Omega-TI Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 For all of you hoarders er collectors.... https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/65649524 A FULL 4A with what appears a FULL? PEB (can't see the front so who knows if it has a floppy drive or two), a few carts and a mystery item.... 49 lbs shipped. located in Tucson, AZ. Shipping is fairly reasonable (to my area anyway), it even has an RS-232 card for people who still want one. Sadly I cannot see the front of the P-Box... wonder if there is a reason for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 The PBox isn't the real treasure in that lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 For all of you hoarders er collectors.... https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/65649524 A FULL 4A with what appears a FULL? PEB (can't see the front so who knows if it has a floppy drive or two), a few carts and a mystery item.... 49 lbs shipped. located in Tucson, AZ. It's a sidecar 32k OR paraPrint18 from Doryt. Goodwill didn't take a whole photo. The funny thing is the assymetrical ON-OFF instructions on the sticky note. See here: https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue39/259_3_NEW_PRODUCTS_MEMORY_EXPANSION_AND_PRINTER_INTERFACE_FOR_TI-99_4A.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Oh heavens, I never knew this existed, despite browsing the DataMath site a lot for reference: Texas Instruments Stack Around Clown, Le Clown Magique, Magic Clown, Chatter-Ring Clown http://www.datamath.org/Speech/StackARoundClown.htm Edited March 27, 2019 by FarmerPotato 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 It's a sidecar 32k OR paraPrint18 from Doryt. Goodwill didn't take a whole photo. The funny thing is the assymetrical ON-OFF instructions on the sticky note. See here: https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue39/259_3_NEW_PRODUCTS_MEMORY_EXPANSION_AND_PRINTER_INTERFACE_FOR_TI-99_4A.php My bet is on the 32K as I do not see one in the P-Box, but I do see an RS-232 card. Maybe the original owner had the side-car memory first and did not want to spend more money for a redundant memory expansion. The P-Box looks to be the early model with the full height slots and easy access fuse (not embedded in the transformer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I think the Sidecar is a 32k as well. Only 16 bucks and change to ship to me in Phoenix. Id only be interested in the sidecar. If anybody here gets this auction and wants to trade for a TI PEB 32k , let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 The Doryt is definitely interesting. It is probably a 32K, but they did also make a printer interface, so it might be one of those. The printer interface is much less common. . . One additional note: there are four cards in the PEB: Flex Cable, Disk Controller, RS-232, and what looks to be a 32K between the Disk Controller and the RS-232. All in all, a very good find! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 By golly Ksarul, youre right, I hadnt noticed that other card. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Turtles just pointed something out to me that makes me strongly suspect this is the Doryt Paraprint, and not a 32K. Note the ribbon cable in the picture with the Centronics parallel connector on the end of it. It has the full complement of wires, which is not normal for most TI parallel cables. Usually they just use a 20 to 25 wire cable, whereas this one looks like it has all 36. That said, it also heads towards the interface in both pictures where the interface is visible. That makes this auction even more interesting. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Shopgoodwill is usually pretty good at answering questions, especially with so much time left in the auction. There's a contact link on the item page somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 By golly Ksarul, youre right, I hadnt noticed that other card. I missed it too. The old eyes are not what they used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 For all of you hoarders er collectors.... https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/65649524 A FULL 4A with what appears a FULL? PEB (can't see the front so who knows if it has a floppy drive or two), a few carts and a mystery item.... 49 lbs shipped. located in Tucson, AZ. Looks like the Doryt Systems mystery item is a printer interface based on this response from the folks at Goodwill: "Good morning and unfortunately we cant find out by looking at it. It states on it parallel output and para print 18 a. have a great day!" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retiredqwest Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Now this would compliment your 4A collection.... Colorado Springs, CO local pickup only.... https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/66510905 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Add this and it would be the cream of the cake: Note: I don't own this... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) I found a boxed TI Super Sketch at a GoodWill a long time ago, but usually extremely rare when you see anything TI specific in the wild. Oh and a boxed Q*bert at a consignment store once. Think that's all I've ever seen all these years. All I ever found was a Parsec cartridge next to some Nintendo 64 games. Edited June 15, 2019 by iliketurtles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I found a boxed TI Super Sketch at a GoodWill a long time ago, but usually extremely rare when you see anything TI specific in the wild. Oh and a boxed Q*bert at a consignment store once. Think that's all I've ever seen all these years. All I ever found was a Parsec cartridge next to some Nintendo 64 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retiredqwest Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Noticed this one today https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/7082975 Munchman, Adventure and Miner 2049. Auction starts at $29.99 but 1 cent shipping. There are 3 4/A's up there as well. 2 with IOB and the beige one doesn't look like it was dragged down a dirt road. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retiredqwest Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Various sizes of floppy disks are on there, some reasonable and 1 not so. Also a 4/A and some carts in a flip top case. Search for Texas Instrument w/o the S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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