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  1. Posted

    1 hour ago, eebuckeye said:

    Really awesome! I also can't wait to see the Intellivision version coming out!

    I was asked by the distributor of my Atari 2600 version if I wanted to do an Intellivision version. I turned it down since I really didn't have the time, at the time. So are you saying someone is coming out with a InTV version?

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    5 hours ago, R.Cade said:

    Why isn't/can't the 5v on the side port be used to power the CF7?  Is it not rated for enough amperage?

     

    I know it won't pass through the speech synthesizer. Is that the only reason for the secondary power design here?

     

    there is a mod to the speech were you solder a bypass wire across the board so that the +5 is usable with other devices on the other side. I remember something needing this mod, but I can't remember what it was (oh well). but there isn't enough amps coming across that +5 from to console to run the NanoPEB device.

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    18 minutes ago, wierd_w said:

    @hloberg

    Nylon is a whole other beast from ABS.  If you insist on painting I would suggest acrylic rather than enamel, as nylon is completely impervious to hydrocarbon based solvents. What it DOES have, is a surplus of hydrogen bonding sites on its surface, however.  Heat gently in the oven at 250f for a few hours, then paint with the acrylic paint.  I would use the kind they use for miniatures.

    I should have thought when you said Nylon, you are right. Nylon can be painted, I have done it successfully, but it does need prep and considerations.

  12. Posted

    2 hours ago, wierd_w said:

    If somebody gives me a proper length for the shoe, I can easily amend the above models.

     

    I am going to print these, and set them next to my 99 to see how they look. They will not be beige, as I do not have beige. They will be bright electric blue, because that is the color of the nylon filament I have lots and lots of, and can afford to sacrifice.

    they can be painted. the beige is a standard Krylon color, best i can remember when I was going to paint the Speech, you can get anywhere. that more tan on the bottom of the console was much harder to find and I found only at a paint store.  so if you want to two tone like the console, that might be a bit more challenge and pricey.

  14. Posted

    I got a beige TI-99/4a with a NanoPEB and really like the looks of it. I just got a the standard silver and black speech syn for it and it looks really bad with the beige TI-99. I thought about painting the speech beige but really don't like that idea. also thought about installing the speech in the case, but that looks too complicated. another idea was to make a new case for it that looks like the Hexbus adapter. no idea how to build one though. don't own a 3-D printer so that's out. thought about cutting sheets of plastic then pasting together but doubt that turnout looking good. Any ideas?

  15. Posted

    We are having our, mostly, monthly Zoom meeting of the Central Texas Retro Computer Club. It's open to all and has no central computer we cover. this month we will be talking about how PCs can interface with HAM sets. drop by to talk, listen or whatever.

    Note: there is a heavy TI99 and Coco2 presence and lots of electrical engineers :) talking circuits and stuff.

    howard oberg is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

    Topic: Texas Retro Computer Club July Meeting
    Time: Jul 11, 2020 02:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

    Join Zoom Meeting
    https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76372393228?pwd=OE9XN282M05ZTW40YThwZVlwNUF1QT09

    Meeting ID: 763 7239 3228
    Password: 4M2pTz

     

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  17. Posted

    Today added some Myarc docs in Hardware Myarc. They are Myarc Memory card, Personality WDS-100 user manual, Myarc XBII manual and appendices (thanks @blackbox on Atariage for all your hard work) and put SpaceSpace II in the Myarc section (yes I know it's not Myarc) since it's used with Myarc XBII a lot.

    Cleaned some misplaced files in the Scott Adams Adventure section. The actual disk with all the games was missing and another file was mislabeled. (thanks @majestyx of Atariage for the catch).

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  18. Posted

    50 minutes ago, majestyx said:

    On your Google drive for the Scott Adams Adventures "Adventureson1Disk", the disk image that is in that folder does not contain the adventure games listed. Instead, it contains this:

     

    image.png.0375794f4415ab15d40df294e6781b1d.png

    thanks for the catch. that is the Adventurecart-on-disk disk file that enables you to run adventure without the need for the cartridge. it's been properly labeled and the correct file adventure-gamedisk has been uploaded.

  19. Posted

    3 hours ago, Ksarul said:

    I am pretty sure I still have a manual for the card, as I bought a card NOS from the Dhein's hoard a few years ago (along with a copy of Myarc XB-II). I'll try to pull it out and scan it in.

    got it, thanks.

  24. Posted

    9 minutes ago, RXB said:

    Very True the issue is mostly the scads of RAM needed compared to normal XB as GPL is more compact than FORTH for memory saving commands.

    Many commands in GPL are single byte commands like MOVE that with 7 bytes can move any memory of any type to any type of any size. 

    i.e. VDP, RAM, ROM, GRAM, and GROM to any VDP, RAM, GRAM

    Even though they still made MVUP and MVDWN for XB ROMs.

    I do not think it would be ever possible to be 100% compatible only due to so many quirks XB has and the number of 8K ROMs needed.

    the issue that makes MYXBII incompatible is the upgrades to the graphics capabilities. lots of stuff moved around so that all the capabilities of the VDP is used. so to just enable the TI99 do what it should been able to do from the start, access all the VDP capabilities, makes it myarcII incompatible. Same could be said of the 99/8 which myarcII is loosely based on.

    as for bugs in myarcII, really haven't run into any yet other than no peek or poke can be used.

     

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  25. Posted

    12 hours ago, Ksarul said:

    You might want to talk to Richard Bell (Swim). He might still have a few of the boards, as he is the current owner of the Myarc IP.

    sorry, I meant, anyplace where you might be able to get a manual? is he a source for that too?

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