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The game has only two treasures. Not sure what all you want for pics. Here is the final score screen. I do have the notes I made while playing (not a traditional map), but since this is ongoing, I'll hold off on including those. EDIT: I somehow overlooked the post that said we could play any one we liked. Oh well, here's Pirate Adventure anyway!

And now I see the same seller has listed another one with the exact same pictures and description. I'm sure it's possible that they actually do have more than one, but I sure hope the one you got is an original.

Hmm... a zero feedback seller who, when you click on the feedback score, shows as being in Mexico. Hope whoever bought it actually gets it.

From this page: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/atari-vcs-game-stream-connect-like-never-before#/ Who knew July was a Spring month? Learn somethin' new ev'ry day! Also, see the timeline that's still on the above site link (relevant screen cap below). Which quarter is July in - Q1 or Q2?

While it doesn't say Atari on it, it does at least have the emblem and looks like an (old school) Atari VCS https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2269086

When I read this: ...I'm wondering what it is he can't wait to get. "[A]n evolution of video game consoles." Hasn't just about every new game console been this? "Not only for atari but all video games in general." Um, okay, WTF does this even mean? It's not like "atari" has been constantly pumping out consoles every so many years like a few other console manufacturers. Just about anything would be an evolution for them. What in particular is it going to have that other manufacturers are going to think "man, we need to add that to our next console!"? Never mind that what he's stating is so generic. He's using a whole lot of words to essentially say nothing. What do you mean by "more flexibility and less restrictions," which in itself sounds redundant? What restrictions? I'm sure he's convinced himself it's "going to be awesome" (how 80s), but it's gonna take a lot more than him just saying so to make it so.

Should have known better. It looked like TI BASIC but when I saw CALL SAY, I knew that wasn't available in it. Thanks to Greg for the solution. Also, I found this as well, in order to avoid a program crash: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/276408-speak-spell-disk-how-do-i-run-it/?p=3982380

When I try running the SPEAKSPELL program I get a BAD VALUE IN 240 error. I'm using the Extended BASIC cart in Classic99. Any ideas?

I have no idea if anyone would be interested in these, but I've been slowly typing up more aid files for titles that weren't included in blackbox's original post for the FG99 cartridge. I've only added 5 more and none are for games. They are... - Diagnostics - Demonstration - Early Learning Fun - Beginning Grammar - Number Magic As blackbox mentioned, there is a limit to the size of the files that can be created. In my experience, 146 lines of 38 characters per line appears to be the limit. Due to this, I've only included the following in each file: - cartridge title - TI given description - the Quick Reference Guide - the blurb from the back of each manual I will continue to create more and am happy to share them here if there is interest in them. FG99AA-Aid.zip

Has anyone ever tracked down any of the three titles that Creative Computing released for the TI? Below is the page in their Catalog 8 that lists them. They're also mentioned in the TI Home Computer Program Library brochure that usually came with a TI-99/4A. I've no idea if this software was any good, just curious if these titles have ever been preserved or if they may be most liekly lost to history.

Not that I expect this score will hold up, but here's my current best score for this game. It's actually a lot better than I remember it being, with a decent amount of depth for what at first glance looks to be a simple game.

Okay, thanks. I have two 9V adapters, tip positive, but they're not 1A - the highest one is 800 mA - so I wasn't sure if that would work and didn't want to risk damaging by trying to use it, since yours is working at 500 mA. I'll try it when I get home from work tonight.

Does anyone know the size of the connector for the adapter?

Here is a piece of marketing copy (item 10) that has indeed stood the test of time. Such a shame their support for the computer ended so abruptly, but of course, money talks. This comes from the "Introduction to Computing with the TI-99/4A" booklet that was put out by the TI Computer Advantage Club in the "Commonly Asked Questions" section. The second one (item 12) was clearly a shot at both of Commodore's computers - the VIC 20 and the 64 - with the marketing hype taking over by mentioning only good things such as creatively arriving at access to 110K of memory and a 16-bit processor in the era of 8-bits, even if the machine really was unable to take full advantage of it. Dazzle 'em with numbers - the higher, the better, baby! (...or baffle 'em with BS, depends on your point of view)

Are the FlashROM 99 files exclusively for the Flash ROM or can they also be used with the FinalGROM 99? I'm guessing that the FG99 ones can't be used on the FR99. I'm guessing this may have been asked and answered somewhere in the 45 previous pages of this thread. If so, I apologize for asking again. I didn't see it explained in the initial post. Thanks to anyone who can clear this up.

