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The goalies stayed out of it? Missed opportunity. Here's the last goalie fight I saw in person:

At that scale, I figure @arcadeshopper would be restocked for a while if he grabbed that lot. I'm certain I had one of those Astec modulators at some point.

The soft-mod guide for 2DS/3DS is https://3ds.hacks.guide. Just like Wavemotion mentioned, you'll need Twilight Menu++ once the soft-mod is complete. I know you asked for a video. Watch a recent one to get familiar with the process, but I recommend following the written guides when you actually try to do the mod. There are a lot of steps.

Looking back, I bought one new-in-box in 2015 for $150.

Last time I checked, account creation was either disabled or the link was hiding.

For Force Command users, the XBADDR value for use with the XB command is 32357.

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I gave a presentation last year to our R&D team covering the Qakbot attack chain because a major customer got hit. My point was to educate them on how easily our products got caught up in the ransomware stage, and that even though one of our products wasn't victim zero, how easily it could have been. After the meeting, a lot of people really enjoyed the presentation, but one guy was absolutely terrified to touch his computer again. This was a principal electrical engineer with 30+ years of experience, but I apparently scared the bejeezus out of him.

I'd love to find this one in print to see if a better scan of the schematics with waveforms could be made. They are awfully hard to make out. Alternately, making a new version with modern scopes that have image export would be a valuable community resource. There's someone selling off a store's collection of ComputerFacts books on eBay, but they've sold out of the TI book.

My guess is A-MAZE-ING.

There was some progress in that direction a couple of years ago.

I got one of those from Amazon. It feels very cheap, but it gets the job done. The times on the dial are 10's of minutes.

Looks like the chip just decided it was time to die. I got two more in the mail today, and they both worked fine. (And an empty tube that should have contained 2 more. They are surely on the floor under a warehouse packing table now...)

Having a little trouble here with my T48. I decided to finally upgrade the DSR ROMs of my 2 TIPIs. One went fine. The other one, an AM27C256, just won't cooperate. It keeps returning "Device ID: FF FF" and it won't get through more than 25% of the programming cycle. Reads look clean after erasing under UV for 30 minutes. I'm guessing the chip is toast, but I wondered if there's any other troubleshooting I can try.

I thankfully haven't experienced it, but my understanding is that there's also a foul smell that hangs around for an extended time.

By that logic, it does look like TE I, not TE II , based on the manuals.

A Rifa cap? I've never owned an Apple II in my life, but I've seen enough repair videos to know that those should generally be replaced on sight.

Not eBay, but anybody near Chicago? Looks like a decent collection. https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/sys/d/des-plaines-ti-99-4a-computer/7630754427.html

In the US, Adafruit seems to be getting shipments in more consistently, though they still go fast. Be sure you have an account and 2FA set up, as they restrict purchases to those who have 2FA to help prevent bots.

"Is ZeroZap for the TI-99/4A a good game?" As an AI language model, I don't have personal opinions or experiences. However, I can provide some information about ZeroZap for the TI-99/4A. ZeroZap is a shoot 'em up game developed and released by Texas Instruments for their TI-99/4A home computer in 1984. The game involves controlling a spaceship and shooting down various enemies and obstacles. In terms of reception, ZeroZap generally received positive reviews at the time of its release. It was praised for its fast-paced gameplay, challenging levels, and smooth controls. The game's graphics and sound were considered impressive for the TI-99/4A's capabilities. However, it's important to note that opinions on game quality can be subjective, and what one person considers a good game may not be the same for another. If you enjoy retro shoot 'em up games and have access to a TI-99/4A computer, ZeroZap could be worth trying out to see if it aligns with your personal preferences.

I had to learn data structures in Ada on a DEC Alpha running VMS in 1997. So much dead end tech. Kinda sad for VMS, but I'll never feel any nostalgia for Ada.

They didn't even mention the highly-desirable Mitsumi keyboard...........

I figured it out. The ends of the J hooks don't attach to the part of the rod you see through the plastic. They attach to the full-length portion of the support rod that runs all the way across the front of the keyboard.

Some pictures: