMES suggested - thanks again for that. He said it hasn't been tested for a while, but I can't see why it shouldn't work. I'll now need to get hold of the FD cable, which I can assume that it's the same type as used in any old PC? Do I also need the Disk Manager 2 cartridge as well? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 No reason to use DMII. DM2K (on the XB 2.7 S cart) is the only way to go. That program is fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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