+acadiel Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 32 minutes ago, ti99iuc said: Hey guys, i think you should not miss this unique opportunity for a rare piece (not mine auction) https://www.ebay.it/itm/VERY-RARE-TI-SETTE-ADAPTER-99ER-WARE-FOR-TI-99-4A/362913282202?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 it also has free shipment included with BUY-IN-NOW, just one click and the item will be yours! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 In fairness, it's pretty hard to get empty film canisters anymore... 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 5 hours ago, Tursi said: In fairness, it's pretty hard to get empty film canisters anymore... You have to look in Aisle 3 next to the blank cassette tapes. Or ask a clerk to check behind the counter, where the pagers are on display. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpedant Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Kantronics Hamsoft up for auction unidentified as such by the seller, going cheap (well, for now), so that's neat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Due to the DIN-like connector, I think this cartridge connects to the Kantronics Challenger unit, and not to the MFJ-1224. This just should be a variant (?). Find some more pics here: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoodland Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Click Here First - I get that the TI Program Recorder was a re-branded GE model, but ... https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-TEXAS-INSTRUMENTS-CASSETTE-TAPE-PROGRAM-RECORDER-MODEL-NO-3-50160/233334689318?hash=item3653d4ce26:g:v50AAOSwHttdcyMN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidC Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 https://www.ebay.com/itm/TI-99-4A-RARE-EXCELTEC-EXTENDED-BASIC-COMMAND-MODULE-TEXAS-INSTRUMENTS/184231736689?hash=item2ae5113571:g:5hkAAOSwzwxd3OUn I have never heard of this..anyone have experience with this version of XB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 1 minute ago, DavidC said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/TI-99-4A-RARE-EXCELTEC-EXTENDED-BASIC-COMMAND-MODULE-TEXAS-INSTRUMENTS/184231736689?hash=item2ae5113571:g:5hkAAOSwzwxd3OUn I have never heard of this..anyone have experience with this version of XB? It’s just a rebranded TI Extended BASIC. No difference whatsoever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 yeah, and 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Schmitzi said: yeah, and Reliable seller though. I have bought from him may times in the past--and all of his items were exactly as described and very well packed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 yes, but does not.... ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 1:23 PM, DavidC said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/TI-99-4A-RARE-EXCELTEC-EXTENDED-BASIC-COMMAND-MODULE-TEXAS-INSTRUMENTS/184231736689?hash=item2ae5113571:g:5hkAAOSwzwxd3OUn I have never heard of this..anyone have experience with this version of XB? I believe that is the same cartridge I just sold to him a couple months ago for about $40 that I got for $10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flottmann1 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 BASIC SUPPORT MODUL https://www.ebay.com/itm/TI-99-4A-computer-cartridge-Basic-Support-Module-made-for-club-members/264701011126?hash=item3da168e4b6:g:AVkAAOSwItFel1Ay 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 NanoPEBs available: https://www.ebay.com/itm/TI-99-4a-CompactFlash-Drive-RS232-Port-nanoPEB-Version-1-w-256mb-SanDisk/202966425616?hash=item2f41bde010:g:EoQAAOSwXy5eik0n 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed in SoDak Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 HehHeh, Two left when I looked a half hour ago, just now it's All 4 Sold! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftyde Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 9 hours ago, Flottmann1 said: BASIC SUPPORT MODUL https://www.ebay.com/itm/TI-99-4A-computer-cartridge-Basic-Support-Module-made-for-club-members/264701011126?hash=item3da168e4b6:g:AVkAAOSwItFel1Ay What is this thing??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 55 minutes ago, aftyde said: What is this thing??? Love how the item description says "...made for club members..." yet makes no mention of the club? Dallas area too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 12/10/2019 at 9:01 PM, Schmitzi said: Texas Instruments Professional Computer TIPC Vintage Magazines 1984-1988 https://www.ebay.com/itm/324007423082 If you klick on the link above, you´ll know why I also download and reload a pic, in addition **hint** **hint** 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 7 hours ago, Airshack said: Love how the item description says "...made for club members..." yet makes no mention of the club? Dallas area too. Rich Gilbertson and I are recreating this module with the UberGROM - so it won't be unique for long. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheonix Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 56 minutes ago, acadiel said: Rich Gilbertson and I are recreating this module with the UberGROM - so it won't be unique for long. Still begs the question... What is it? If you are recreating it, maybe you know what it is? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 15 minutes ago, Pheonix said: Still begs the question... What is it? If you are recreating it, maybe you know what it is? Thank you Yep, we know exactly what it is. It's kind of a proto Mini Memory. The manual is here - but the source code attached is likely for a later version of the module (it wouldn't fit in a 4K GROM.) In essence, it's the following: 4K of GROM and 2K of GRAM all in the G3 address space. The lower 4K of G3 is GROM (which is all the routines you can use in BASIC) and the upper 2K is GRAM (where you can load data into, and run GPL from). It works on a stock console, but can also use the 32K memory expansion and the disk controller if present. It has two functions: a) Three menu items on the selection screen to run GPL or assembly from the 2K GRAM space (we haven't tried these yet). The third is to run assembly from the >6000 Cart ROM space (which this cart doesn't have - but the UberGROM could; I plan on testing this soon.) b) BASIC calls to manipulate memory, read/write VDP, CPU RAM, read and write sectors on disk, etc. We do know that a lot of the GPL CALL routines are broken. Rich Gilbertson has been looking at repairing them so that they actually work. So, really, it's not near as useful as say - it might have been before the Mini Memory and Editor Assembler were released, which I think was what this module's purpose was for. We're working on fixing it to where it will work in an UberGROM (with the first use of the UberGROM's GRAM space). I'm hoping whomever buys this can produce high resolution scans of the PCB and dumps of the ROM so we can compare it to the two that Ksarul has. I'm considering bidding on it to simply preserve it and possibly reproduce the PCB. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheonix Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Thank you Sounds like a fun project but not "exceptionally" useful in the end (if you have a mini-mem or ed/as - I have both.) Also, since I'm a hobbyist (and not a collector,) not something I'd be interested in fighting over (considering the current bid.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheonix Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Not to drag the conversation too far off topic, but am sort of curious.... What is the limit (amount & location,) of RAM (GRAM, VRAM etc...) that can be placed in a cartridge? I've often wondered.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, Pheonix said: Not to drag the conversation too far off topic, but am sort of curious.... What is the limit (amount & location,) of RAM (GRAM, VRAM etc...) that can be placed in a cartridge? I've often wondered.... To avoid dragging the eBay thread into that type of discussion, please go here: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 One other useful tidbit: I'm pretty sure I still have a pair of the circuit cards used for this one as bare boards. It uses a standard TI EGROM circuit card. Pretty much any true prototype TI cartridge was built on variations of this circuit card before it was committed to silicon in the form of GROM chips. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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