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  2. Posted

    4 hours ago, RXB said:

    Ok this is just weird!

    Maximum with Classic99 is 15 seconds.

    But on Overdrive it took 9 seconds?

    So Overdrive is way faster then Maximum?

     

     

    You are right, that IS weird.  I tried it on Overdrive and got 8 seconds.  I'm assuming Classic 99 only uses one CPU and thread?  Imagine what it could do with all six cores and twelve threads.

     

     

     

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  13. Posted

    4 minutes ago, GDMike said:

    Oooh.what if it spun vertical, up/down vs sideways round. And spin the bottom cart rt. out of socket for you if you spun it backwards by one cart? Like an unlock mechanism.

     

     

     

     

    Actually, that is what I had in mind, because the vertical orientation would take up less desktop space.  I suppose a clicker could be devised to work with the spindle, but I was thinking more in line with the K.I.S.S. principal of design.

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  14. Posted

    On 12/9/2020 at 12:17 PM, pixelpedant said:

    I would say that a "rolodex" or "fan" style display solution makes more sense for a TI-99 than any other system using cartridge based programs, given that

     

    1) Usually, the only label you'd want facing you in a storage location is located on the side opposite the connector side. 

    2) Usually, TI-99 carts are much thicker at the label side than the connector side. 

     

    You know I was thinking about this today on my drive home from work.  The sections would only have to be an inch and a half deep and could be open ended on both sides to save material.  The sections could be 3D printed with interlocking guides to form the circle and a spindle could also be printed to make an interference fit in the middle.  A base and sides could be printed as well.  Of course the sections would have to have a raised section on a little retainer in the middle of each section to hold the cartridges in place.  It's very doable, but I have no clue if it's cost effective.  

     

    Just because something has never been done or tried before is no reason to dismiss it out-of-hand.  If that was the standard operating procedure for everything, nothing new would ever be invented.  

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  15. Posted

    5 hours ago, Airshack said:

    I hear @Lee Stewart has a Forth book. I never read the first three.

    Hey, since it's something by a community member I love it already.  I learned a few things this morning thanks to your suggestion @Airshack.

     

    First, his book is available on Amazon.com << in paperback >> for cheaper than I had the PDF printed up for at Office Depot a few years back.

    Second, his program has a << dedicated website >>.

    Third, after revisiting << his thread >> for the first time in years, it'll make a great addition!

     

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  19. Posted

    Back in the mid 80's, I thought, "Why is there no 'Rolodex style' holder for TI cartridges?"  I mean really, it could not have been all that difficult to make a wheel with a hole in the middle with some slots with raised retainers to keep the cartridges in place.  Sure, it would have been at least 8 inches tall and deep, and at least 6 inches wide, but it could have held a fair amount of cartridges for the space.  Looking back at what could have been sucks, because now there is simply no profit motive to be had in making one due to the limited market.

     

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