Omega-TI

No way a cardboard box will ever be worth more than a P-Box from my point of view.

Fresh case, but the price stinks.

@jrhodes That would be perfect to house a TI emulator program on the Pi.

I popped in today, same as above. Let us know when you update.

This whole concept has me excited to no end. I'll use myself as an example here... you all know how rabid and devoted I am towards the TI-99/4A, but the truth is, if it were not for the F18A VGA upgrade giving me crisp and clear video, I probably would have dropped it years ago. If I could get a fairly easy to install HDMI output option for my 5200, I'd be more "into it". I believe many of us would jump at the chance to buy this option if it was available. With new options, comes new or renewed interest and that drives sales of used units, cartridges, multicarts and even leads to new games and/or ports. The 5200 could truly be a resurgent platform.

Anything maybe possible for the 400/800/1200 etc. But for the 5200 I'd be super happy just to have a crisp clear clean video image. It would probably increase my 5200 user time over 1,000%

Thanks for the honest feedback guys. Sadly, it hardly seems worth the effort.

There is an interesting thread on another part of AtariAge << HERE >> that has to do with possibly using an RPi ZERO as an HDMI connection. What do you 5200 experts think? Is this possible for the 5200? It would sure lower the expected price of bringing HDMI to the 5200 and get around the licensing expense as well. One thing is certain, there is plenty of room in that massive 5200 case for RPi and a couple of cable connections.

That is a very interesting angle in which to approach the problem. I like the way that creator thinks. If a variant of something like this could be produced for the 5200, that would be awesome! RPI ZEROS are cheap as hell, and even with a few extra bits of discrete circuitry it would still be affordable and would make the 5200 more popular. Heck, even if it required an RPi3 due to processing requirements, there is still plenty of room inside the 5200! An HDMI 5200? OH HELL YEAH!

@leech What really excites me from that sale is this... The one I'm using is blue, and while functional, it's not very pretty and does not match my system.

I thought a new thread titled "PICTURE(s) OF THE DAY" might be an interesting topic starter. Take a photo of anything TI-99/4A related with your camera or cell phone and post it here. Who knows what new topics of discussion (if any) could spin off into other new threads. Sometimes the "next big thing" comes out of something unexpected, but without that stimulus, we'll never know what might have been. Some topics could include, but are not limited to: A project you are doing today, a new item you purchased, something you fixed, something you created, something you found, something humorous, something broken, something you found interesting. Something else? You can put a caption on the image, or not. You can describe the image, or not, or even make us guess the connection. I'm hoping different people take a whack at this every day so that'll be welcoming and inclusive to all. I'll start off with one today, but I'm going to limit myself to one a month, maybe less if this takes off. 🤞 As you see, much of my fun is the result of you AtariAge TI'ers making some real cool stuff! THANKS! Cartridge shells, cartridge boards, cartridge software, cartridge artwork, many people's efforts and talents can go into a single cartridge we have in our collections.

Very good point. Different people do different things with the hobby, some collect like packrats, others stick it all in one cartridge. Before the Atarimax came to my attention, I was doing the individual cartridge route. I'm very leery of selling on Ebay as I've read horror stories of sellers get screwed. I may try selling a few things there in the coming weeks if the items get no action here.

Alice's Restaurant! A TRUE CLASSIC! I listen to that song every Thanksgiving. I also listen to the song below every Christmas...

The first song that really got my attention, and got me into music was.

Wow, I was in elementary school when that one came out! Another song from that era I liked was ...

Had to share this one as it has a lot of different aspects to it... (First) An orchestra behind (second) the Wagakki Band and (third) Amy Lee from Evanescence. I still like the original studio version better, but this version I think will have a wider appeal, especially to the older crowd here.

I have a bunch of things taking up space that I want to get rid of (as a package deal only). Contents: 1) An RS-232 cable. I do not know which printer it works with, so you'll probably have a 50/50 chance of it working out of the box. 2) A TI RS-232 Y-Cable 3) A Lantronix UDS-10 with power supply. 4) A modified TI RS-232 card you'll have to perform an operation if you want it to run as RS232/1 again. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE VIEW If you're interested, and live in the lower 48 states, send me a PM. I'll let it all go for $150.00 (which includes shipping). Sorry, PayPal only. Everything was working when I pulled it from my system after I switched to the TIPI.

One of these days (in the future) I should probably go through mine and write down everything I don't like or never play and delete the stuff. Right now I have multiple sub-directories and really cannot keep track of it all.