Just wondering how the MBX headset works, since I may be acquiring one that's missing the headset. As I understand it, the headphones aren't actually that - there's no audio - but is instead a convenient way to attach the mic to your head while playing with both hands. So is it just a simple mic plug that would work with any mic that can attach to it?

Your and Tursi's stories are familiar. I would get frustrated at some of the games I'd play on the TI (I think Alpiner was one that always got to me with those completely random boulders falling) and get so mad that I'd hammer fist the "coffee warmer" section of the TI which would almost always reset it and sometimes make it whine with the long beep until I'd turn it off. Stupid kid getting too frustrated over something that was supposed to be fun - oh to go back knowing what we know now. Also, money was always tight, and since most of my tapes were used for recording songs off the radio, I'd be stingy with my TI tapes. Of course, due to overuse, my typed-in listings from Compute, 99er, a few books, and even some of my own programs ended up with dropouts on the tape. It certainly helped to improve my typing skills, but also made me realize I needed to upgrade to a new machine, much like OLD CS1 states. The Apple //c was the one I got since my high school had Apple ]['s and (imagine that) Franklin Ace Apple ][ clones, with a lot of software available for it. My cousins had C64 and Atari 800 so the TI was looking pretty shabby by 1985 with it being an orphan, Triton catalogs notwithstanding. As for non-TI buffoonery - as a child of around 5 or 6, I accidentally knocked the power cord of a wall clock out of the socket. It bent the prongs so, not knowing how it worked, I decided to hold the prongs while plugging it in. I kept wondering why my teeth and back kept hurting everytime I tried this... until my mom heard my wailing - which I wasn't all that aware of doing - and screamed at me to drop the cord. My first lesson with the dangers of electricity!

I'd seriously doubt it's due to TIPI, as I only considered it until I saw what it can, and more importantly, can't do when compared to the nanoPEB. They're both nice add-ons, but as I have no need for networking, web access, or hard drive storage (or any of the available extensions), not to mention yet another add-on I need to connect, provide power for, and still need separate memory expansion, I knew it wasn't for me. I did need 32K expansion and simple diskette emulation, plus an RS-232 port as a bonus, in addition to the reasonable price of all of that in one complete package, there was no decision needing to be made. The other three suggestions do sound like possible explanations.

So I bought two 4 GB compact flash cards for the nanoPEB I recently purchased. After formatting them within Ti99dir, it tells me that there are 2621 volumes available. However, based on the information provided in the CF geometry option in the nanoPEB's menu, it's telling me there is space available for 4883 volumes. This would seem to jive with the documentation on the nanoPEB site which explains that you need to divide the capacity of the CF card (in my case, 3,999,137,729) by 819,200. This results in 4881.76. Now granted, I'm sure I'll have difficulty filling the card with that many disk images, but I am curious to know if this 2621 volume limitation is due to Ti99dir or something else. Now as for the CF cards - I bought a Verbatim and a SanDisk. Per the note in the nanoPEB manual, it states that SanDisk and Kingston work best and that due to timing issues, not all CF cards will work. Sure enough, the nanoPEB doesn't recognize the Verbatim card, sometimes corrupting it (the first volume, apparently) with some oddball garbage characters, requiring it to be reformatted. The SanDisk initially had this problem too, but after some perseverance, I was able to get it to work. Ti99dir is able to read from and write to it fine. I've even copied files back to my PC and verified that they weren't corrupted. The card only gets corrupted after the nanoPEB has tried to access it. Has anyone else had any luck with a Verbatim CF card?

