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Here's my first stab at it.

Astromania?

thanks all i have what i think i need now.

ok- i've got my book out. CALL SPRITE(#1,33,5,96,124) - would define it FOR XVEL=-16 TO 16 STEP 2 FOR YVEL=-16 TO 16 STEP 2 - sets values for motion of sprite DISPLAY AT (12,11):XVEL;YVEL - displays current values of motion of sprite CALL MOTION(#1, XVEL, YVEL) - sets sprite in motion NEXT XVEL - completes the loops NEXT YVEL -- so the next question i have is that if i've defined characters like 96 - 110 how to i get them all to move 'at once'?

Apologies in advance if this has been answered before, but I can't quite get my hands around how the CALL SPRITE command works. I have a 4x4 block of characters defined (so 4 strings per 'line', 4 lines tall) and would like to move the entire thing as a sprite (like diagonally across the screen). here's my pseudocode: * Define character sets A$="hex" through P$="hex" * Color character sets (with example colors) CALL COLOR(9,7,12) CALL COLOR(10,7,12) * Display character sets (with examples) CALL VCHAR(12,16,96) :: CALL CHAR(96, A$) CALL VCHAR(12,17,97) :: CALL CHAR(97, B$) (and so on until 4 rows across and 4 rows down are defined) So... according to the XB manual i want to do something similar to CALL SPRITE(#1, 96, 5, 124), but instead where it takes my entire 16 block 'graphic' and moves it across the screen, but I can't quite figure out *how* to make it work. Thanks in advance!

feel better soon, dude. we'll be here!

I've gotten a head start and already started mapping out my graphics for my XB program using the Chris' most excellent CHARDEF-99 program. It is super cool to be able to convert the image to hex on the fly!

Our schools had the Apple IIc and IIe. I think 7th/8th grade we had like first generation Macs.

for $9k i would expect plumbing.

ooh this is a neat one! I won't ruin the fun for someone else for a few days, tho.

I have XB project I plan on working on that day!

Those are some pretty deep observations! Personally, I'm starting to level off my cart-collecting except for some specific things that I'd like (I lack 2 Atarisoft carts and would like to start grabbing some of the Funware ones)- but, really, to play games or use applications I don't have ready access to I'm saving up my money for the FinalGROM99. The concept of being able to load ANY software I want from the the FinalGROM (well, within reason) and not keep swapping cartridges/disks out of my real iron TI is super exciting to me.

this is WAY out of my range- but there's an Anteater cart up. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Only-1-on-Ebay-Ant-Eater-Anteater-The-RAREST-Ti-99-Game-Texas-Instruments-Romox-/391846186299?hash=item5b3bda4d3b:g:hHoAAOSwPzpZc5Eg

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom was mentioned in another thread.

sometimes the best ideas are borne from fun and leisure!

man, that stuff of pfleeman's went quick! I bought of couple of games from him just last week.

dang it, that auction already ended!

I have a TI PEB that has the disk controller and 32k cards, but not an RS232 card. I'd like to get this so I could experiment with printing/that super-looking RS232 wifi card What do you guys/gals recommend for getting RS232 capability? NanoPEB? Try to find RS232 card on ebay? Thanks in advance!

neat find! I certainly am not in the 'rare cart' budget right now, lol

nope! i was wanting to let someone else guess. Super Demon Attack has some pretty slick graphics. I picked up Honey Hunt not too long ago, so I've been playing that as of late.

a huge thank you to Arcadeshopper, PeBo, Omega, Ksarul, Mizapf, Insanemultitasker, Adamantyr, Tursi. Shift838, matthew180, and everyone else who i'm not thinking of off-hand but has been a HUGE help to me as I got back into the TI hobby. This really is one of the best hobbyist communities I've had the pleasure of being a part. I try to bring value by looking my stuff up first, but everyone has always been super helpful when i have weird or unusual questions about all things-TI.

Cool! I look forward to seeing the end results.

yours looks much cleaner to me than the one that i got. I realized first-hand after getting a couple of these broken Atarisoft carts that they were not really intended to be disassembled, lol. I have a pet project where a friend is going to 3D-print a replacement shell for Centipede, but it's fairly low-priority for us. Of course.. I guess the argument could be made as well that they didn't expect people to be messing with this stuff 30+ years later, either.

Oh that is cool! I'm working on an XB music program now so that would make it easier to show you guys rather than hand typing or filming it.

I got a Defender cart via eBay some time ago, but was really not thrilled to see that it had been sloppily glued on the outside and a piece of electrical tape on the top to cover where it was broken. I ended up finding a NiB copy to replace it so finally got around to taking the busted one apart. I figured maybe i could salvage the chip out of the cart- I don't think I'll be able to.