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I am not sure if this is the issue, but I am continuing to RTFM to discover which XB lines are not compiling to produce my expected result. senior_falcon pointed out DISPLAY VARIABLE and I have found this "IF-THEN-ELSE will only work with line numbers, like in TI BASIC. The more advanced XB style of IF-THEN-ELSE is not supported.". Although it is not working as I expect, I am happy to rework and try to think of different ways to produce what I am looking for. I am learning, and more importantly USING the TI equipment I am so fond of. I appreciate all who engage and offer help.

[email protected], I am guilty of this. Monday I had posted a April Fools TI Laptop post titled "New TI-99 Mini Laptop?". I should have posted it in the community forum instead of creating a new thread. I appreciate the reminder to think before acting. It would be great if the search could locate attachments. I frequently search to find if a program and/or document has been posted, but sometimes the post does not include the title or enough info about the attachment to locate it with search (unless I am doing something wrong, which could be the case). Thanks again!

Thank you senior_falcon, I tried changing 180 to OPEN #1:"PI.CLOCK",DISPLAY,INPUT,VARIABLE but I had the same initial result. XB runs fine, EA5 and BIN looks like it will load and then warm boots to the startup screen. I also removed 190 and changed 290 to GOTO 200. I got the same result.

Thanks Omega, that is what I tried which led me to post the issue. In that case, the XB worked but the EA5 and BIN file had the same result: The screen would look as if it were going to load then it would boot back to the startup screen. Even if I then selected option 2 Tipiclock, the system would look like it was going to load for a sec then just warm boot.

wolhess, thank you for your help. I tried it and the XB program works just like it did showing the formatted output that Omega posted. However, both the EA5 and BIN file output looks like: I have attached my source files along with the XB, EA5 and BIN files. Tipiclock.zip

Thank you wolhess! I will give that a try.

Since the recent change to the PI.CLOCK call, I have been trying to update my TIPICLOCK XB program that I converted to EA5 (to use with 4ADOS) using the steps outlined in Sinphaltimus' xb2fr99 video. I had success before, but now I can't seem to get it to work. I would like to end up with offering three versions zipped up for everyone's use: 1. XB Program (listed in this post) 2. EA5 Program (to be loaded via 4ADOS (LOAD TIPI.UTIL.TIPICLOCK ) 3. BIN Program (for launching from FR99 or FG99) Would someone be willing to help educate me on what the steps are so that I will understand the method to do this? 100 REM ******************* 110 REM * TIPICLOCK v2 * 120 REM * by Tim Woodland * 130 REM *-----------------* 140 REM * For TIPI * 150 REM * Obetav035 * 160 REM ******************* 170 CALL CLEAR 180 OPEN #1:"PI.CLOCK",DISPLAY ,INPUT 190 CALL KEY(0,K,Q) 200 INPUT #1:W$,D$,T$ 210 IF W$="1" THEN F$="MONDAY" 220 IF W$="2" THEN F$="TUESDAY" 230 IF W$="3" THEN F$="WEDNESDAY" 240 IF W$="4" THEN F$="THURSDAY" 250 IF W$="5" THEN F$="FRIDAY" 260 IF W$="6" THEN F$="SATURDAY" 270 IF W$="7" THEN F$="SUNDAY" 280 DISPLAY AT(2,1):F$$:T$ 290 IF Q=0 THEN 190 300 CLOSE #1 310 END

Thank you! Well, three photos... I forgot the pic of the startup screen lol!

privateers69 is correct it was posted for April Fools day. I do like the idea though! It was comprised from the following two photos:

Count me in!

Check out this TI mini laptop:

Woo Hoo!!!

Agreed! Having a parts list or kit available for purchase to recap would be awesome!

So it may be possible to create a little circuit board with places to solder in Zener diodes (Guessing 3 (+12V, +5V, -5V)) with an input connector (4 pin male (molex?) from the motherboard) and output pigtail cable to female 4 pin (molex?) connector? Assuming that someone with those skills could design the board to be created by PCBway allowing me to solder assemble them, do you think the cost would be worth the value to protect the motherboard in case of PS failure? It seems to me that the installation would be easy for novice users (like me) to install. Having the protection circuit would give me peace of mind. If the PS did blow, it would be easier to replace or repair (recap) than de-soldering chips from the mobo.

Is there a way to mod the power supply to add a protection/fuse circuit so that if a cap does leak or blow it would keep it from damaging the motherboard?

Done! Thanks again [email protected]

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Correct! Thank you, my mistake.

I use Fred Kaal's TI99DIR.

What do y'all think about setting a monthly WWW.MYTI99.COM group chat time, say on the 9th from 9-10PM EST?

True, but it would be more TI bling for your desk as well as pay homage to TI!

TI Calculator?

For those looking for a TI-99/4 console.

I came late to the party and unfortunately did not have the pleasure of interacting with Kazoo. I have however learned a great deal from his posts and I am grateful that they are still here! I received my 2.7 cart from Ksarul and it is highly treasured!

I am glad to know that I do not have a corrupted copy or something. I really appreciate that you created the game and shared it with us! After getting the SAMS board, I was looking for something to run that would take advantage of it and am so glad that you had this available. I look forward to your next version not to mention the next version of RXB! I am trying to learn how to use it and it is like drinking from a fire hose! I also appreciate the videos and comments in the forum that explain how RXB can be applied in certain situations. Thanks again for all of your hard work!