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Looking for the latest version of asm994a. Help!

Ripped off AirJordan I suppose: Air = Aviation pays the bills Shack = nickname from govt job Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks again Omega for hosting an awesome FestWest! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Was a thrill to see my game elevate Sinphaltimus emotionally! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The 30K Club is calling out for the Non-Evil one! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Go for it Omega! After all, you need to try to break the elusive 30,000 points barrier. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Change is good. We can always keep our PEBs but options are nice to have. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yup. That's the fix. Thx Lenny. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great ideas! Just ordered mine! Thx!

Wrote it with FlashROM99 in mind. Funny, I never thought of testing the .bin in Classic99 since I have the real deal on my desk. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh...you've tried that? Where are you stuck? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Try a higher difficulty level. Score multipliers are built in. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You're the second best player at SCRAA. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I purchased a TI in 1980 and it seemed like a great machine back then despite the many faults we can list today. The problems with TI marketing and this computer are much easier to see some 37 years later. What is it they say about hindsight? TI had no crystal ball. TI is still a company btw... Atari? Commodore? Tandy? Sinclair? <chirp> Perhaps they were the wisest of the bunch after all? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I will give you credit for being the first to argue in favor of a larger PEB. [emoji91][emoji91][emoji91][emoji91]bait Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The TI PEB can most certainly support a reasonably sized CRT. Many users here have CRTs atop their machines. Once you see some of that crisp and clean 99/4A F18A upgraded VGA output on an LCD, well... You won't want a CRT anymore. No blur, no ghosting, no bulky CRT. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

nanoPEBs do continue to pop up on eBay. You can get a 32k sidecar and a SD card reading FlashROM99. With that setup a BASIC programmer can: A. Program in BASIC on a PC via emulation using Classic99. B. Compile the BASIC program with Harry Wilhelm's (senior_falcon) BASIC compiler. Runs 20-50X faster than TI BAsIC!!! C. Save the Compiled program into EA5 format with Harry's compiler loader. D. Convert that file to binary rom (.bin) using Fred Karl's Module Creator2. E. Run your speedy Compiled BASIC program off the cartridge port via FlashROM99. Just an idea...let me know if you would like the details. Building the FlashROM99 kit is both easy and rewarding. The 32k sidecar is sold at an extremely reasonable price. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Has the nanoPEB build quality improved at all? Last year I read a few very negative reviews. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Seems like a good comparison to me and I'm a TI guy. Facts are facts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'd be interested if the venue was close to an airport. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I recommend sending all of your old non-homebrew carts to Greg at arcadeshopper.com so he can repurpose them. My wife is thrilled with my idea. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The fact that it's an odd system (GROM, VDP, GPL, PEB, etc) is kind or a selling point these days. It's far more interesting now, isn't it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I believe the popular Scott Adams text adventures were licensed. A. How much RAM in that VIC? B. Good question. They even modified the rev2 beige TIs to lock out Atari carts. Perhaps they were aiming at the education market and homanagement apps to sell it. They probably didn't see it as a game machine console but something more sophisticated. A big mistake. Games sold computers back then. Who knew? Everything was new back then. They were probably arrogant being Big Bad TI. With Speak and Spell, watches, etc. The consumer division was on a roll and probably didn't care about what was happening outside Texas. C. It actually has unique looks which elevates it above the others, cosmetically. A TI-99/4A in 2017 looks the same as it did 35 years ago. It hasn't turned several shades of nasty yellow. This is actually a strength. It looks faster than it is. D. Back then they probably figured the users too unsophisticated to need more power. Originally, TI locked users out of Assembly programming and even simple peeks and pokes. This indicates an approach of,"...let us do the programming and we'll put it on a cartridge for you." Conclusion: It's widely accepted now that TI didn't know what they were doing back then. Abandoning the market and killing the 99/8 is all the confession you need. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is a great story! Second to last at K-Mart. I can only imagine your excitement taking that machine home. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks to: Classic99/Tursi, TIdbit/matthew180, Compiler/senior_falcon, Module Creator 2 / Fred Kaal Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk