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  2. Posted

    - VDM99: it fails at start; the outline of the window appears, but then I'm told that it just crashed; is there a newer version of the software?

     

    - TI99-PC: from Paolo Bagnaresi (if I recall); does someone have this?

     

    - I moved stuff to 3.5 TI floppies and thought they could be accessed on my USB external drive on the PC using an emulator; whoops, guess I need the old 3.5 hardware

     

  4. Posted · Edited by GratedTopping
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    My, my. I was just giving
    a few ideas after returning
    to the forums and it seemed
    to irritate somehow?

     

    A more helpful RESquence would have
    been neat and I had no idea about
    any hardware/software limitations that
    would have made improving it more difficult.

    At the risk of being wrong again or whatever,
    another thought I had was that having just RES
    as the command instead of that + the full
    word available would be an OK tiny change.

     

    I guess some topics can get deeper than
    any simplicity their title requests. Oopsie!

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  5. Posted

    - better power switch

     

       * I remember mine eventually taking a long time to actually stay
         in the correct spot. I should have just unplugged it after it
         was "on" so that I didn't have to fuss with it!

     

    - real lowercase letters (insted of smaller capitals)

    - separate arrow keys

     

    - when resequencing, and there's a missing line number,
      help the programmer instead of giving "32767"

      (there's a program that can resequence better)

     

    - down-inserting cartridges

  8. Posted

    Guy in the video said one thing that made that et better was you could float before hitting the bottom. I could have sworn you could levitate before hitting bottom on 2600 as well, its just the unexpectedness of falling in to start with, coupled with your fall speed likely took people by surprise with insufficient time to react usually.

    Golly gee, that's right. I learned something new about the 2600 ET. Now, will this make it more enjoyable?

  15. Posted · Edited by GratedTopping

    TI is 'backing up' to it's rightful top retro-computer position:

     

    1 DISPLAY BEEP :: PRINT RPT$("T",14); :: CALL CHAR(84,"0038101010101038",73,"007C10101010101"):: PRINT RPT$("I",14); :: CALL CHAR(84,"007C10101010101",73,"0038101010101038"):: GOTO 1

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  17. Posted · Edited by GratedTopping

    This is Regena's "The Ugly Duckling" program from 10/87's "MicroPendium".

     

    She wrote of how it was modified for a system with a disk drive n' that the original had a more-involved titled screen.

     

    Has anybody ever seen the original version and, if so, could share it?

    DUCKLING.zip

  20. Posted

    #1 - I recall having some "KidWare" games as a...kid.

     

    Does anybody have "Glow Worm", "Buried Treasure", "Egg Hunt" or anything from them? Maybe someone made a collection disk-file that's somewhere I didn't know of?

     

    #2 - I have no idea what it was, but I remember ordering software that I thought was going to be on a tape but was all sent in an envelope --- programs on strips of paper to be typed in; they were very simple programs and not what I hoped

     

    Does anybody recall anything like that and what they were ordered from? I obviously chose certain titles from some manual or magazine.

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  22. Posted · Edited by GratedTopping

    from "Parallel Systems" (1983), a game with a very-plain title and nothing super-special; guess the computer's secret word (or word chosen from a list of ones entered)

     

    I liked it -- when I was a kid -- and I specifically recall being curious about this in a store instead of some more action-games on the TI

     

    NOTE: use the CALL FILES procedure to free some memory...

     

    - CALL FILES(1) <ENTER>
    - NEW <ENTER>
    - OLD DSK1.WC-GAME <ENTER>

    WC-GAME.zip

  24. Posted

    This is in memory of Mr. Peterson.

     

    I learned from his own programs (like the BXB routine which allowed use of character sets 15/16 in XB) and know that the TIGERCUB collection of disks was most-important in keeping my TI interest.

    I found so much software I wouldn't have been able to get elsewhere.

     

    I recall my last last batch of twenty-or-so TIGERCUB discs. I was in the hospital and ma brought in my mail...which included a box of TI goodness. In my final order, I mentioned to Mr. Peterson how I appreciated his support and that it would be the last purchase (since I got most every disc I wanted over a few years). He wrote on one of the disk-sleeves a thank you n' I was looking forward to getting home and trying the software.

    post-22457-0-78995100-1449930890_thumb.jpg

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  25. Posted

    A few niggles of mine:

     

    - I think it should mention that scores are only on the horizontal; I didn't know that at first and that wasn't in the instructions

     

    - when changing the controls, there's no indication what key was pressed

     

    - the controls revert to the default when you play again

     

    Poker Solitaire is a favourite game of mine (on the TI from Regena in the past). This was similar but had some extras that made it fun in a different way. Thanks much!

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