+FarmerPotato Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 ti-99/4, no a, buy it now for $75 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/vintage-texas-instruments-ti-99-4-home-computer/123661334361 It was gone when I looked just 30 minutes after. I would have snapped it up to substitute for a dented 99/4 (my second best one). I paid $250 for one in good newish condition many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Damn! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestyx Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 ti-99/4, no a, buy it now for $75 https://www.ebay.ca/itm/vintage-texas-instruments-ti-99-4-home-computer/123661334361 Hmm... a zero feedback seller who, when you click on the feedback score, shows as being in Mexico. Hope whoever bought it actually gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Hmm... a zero feedback seller who, when you click on the feedback score, shows as being in Mexico. Hope whoever bought it actually gets it. Conveniently, the power supply was gone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Worth it just for the cartridges? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F392255058771 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicComp Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Not at the price that he is asking. A couple of those carts have some value such as the Red Baron and etc. but nothing close to the $250 price tag that he has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I see 5 carts there worth $30-$50 a piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicComp Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I sure dont but the price is in the Eye of the Beholder Red Baron - $50 Desktop Publisher - $25 Wordwriter - $25 Mini memory - $20 Multiplication - $20 The others are all $3 - $5 carts Wordwriter Extra would be worth more if it had the label but with it missing its not worth much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 The CorComp PIO Plus is there too. I'd give $40 for that one right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicComp Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Good eye.... I didnt see that one. Still wouldnt pay $250 plus shipping but I did overlook the CorComp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) anyway Wordwriter Xtra could have the label on top and not on front side Edited March 8, 2019 by ti99iuc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Ooh, that's nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Time for Ksarul to break out the rare prototype CD-ROM card. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F283408345825 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheonix Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Mainly just curious... Would a CD-ROM work with the IDE card? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 CD-ROM works with the SCSI-controllers. i.e. there is the CD-Commander from Wolfgang Bertsch from the TI Club Errorfree Germany http://www.errorfree.de/Menu08.html the ´CD-Commander 1.4´ needs some 80-Col-Hardware, the ´CD-Manager 1.1´ works with the stock console 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I've used the CD-Commander software in the past. It works quite well. I need to get another SCSI CD-ROM drive at some point, as the one I used died several years ago. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 At this moment, I am a happy SCSI starter here on TI99 and Geneve (and I am an almost unaware Geneve starter here and as well) So I was jumping to the basement 20 times a day now, to search für some adapting stuff and so But I have these boxes in the garage, with all that old stuff I saved from my old office 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Mainly just curious... Would a CD-ROM work with the IDE card? Electrically, it should. But more software needs to be written to talk to it, as CDROMs don't use the same commands as hard drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Electrically, it should. But more software needs to be written to talk to it, as CDROMs don't use the same commands as hard drives. With the advent of huge SD cards, USB memory sticks, multiple terabyte sized hard drives, and so much stuff downloadable direct from manufactures on the Internet, as well as other data, I have to wonder how much CD-ROM's are actually used anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 I still have about 1.200 old Software-CD-ROMs, and at least the same in Audio-CDs. (all ripped) I do not use them very often, but I like to have them, and to know that I can use them, if I want to. Regarding the "direct downloadable stuff", after round about 10-15 years, allthis stuff will have gone. Watch out for so many old TI-99-homepages, and all these links, all this things that have gone, and end up in "Error 404" today. That´s why I never rely on online available resources, and download and save all things that I want or need. (...and why I sometimes download & save whole servers today) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicComp Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 I have to agree with you 100% in regards to the "Direct Downloadable Stuff." Because of that reason I downloaded the complete http://ftp.whtech.com/ site for the TI-99 stuff just in case something ever happenned. I think at the time I downloaded it, it was like 40GB+ It's probably bigger now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Yes, and we are NO hoarders, we just like it neat and tidy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicComp Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 LOL.... Definitely No hoarding going on here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 With the advent of huge SD cards, USB memory sticks, multiple terabyte sized hard drives, and so much stuff downloadable direct from manufactures on the Internet, as well as other data, I have to wonder how much CD-ROM's are actually used anymore. I direct the Honourable Gentleman to the answer given when such question is asked about floppy disks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Electrically, it should. But more software needs to be written to talk to it, as CDROMs don't use the same commands as hard drives. Yuppers. If you can read a Zip drive on it it is possible it will work with a CD-ROM as both use ATAPI. The difference will be whether you have a program to read the CD-ROM filesystem (which appears to be what CD-Commander does.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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