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My new toy (TI 990)
cbmeeks replied to cbmeeks's topic in Tomy Tutor, CC40, 99/2, 99/8, Cortex, 990 mini
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Yes, I'm very familiar with MAME. I do prefer, however, more localized emulators designed for the platform.
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This is great news to hear! I'm a long time Linux user (Fedora) and it gets frustrating sometimes when there isn't a Linux native version for some apps I enjoy using. Thanks for doing this!
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TI-99 Photos Thread! Post your systems here!
cbmeeks replied to slinkeey's topic in TI-99/4A Computers
Sorry for the dark pic. This is my current TI setup. I have a PEB loaded out in the closet. I plan on bringing out a cassette drive soon just for fun. -
My new toy (TI 990)
cbmeeks replied to cbmeeks's topic in Tomy Tutor, CC40, 99/2, 99/8, Cortex, 990 mini
Will do. When I get to it, I will be on here for sure. Thanks! -
My new toy (TI 990)
cbmeeks replied to cbmeeks's topic in Tomy Tutor, CC40, 99/2, 99/8, Cortex, 990 mini
I have a TI terminal on top too. Just not in this pic. It screams TI and matches the TM990 perfectly. I only wished I had a TI enclosure instead of the HP. -
My new toy (TI 990)
cbmeeks replied to cbmeeks's topic in Tomy Tutor, CC40, 99/2, 99/8, Cortex, 990 mini
No. Unfortunately, I just don't have the resources and/or time to really devote looking into this machine. At the moment, it's just eye-candy for me. I do hope to get to it one day. -
The monitor should be a TI monitor! I mean, that's what everyone had or wanted to have back in the day. 🙂 Also, for the love of all things holy, PLEASE tell me this will get a nice boxed, cart release! I both loved and hated this game on my C64 back in the day. And now I want to love and hate it on my TI today. LOL Great work!
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Are there any good art programs for the Apple II? I'd prefer a modern tool that runs on Linux but would be OK with something that runs on real hardware if it's good. I look at all of terrific games for the II and note that many of them actually had great graphics for the day. How do you think those were created? I've considered creating my own editor but I'm still learning the wonky format of II graphics. Thanks!
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My IIc has an internal Mockingboard.
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I plan is to actually use them more. I have many Apple II's of different models and yet they don't see the light of day as often as they should. I plan on doing some programming for them as well.
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My new toy (TI 990)
cbmeeks replied to cbmeeks's topic in Tomy Tutor, CC40, 99/2, 99/8, Cortex, 990 mini
Unfortunately, no. I'm not even quite sure how to tell which TI 990 this is. -
My new toy (TI 990)
cbmeeks replied to cbmeeks's topic in Tomy Tutor, CC40, 99/2, 99/8, Cortex, 990 mini
My assumption would be the same way any other accelerator would. Such as a BASIC compiler, etc. I actually have a book or two on COBOL but never got into it. However, in 2006 I was told by a very large insurance company (job interview) that if I knew COBOL, they would hire me on the spot. -
My new toy (TI 990)
cbmeeks replied to cbmeeks's topic in Tomy Tutor, CC40, 99/2, 99/8, Cortex, 990 mini
Yeah, I can't imagine what this computer cost back in the day. One of those cards is a 2 MiB cache card too. Which was a lot of RAM in the early 80's. I can't figure out what this machine would have been used for. It has a bunch of cards that all have 4 or 8 ports. I'm not sure what they were used for. I assumed maybe printers or maybe some type of industrial operation. But the COBOL card tells me it probably ran some business software. Perhaps financial reports that ran on a bunch of printers?? Who knows. One day, I will put power to it. But the PSU's are in very bad shape and I'm not an expert on this machine. Too nervous to just power it on. -
If the TI had fixed all of these issues, we wouldn't have a computer to bitch about 40 years later! LMAO. But seriously, I don't know of any one mass produced computer that had so many bone-head moves as the TI. For me, all of these (and the fact it was my first computer) is exactly why I love the thing. There must be something great about it if we're still using it all of these years later. When I think back to my 9 year old self using a computer for the very first time, I didn't know what a sprite was. I never could figure out how games moved stuff around but all I could do is cheesy char drawing. But if you twist my arm, I would say these would be my biggest gripes of the TI: 1) TI Extended BASIC should have been standard and built in. 2) A user port like the C64 and perhaps a decent serial port fast enough to drive a good floppy drive. 3) A "cheapish" floppy drive. 4) 32KiB of RAM standard (in addition to the 16 KiB for VDP)