Rick Thornquist

I measured the manual that came with the box that I scanned for you (which was Adventure, by the way). The manual was indeed a hair under 140mm wide. - Rick

TheMole: I didn't notice the changes until I took a closer look at what you had done. Wow, awesome job! - Rick

Glad to help. I measured the physical box and I'd concur with the 160mm measurement for the width, though I might add an extra 1mm to each edge for the rounded fold. - Rick

I took some quick scans of the box. These are 24-bit 300 dpi TIFF files. I could take measurements with a ruler, but you'd probably get more accurate results by just loading the images into an image manipulation program and using its ruler. Are these the kind of things you're looking for? If not, let me know and I'll see what I can do (oh, and if you want the tray as well, let me know). - Rick TI-99 Packaging.zip

Yup. Bought one eons ago. Tried every which way to get it working - no dice. Hmm... you got me curious. I may have to dig it out and give it one more try. - Rick

Finally got the chance to play Barrage but came across something strange. Using the TI joystick, I cannot get the target to move diagonally. It just refuses to do it - it will only go vertically or horizontally (yes, Alpha Lock is up). I then tried a Wico Command Control adapter thingy along with a regular Atari joystick. With that, diagonals work fine. What the hay? - Rick

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Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I'm looking forward to giving these a try. - Rick

Just a straightforward question: What are some of the best simultaneous two player games for the TI? I have two joysticks on the thing, I want to use them! - Rick

Lots of great suggestions. Thanks, everyone! - Rick

Having finally set up my vintage computer collection (an Apple IIGS, Atari 65XE, Commodore 64, Tandy Color Computer 3, and TI-99/4A), I'm looking for a way to impress first time visitors. I was thinking that running some games on attract mode would be cool. Now I'm looking for games with the best attract mode for each machine. My question: Which game on the TI has the best attract mode? Marks will be awarded for not only for coolness, but also how familiar the game is to vintage computer people. - Rick

Wow, looks awesome. So looking forward to trying it! - Rick

Great stuff! - Rick

Just wanted to post a quick update: I received my SAMS, installed it, and it works great. I then installed the Horizon Ramdisk, configured it, and it works great as well. Thanks to everyone for your help! - Rick

After getting help from both the guy that builds the boards and the one that sells them, I guess I have to get one! The order has been placed. Thanks to all for your help. - Rick