Omega-TI

Yes!

I'm sure he's good if ArcadeShopper carries his stuff. I never knew who he was, I'm glad he stepped up and told me who he was, I never knew.

According to my TI, it's getting warm outside!

Oh really? I thought yours were green with slightly different header pins. Well still, if it's the same exact card, of course people should buy from you if it's cheaper!

Yeah, I mentioned that. Most of us here know you, and how you've supported the community over the years, so to me it's a no-brainer. If I was in the market for one, I'd buy from you.

It looks like some outfit called "thebrewingacedemy" is now producing TIPI cards for the P-Box on Ebay << HERE >> Is he a one of us here on AtariAge? Blue The Brewing Academy Version of the TIPI P-Box Card Arcadeshopper is selling them for $10.00 less though << HERE >> Green Arcadeshopper Version of the TIPI P-Box Card

I'm using TIPI version 2.5, loading the browser via Force Command and everything looks and behaves properly. I love that it works with the TIPI mouse too!

Yeah, the manual is like 6 years old now. I believe it would require getting your hands on a period version (pre TIPI) of the browser. There were some differences is the settings in this manual that were changed at a later point in time to speed things up. Also, the UDS-10 version required Stuart's site to do the heavy lifting of the URL. So, what does this all mean? It means that IF you can get a period version of the browser, it may not even work any more. At any rate, here is a copy of the PDF/manual. Good luck! Getting Your TI on the Internet.pdf

Bump...

Zoom Meeting in session now!

Yeah, well that can happen. GIGO I guess. I think someone might want to inform whoever runs Mainbyte, because he also is apparently disseminating erroneous information as you can see from the excerpt below. Ksarul has probably forgotten more about the TI and it's history than I ever knew.

Oh, those Orion women...

I'm not home at the moment to test, to confirm, but does the BASIC .BIN need to be in the ROOT directory? Do you by chance have it in a sub-directory/folder? I know mine is in the ROOT, but that might not mean anything. Check it out and see.

Like @arcadeshopper said, if you choose AUTOCMD it'll take over the FG99 cartridge, so whenever you exit an E/A5 program, it'll pop you directly back into Force Command. There is a different method for Extended BASIC programs to accomplish the same thing. Cool beans for sure... AUTOCMD.mp4

Actually that phone is not mine, it belongs to the Shilo Inn in Ocean Shores, WA. I booked a suite for three days and took the portable TI with me. The cell phone you see next to the TI is what I used with the TIPI to call the BBS, connect to the Group Chat and to check the weather. I had to hotspot the phone because their WiFI sucks and you could not connect to it. The more I can use my TI for "everyday stuff" the happier I am. I even have my schedule on it using Remind Me! I use EDIT80 for all my BATCH/SCRIPT editing. My eventual 'goal' is to be able to do everything I need to accomplish in a day 100% on the TI. Will I ever succeed? Who knows, but we are getting closer year after year.

I don't believe any of us here think we are in any position to DEMAND anything from anyone here. I will tell you though, I've never comprehended the closed mindedness, (yes I said it) to open ideas or suggestions, as they are always free from the sender, and the receiver is always free to take them, leave them, or ignore them at their discretion. I may add that at the very least a person could get a feel for the needs or wants of others based on the aggregate input/feedback of the community as a whole, requested or not. As for what is, and is not perfectly acceptable, I would never presume to decide for others how they should behave or interact in a public forum with others, with the exception of the moderators. Believe it or not, others (not you) have even given off the vibe that if one is not programmer, they should just STFU. I find THAT totally arrogant and antisocial. Sorry to vent like this, but when well intentioned inquiries are interpreted, as "aggressive manipulation", it's really disheartening.

I've mentioned my "portable setup" a few times. Below is a photo of it in actual portable use...

It's a moot point now I guess, but I imagined a use case something like... You've loaded up an editor program with Force Command, but you need to do a quick HEX conversion, so you press a button, and up pops a smaller secondary DOS window, you type something like: "LS HEX" for "Load SAMS" HEX. A specially written program is installed into higher SAMS memory and executed. When you are finished, you press another button and the window closes, but you are exactly where you were in the editor program, except now you have the proper information from the HEX program to feed into your editor program. Why? Because, 1 - you would not have to save the file you are working on, 2 - you would not have to exit the program to, 3 - load a program, only to have to, 4 - quit the program, and then 5, reload the editor program all over again, and finally, 6 - reload the file you were working on. I figured at the time, if it was possible, it could have opened up a whole new genre of programs and solidified Force Command as the preeminent environment of choice for years to come. With the talk of SAMS memory management in another thread, I figured would only be matter of time before a block of code to do that was developed and shared.

By my reckoning, the SAMS card seems to be under utilized for how many of them are out in the wild. My idea, (which apparently is not possible) would have been to see if a method could be used for the SAMS card to support a suite of third party APPS over the next few years, written and developed by various individuals, utilizing Force Command as the operating environment. The purpose was to not interfere with memory locations normally used by either Force Command or regular programs. Sorry, I could not specify 'a specific goal', I simply wanted to see if it was even possible before mentioning my idea, (which is now out there, but apparently useless.) The motivation behind the original question was for the SAMS card to be more useful to the people who own them, with the additional benefit of creating further interest in Force Command in a manner you would not have to personally support, while at the same time potentially having an avenue for new items for the TI.

One really nice thing about the TI-99/4A with the TIPI/32K and the FG99 is it's portability! You can take it with you on vacation! So after you get done doing all your other fun things during the day, you can settle in during the evening and have even more fun!

I hope to meet up with some of you in the chat room tonight. I had a blast chatting with AirShack yesterday. 6pm Pacific time.

Thanks that would be perfect for the EA5 version as it would drop straight back into Force Command, assuming it's loaded that way.

Stewart could I ask a favor for the next version of your fantastic browser? It would be great if it had a quit button, either via keyboard or via a software button on the screen. Thanks.

Lack of time is the working man's enemy. Ten more years until retirement here. I have to wonder what kind of amazing toys we'll have for this computer then.