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Does anyone out there have a physical copy of this brochure: https://www.ti994.com/1979/brochures/1979booklet.pdf I don't have a physical copy and would love to get one for my 99/4 collection. Would be willing to pay a good amount for it.

Not this time! Anyway, the price would have been more than $75, I would make sure of that

That was short. Got into my first battle and 4 Underlings killed me. It seems most of my attacks (probably 80%) missed and they were able to kill me off. Was more a game of who could actually land a blow.

Cool. I've been wanting to play this game since seeing the manual cover, and the name is pretty interesting. Big fan of RPGs, so I'll see what it's got.

I have some TI-99/4A items I am selling. Included are pics as well: 1. Bad Video TI-99/4A Beige Console (In pristine cosmetic shape though, comes in box, bag, with registration card, Beginner's Basic manual, Read This First Manual, One-Year Limited Warranty papers, Power Supply, and RF Modulator). It would appear this TI was reconditioned from the factory and never opened. But I did test and can confirm the video has since went bad (scrambled characters). Could make a good unit if one had the innards of a working system to swap out 2. Editor/Assembler Binder (No Cartridge) with Parts A & B Disks 3. P-System Binder with Utilities, Editor/Filer, Assembler/Linker, and Compiler disks. Don't believe there was a cartridge with this one. 4. TI-Logo Binder with TI-Logo Sampler disk (No Cartridge) 5. TI-Writer Binder with Disk (No Cartridge) 6. Multiplan Binder with Disk (No Cartridge) 7. Non-Functional TI Joysticks 8. Various Magazines/Books

As for the cartridge connector. I have had a ton of cartridges and never had any greasyness on the edge connector. I even opened new MBX titles back in 1997 when I first got them from Competition Computer, and I don't remember the contacts having anything on them, and they were new in the box.

Not to hijack this thread, but are you the same Kchula-Rrit from the net.micro.ti days? Heck, you were posting on net.micro about the TI in September 1983 at least, before net.micro.ti was created. Here's an old post where you were on board in the push for a net.micro.ti group (which eventually was renamed comp.sys.ti in 1987, as we know it today): https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/Kchula-Rrit$20ti-99/net.micro/QeduCo20F8I/WYPSYvoftfAJ Glad to see you here on AtariAge!

I have Symantec Endpoint Protection on my computer and have never had an issue accessing Whtech. Is this different from what you have?

That reminds me of one of the sound effects I really liked. It was that intro music/effect that plays at the beginning of "Space Bandits".

It was Paul O'Connor:

Cool. I actually talked with the guy who did the localization for Fantasy (translated it into English on the TI) while working at Western Technologies. The games were apparently programmed in Japan and came to Western for English translation. I do know Super Demon Attack was programmed at Western and you can see the "Texas Instruments" lettering on the title screen for both Lasso and Super Demon Attack are identical. Just a fun tidbit.

Great video as always. BTW, not sure if you read your comments on the videos, but I mentioned that Lasso was another SNK title for the TI, in addition to Munchmobile and Fantasy, since you mentioned only 2 titles as being by SNK for the TI both of those videos.

And now, presenting, the Greenberg document! Titled "TI BASIC Interpreter System Documentation". Greenberg Basic.pdf

Okay, here are the docs for the Specification for the TI Standard of the Basic Language. The Greenburg document will come later this week. Enjoy! Big historical discoveries in the TI community this year so far! Specification_for_TI_Standard_Basic.pdf

Went for $2466. I was expecting $3000, so I was pretty close to guessing what it sold for. If it was working, I would have been in and most likely we would be talking around $8000. Now the question is, did someone from here end up with it? Or did it go to an unknown collector? Looks like the high bidder has a k,m,f, and a 2 in the user id. Maybe Jim Fetzner? Those are his call letters, not sure if he added a 2 in all these years.

This weekend I plan on scanning in the 2 TI Basic Interpreter System books that I have. Now, I know we need a copy of the Greenburg book, but what about the other one titled, "Specification of a TI standard of the BASIC Language"? Has that been scanned in already?

I believe that listing for the UR Star Trek is not the Triton one, but a 3rd party Sega one. A manual (actually an unfolded box) by Sega can be found on the July 1983 Enthusiast 99 Magazine on the front cover. Oh, I see it now. There is a Triton entry as well with the same rarity rating.

Great observations. My gut instinct is that this is from September 1978, as they had a quarterly review in September of 1977, as mentioned in the 9/9/1977 drawing I have that says "Quarterly Financial Review".

I might be wrong on this, but I almost get the feeling after reading that if the 9985 would have worked out like intended, it would have been better in the 99/4 than the 9900? Meaning the 99/4 would have been a faster, cheaper, and better performing system. Is this true or am I wrong on that?

Cool bit in there as well about the bubble memory devices as something that could be coming to the TI for storage. I read a lot of articles from the late 70s about TI being a big player in the bubble memory market, and people were wondering if the 99/4 was going to have that. Kind of neat since it was solid state with no moving parts.

See first post. I added the entire scanned document there in PDF form. Ooops. Guess I can't edit the first post. Anyway, here's the PDF attached to this message. bIt's 117 pages. Enjoy! Can't wait to see what other tidbits people dig up and share. White Papers.pdf One of the things you'll notice is how TI was big on the whole security system thing. Must have thought it a big selling point.

I'll try scanning it on my flatbed scanner and see how that goes. Thanks for the offers of help. If it turns out to be too much of a task, I'll let you know what I decide.

Also, if I recall correctly, the other items you get have to be washed in the fountains as well. I guess the dragon keeps a tidy lair.

Also, I believe if you land on the platform (where you hatch in your den), the crystal will be deposited without having to knock into anything.

You missed the hidden passage. Blast through the lower right of the cavern (lowest right screen) and you can fight another enemy and there's ghosts. You can earn different prizes this way. The diamond might be one of those prizes, I forget. I stumbled upon the passage by accident actually. Would love to see that in a video since I don't think anyone else found that, at least from my experience in talking with people who played the game on the TI.