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  5. Posted

    I am curious about the name, "Extended Basic v2.7 Suite". I have so many questions, so I will just list them out.

     

    1. Why the name? Why not "Super Multi-Utilities" or something like that?

    2. Why not "Extended Basic Suite v2.7" or without the version number altogether?

    3. Why is it v2.7? What happened to the other versions?

    4. Why is it "Basic" and not "BASIC"?

     

    Darryl

  6. Posted

    I saw the argument earlier, and I remember thinking no matter what happens the two things I did not want to see was:

     

    1) somebody leaving the forums

     

    2) somebody not making carts anymore

     

    Neither outcome is good for the forums, the hobby, or the individual. Please reconsider. I am just now getting back into the hobby. I don't know either of you very well, but I would miss the contributions of either one of you a lot.

     

    Darryl

  8. Posted

    I used to have a realtime clock. I am pretty sure it was part of my FDC, but I honestly can't remember. But I used to love putting a clock on the screen while I was in Extended Basic or just browsing the BBS. There was a simple call that put it up on the screen. But I am not sure I would buy a standalone RTC card. It's a nice feature to have, but I think I would want it built into the TI console somehow.

     

    Darryl

  10. Posted · Edited by dphirschler

    These should be pretty close to final. I've tweaked just about everything, the size, the position, the fonts, spacing, text and image size... And I've positioned things closer to the position on a real cartridge. So here they are.

     

    Solid State Cartridge v2

    post-39934-0-81545200-1412043008_thumb.png

     

    Retro Redesign

    post-39934-0-64357200-1412042374_thumb.png

    This one features a larger TI logo than the original "Command Module" label.

     

    Retro Redesign 2

    post-39934-0-13824600-1412042375_thumb.png

     

    Retro Redesign (Educational)

    post-39934-0-61702200-1412042375_thumb.png

     

    Retro Redesign (Games)

    post-39934-0-74482800-1412042376_thumb.png

     

    Retro Redesign (Games) in Parsec purple

    post-39934-0-21649400-1412042376_thumb.png

     

    Nono Games

    post-39934-0-86329800-1412042901_thumb.png

     

    And finally, here is the Illustrator file.

    TI cart label_CS3.zip

     

    Darryl

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  13. Posted

    I have a bunch of TI disks, 100 or so maybe more. I can’t jumpstart my PEB to test the disks. I was able to transfer 20-30 disks a while back (two years ago maybe), and then last month I transferred two disks. And that was the end of it. The first disk transferred easily. The second transferred with some trouble. No more would transfer after that.



    Details:


    The first batch of disks was transferred using a PC with a (I don't have the model number at the moment) 5.25” floppy drive. It’s an older Windows XP machine. I have it booting off a Win98 boot disk, booting into DOS. I then run the ti99-pc software. I transferred probably 30 disks with only a couple of failures. I ran out of time and put everything away. I only recently got back to trying to transfer them again. And then I was unable to transfer a single disk!



    The second set of disks was transferred using the same PC with a TEAC FD-55GFR floppy drive. I got two transferred before it stopped working. I noticed one disk (labeled “Atarisoft” :-( ) was damaged pretty badly. A good half a centimeter-wide ring on the disk had been rubbed clean of any magnetic material. It was practically see-thru. My initial feeling is that some of the magnetic residue rubbed off on the drive heads. However, I don’t know if it was already like that or if it just happened. I bought a cleaning disk and gave it another go. Nothing.



    I could give it a third attempt using the actual TI floppy disk drive (which is a half-height Toshiba 5471L0K) mounted in the same PC. But it will be some trouble to remove the drive.



    Any advice?




    Darryl


  14. Posted

    Regarding "solid state cartridge" vs "command module". I believe " command module" is an older, less modern-sounding term. I prefer "solid state cartridge" on my retro design, so that is what I use.

     

    And I should say that I am still refining my label design. In particular I know I need to tweak the outlined TI logo.

     

    I've designed it with some bleed (I just don't show it in the mockups I put up here). My labels are 300dpi and sized correctly. I am only showing 72dpi labels here. When I get it finished, I will post the ai file.

     

    Darryl

  15. Posted · Edited by dphirschler

    As I continue to go through some old TI pamphlets and catalogs, I've discovered a game that I did not know existed. Here is how is listed in the catalog.

     

    Battlestar Galactica (speech)

    Wage war against the computer or an opponent as you pilot your Viper fighters and Battlestars through 3 dimensional space. This will be the first Cartridge to provide combat between two 99/4A's. ARCADE style. TI 99/4A only. Speech Synthesizer optional. Cartridge.

     

    Did this game ever come out? I can't remember ever seeing it. There is no photo or screen shot. It's a Bill Cosby catalog from 1983.

     

     

    Darryl

  23. Posted

    In this case I think it's important to have about the same space above and below the cart title and the small text. In other words, the cart title should be lowered a bit.

     

    ;)

     

    I agree. It was better centered before I enlarged the text. I'll fix that. Thanks.

     

     

    Darryl

  24. Posted · Edited by dphirschler

    I've further refined the cart labels. I like my retro redesign the best. So I made several variations using TI's color themes.

     

    Utility cart:

    post-39934-0-96663300-1411521953_thumb.png

     

    Game cart:

    post-39934-0-03746500-1411521968_thumb.png

     

    Game cart with fancy font (inspired by Parsec):

    post-39934-0-93409900-1411521979_thumb.png

     

    Educational games:

    post-39934-0-10215600-1411522006_thumb.png

     

     

    Darryl

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