Okay, now I know what I've been missing. And let me tell you, I'm glad I dove back in! I picked up a few TIs from a person nearby whose relative was apparently a hoarder. I figured I'd grab three to start (yes, there are a decent amount of additional ones I may grab) and thankfully one of them works with almost no issues. The other two I will be sending off to another AA member to attempt repairs once I recover from having my gall bladder removed this Wednesday. I am tentative about picking up any additional equipment because the place they were stored has water damage due to both a leaky roof and very damp basement. In fact, the 3 machines I picked up still have a bad mildew smell to them. If I can get what I want at a decent enough price, I will. If not, I'll be happy with my current set up, which does include a speech synthesizer. I know I've said this a few times in other threads, but I've really been missing my original hardware for a couple of years now, wishing I had never given away the rather large collection of TI-99 items I had up until 2010. But, it may have been for the best, now that I've gotten a hold of a FinalGROM and a nanoPEB. So much power in so little space! It's amazing how you can fit pretty much every TI cartridge onto an SD card and over 2500 diskettes onto a 4 GB CF drive. Add to that the 32K expansion and RS-232 port, it's amazing that I've been able to expand to my dream TI set-up for less than $150 including shipping for these two amazing pieces of equipment. These are so much better than the humongous and noisy PEB (not to mention the cards needed to fill it) and all those cartridges and aging diskettes lying around. If I had the space to store it all or enough room to set up all of the systems I'd like to, it wouldn't be an issue, but having downsized my living space by more than half between 2005 and 2010, these tiny devices are a godsend. So for me, it's a wonderful alternative. Between this and my modernized Amiga 4000, this is like living in retro computing heaven. Two of my three favorite computing platforms (the third being the Apple ][ line) I now have working original equipment that are modernized to enjoy nearly everything there is to enjoy on them. It's doubtful I'll ever get any original Apple ][ hardware due to how the prices on them have soared over the past few years, which is fine since I already have to swap my systems in and out of my limited space in order to enjoy them. I guess I can settle for Apple ][ emulation on my Raspberry Pi for now! I just wanted to thank all the hobbyists who have kept this 40-year old computer relevant (or at the very least still fun to play around with) all these years later. There are far too many people to list without anyone feeling slighted, so I will just thank all of the contributors to this wonderful group here on AA as well as on FB for all the useful and helpful information on modernizing the first computer I ever owned. Like the Blood, Sweat and Tears song goes: You've Made Me So... Very Happy!

I knew I saw this issue elsewhere but couldn't track it down using the search feature. Thanks again to all who responded. I've PM'd AwkwardPotato and am waiting for a reply.

Sure, its packaging is unique, but it's far from pristine condition and the game itself is about as common as can be. I can think of far better uses of $500, but then again, I guess if you can get someone to part with that much for it, more power to ya. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultra-Rare-ZAXXON-ColecoVision-1982-CIB-Complete-in-arcade-box-nes-ADAM/131879742086

Thanks for the responses. It looks like replacing these chips would involve soldering. If so, is there anyone here in the U.S. (the closer to PA, the better) who might offer this as a service? Perhaps they can also diagnose the issues with the TI-99/4 I picked up too.

Well, I'm diving back into real TI hardware and unfortunately my luck with it is like with nearly everything else - if it wasn't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all! Anyway, I'm not here to pity myself, but would like to know what the issue is with one of the TI-99/4A's I recently picked up in as-is condition. I've attached a picture of the boot screen which shows a lot of garbage and obviously isn't working properly. Is this a video RAM problem, the display chip, or something else? Thankfully I did get a hold of one working 4A (the 4 also has problems - it powers on but has nothing but snow on the screen and a weird high pitched static / white noise going on so I don't know what's wrong with it), a speech synthesizer, and a bunch of carts including a few rare ones. Of course, it's the carts only - no boxes or manuals, but I'm still pretty happy with what I've picked up so far, along with my notations for my own reference. # in parentheses is how many I have of each if more than one: Adventure - TI (3)(cartridge only) Alpiner - TI (3)(speech) Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom - TI (speech) BurgerTime - TI (flaky) Car Wars - TI Congo Bongo - TI Diagnostic - TI Disk Manager 2 - TI (4) Editor/Assembler - TI (3)(requires 32K)(cartridge only) Jawbreaker II - TI M*A*S*H - TI (speech) Mini Memory - TI (3) MunchMan - TI (2) Parsec - TI (speech) Return To Pirate's Isle - TI Speech Editor - TI Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator - TI (speech) Super Demon Attack - TI Terminal Emulator 2 - TI (6) TI Extended BASIC - TI (5) TI Invaders - TI TI WRITER Word Processor - TI (cartridge only) Tombstone City - TI Tunnels of Doom - TI (cartridge only) Ambulance - Funware Defender - Atarisoft Disk Fixer V2.1 - Navarone (requires 32K) Frogger - Parker Brothers Jungle Hunt - Atarisoft Micro Pinball II - DataBioTics Miner 2049er - Tigervision (2) Pac-Man - Atarisoft (flaky) PDM-99 (Peripheral Diagnostic Module) - CorComp Pole Position - Atarisoft Speed Reading A - Navarone (flaky) Super Extended BASIC - ? Wordwriter - DataBioTics Could have been better, but overall, I'm glad that I got at least one working machine with which to start over. I'll have to look over the threads here to see what the best path forward would be for getting 32K RAM added, as well as storage.

So are you able to use the save feature? I thought that wasn't possible. If it is, then that's good to know.