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I have the disks, but no 5.25" disk drive to run them in. The CCK came with 4 5.25" disks as well as a CD. The CD was for a Windows machine with images as well as some emulated versions of the disks. The 5.25" disks were for running on the TI. I'm looking for dumps of those 5.25" disks so I can run them via emulation on my PC, as the .dsk files included on the CD seem to lack some of the info.

Does anyone have a copy of Bill Gaskill's Cartridge Collection Kit? I have one, but it seems on the CD (for PC's) the .dsk dump of the cartridge information doesn't have all the extra info (like magazine references and the like). Almost like it was an earlier version. The screen shots shown in the manual I have show this extra info, but apparently are being run from the 5.25" disks that come with it. I have those disks, but no easy way to run them. I was hoping someone might have a copy of the CCK 5.25" disks and could send me a dumped .dsk file that I could run via emulation? I'd love to see all the info that each entry has. All I need is the "Carts" disk. Thanks!

Yep. Still have it all. Am very tempted to buy this one. Probably will click the button. Update: done. Thanks for all the help everyone!

I just got a setup where I can hook up my PC and TI on the same TV set and am looking for a clean/working TI-99/4A black/silver console. I would like to find a until in as pristine condition as possible. I had a beige unit that seems to not work anymore, and a black/silver unit would match the TV/PC. Thanks for any help!

Probably can chalk it up as one of the conspiracies, along with the E.T conspiracy and the like.

Very weird, but interesting at the same time. BuckoBrand has just presented an opportunity. Maybe someone could make a sequel to Miner2049er called Miner2048Ker. Bigger, Bolder, Better.

When I talked with Michael Brouthers, this is what he said about Lobster Bay. Apparently it was to be the first in a line of bigger games:

I was wondering, has anyone noticed that when Hopper is plugged into the TI, the font changes on the selection screen? At least it appears to. I also notice that it takes longer for the selection screen to appear after getting past the main screen (along with a longer beep). I feel like Touch Typing Tutor did this as well (though not 100% positive). Any thoughts on why this is? Font looks smaller I would say. https://youtu.be/P3M0mWQ4kIc?t=15 (Hopper) https://youtu.be/xGVOw8gXl6Y?t=3 (Normal)

Owen Brand has been nagging me to take pics of my boxed Funware collection. So I figured there's no better opportunity to show it off and brag than here in this thread about Funware carts Here you go Owen and anyone else that is interested

That I do. I could check and see. Are we in need of a dump of it perhaps? Now, would there be anything taken out of these games to fit in 8K, or were they 8K to begin with and the GROM was just to work on v2.2 consoles?

Ah, very good possibility. You are right about Funware having a lot of titles on that machine. Cave Creatures being one of them.

Never knew there would be a non-GROM version, due to the box and marketing. If anything, the ROM version would be the rare one. I'd be interested in finding out where that came from.

I thought all St. Nick carts would be with a GROM since on the box for St. Nick it says "Guaranteed to work on all current and future versions of the TI-99/4A".

I already sent them to your msn.com address listed in your profile. Let me know if that's okay.

I also could export as csv according to my export options in Outlook. Would you prefer .csv or .pst? Maybe I'll just send both.

Sounds like a plan. (.pst files). No, these messages are from The River Listserver. Basically, what happened was this: 1. net.micro.ti was founded in 1984 2. comp.sys.ti was formed as a part of the reconfiguring of Usenet in 1987 3. Tom Wills establishes a listserver @theriver.net in 1996 (which helps drive away traffic during that time from comp.sys.ti) 4. Tom Wills's hosting provider (The River) wants to start charging more as he's using up a lot of bandwidth running his listserver, so he joins eGroups in December of 1999 and shifts operations to there 5. eGroups is bought by Yahoo! and becomes Yahoo! Groups in 2000 6. An AtariAge TI forum is started in 2009 and becomes the main TI hangout up to this date So these messages that I have are from the pre-Yahoo TI days, and are not included in that group. TheRiver Listserver was started in 1996, so there are more messages out there if someone can fill in those prior years, that would be great. I know I don't have all the 1997 messages, but have most after August of that year, so filling in that year would be helpful as well.

I know someone else must have messages going back to 1996 from the Listserver (when it started), as there was an archive made by Mr.Moon around 2001 that went back that far. That archive has since disappeared. My e-mails start in August 1997 to the end of The River Listserver in on 12/31/99.

I have e-mail messages in my Outlook for the TI Listserver dating from 1997-1999. This is pre-Yahoo/eGroups. If there is a way you could use these, let me know. I have 1,434 messages from 1997, 5,085 from 1998, and 7,003 from 1999.

Does anyone know anything about this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSVhTMKNnHA It appears to be a port of "Castle Excellent" from the MSX.

The thread about the Tunnels of Doom manual brought up an interesting question. Which TI titles never received an updated manual (with full color artwork)? I can only think of a few: 1. Tunnels of Doom (however, an updated manual was done as evidenced by images of it in a TI brochure and Tex-Comp catalog) 2. Hustle 3. Physical Fitness (?) 4. Statistics (?) Not sure on the last 2, but I don't think I've seen updated manuals for those. The real weird one is Hustle, as they redid both The Attack and Blasto, but not Hustle. Also, the Hustle label was just a colorized version of the old style label, not a new one with updated font. Seems to have been a popular title judging by the number of them that you see out there. Can anyone thing of any others?

Yes, from TI directly. It's that one that is square in shape (not the larger style brochures). That's where I first noticed it. It's in the collage of manuals on the front cover.