+arcadeshopper #3751 Posted October 17, 2018 What is this?? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Texas-Instruments-TI99-4A-Emulator-For-PCs-With-800-Freeware-Games/253908300324?hash=item3b1e1d3224:g:cNsAAOSw1YFazJrD:rk:5:pf:0Free stuff for a fee Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pheonix #3752 Posted October 17, 2018 Considering the price, it could be considered that he's just charging for the CD-R and a fairly small (and actually quite fair,) labor cost. Still.... All kinds of copyright issues he's ignoring. I'd rather just do the work myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
majestyx #3753 Posted October 17, 2018 For even more amusement, go to the website that is listed on the disc. And be sure to misspell 'school' the way this person is doing it, as scool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vorticon #3754 Posted October 17, 2018 He might have pulled the game binaries from the TI Gamebase. I wonder if he has included the newer homebrew games from Rasmus et al... 99.99% of the software available for the TI is free domain or abandonware, so the price he's charging is quite reasonable for a physical disk and I wouldn't worry about copyright issues that much here. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mizapf #3755 Posted October 17, 2018 99.99% of the software available for the TI is free domain or abandonware Keep in mind that "abandonware" is not a globally implemented concept (unless the original vendor explicitly releases the software by a public license). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+OLD CS1 #3756 Posted October 17, 2018 He might have pulled the game binaries from the TI Gamebase. I wonder if he has included the newer homebrew games from Rasmus et al... 99.99% of the software available for the TI is free domain or abandonware, so the price he's charging is quite reasonable for a physical disk and I wouldn't worry about copyright issues that much here. I disagree. US$6 is quite unreasonable given the cost of media and the ease at which someone can make a disc, in particular for software which is available elsewhere including those dubiously designated as "abandonware." For one, I do not want anything I produce made available in such a collection, even if I meet my untimely demise sky diving with super models. I made and will make them available to the community, and I will give my blessing on commercialized releases (like Greg with my tapes or potential cartridges when I produce something cartridge-worthy) for those who ask me. Perhaps I am being a control freak, but my name is on the product and I want no one to profit from or represent my name without my say-so, dead or alive. "And if I die before I wake, I pray bit-rot my source to take." 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tursi #3757 Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) I guess you could add that neither Classic99 nor MAME permit their emulators to be included in such a compilation, and note that copyright notwithstanding, the seller is probably disregarding at least one product's license. (Restricted list to these two since it calls out Windows emulation) Edited October 17, 2018 by Tursi 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Omega-TI #3758 Posted October 17, 2018 "And if I die before I wake, I pray bit-rot my source to take." ROFL! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Omega-TI #3759 Posted October 17, 2018 I guess you could add that neither Classic99 nor MAME permit their emulators to be included in such a compilation, and note that copyright notwithstanding, the seller is probably disregarding at least one product's license. (Restricted list to these two since it calls out Windows emulation) Thing is, someone has to buy one to confirm it has stuff it's not supposed to. Now for it to contain 800 programs, I wonder how many are 'lost BASIC programs' that were lost for a reason! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+OLD CS1 #3760 Posted October 17, 2018 Thing is, someone has to buy one to confirm it has stuff it's not supposed to. Now for it to contain 800 programs, I wonder how many are 'lost BASIC programs' that were lost for a reason! Like the "Public Domain" collections you can buy at WalMart. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tursi #3761 Posted October 18, 2018 Thing is, someone has to buy one to confirm it has stuff it's not supposed to. Now for it to contain 800 programs, I wonder how many are 'lost BASIC programs' that were lost for a reason! Yeah, someone used to list "Classic99" in the auction, until I messaged him. The auction still went up, but it stopped listing what emulators were included. No idea if it's the same guy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+OLD CS1 #3762 Posted October 18, 2018 Here is a system which does not list them specifically but has the basic complement of non TI-cards. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 223193946739 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Omega-TI #3763 Posted October 18, 2018 Here is a system which does not list them specifically but has the basic complement of non TI-cards. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 223193946739 I'd pay $500.00 dollars for it too IF it really had a 32 MEGABYTE memory expansion card. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickyDean #3764 Posted October 18, 2018 Well it has the Corcomp DSDD card- worth 200 to 250 and the other cards are a little more rare than the TI cards, so it may be worth it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Omega-TI #3765 Posted October 18, 2018 Well it has the Corcomp DSDD card- worth 200 to 250 and the other cards are a little more rare than the TI cards, so it may be worth it. Is this your system? I did not see a CorComp FDC listed in the details. I had the opportunity to get a CorComp FDC once, (like I had back in the day), but in the end decided to just get the 80 track upgrade for my TI FDC. I figured 360K is 360K and the chips for the upgrade came in under $20.00 IIRC. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+OLD CS1 #3766 Posted October 18, 2018 Is this your system? I did not see a CorComp FDC listed in the details. I had the opportunity to get a CorComp FDC once, (like I had back in the day), but in the end decided to just get the 80 track upgrade for my TI FDC. I figured 360K is 360K and the chips for the upgrade came in under $20.00 IIRC. Not listed, but in the photos. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Omega-TI #3767 Posted October 18, 2018 Not listed, but in the photos. Well I'll be... that last photo! I stand corrected. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Ksarul #3768 Posted October 18, 2018 Looks like the price has gone up to $649 plus shipping. That is too much for what's in that auction. . . 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Omega-TI #3769 Posted October 19, 2018 Looks like the price has gone up to $649 plus shipping. That is too much for what's in that auction. . . Agreed. Maybe the seller peeked in here and thinks he can get more because it has a couple of 3rd party cards, or because the page is getting higher than normal activity? Green Monitor - Really? Who would pay to ship it? Myarc RS-232 - It works, but doesn't that card interfere with something? CorComp FDC - Okay, it's DSDD, but it may need to be modified to work with other devices. CorComp 32K - 32K is 32K, no big deal here. The condition of that stuff is marginal at best. Also, I see two Wico manuals, but no Wico Joystick or trackball, only TI pain sticks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+acadiel #3770 Posted October 19, 2018 Agreed. Maybe the seller peeked in here and thinks he can get more because it has a couple of 3rd party cards, or because the page is getting higher than normal activity? Green Monitor - Really? Who would pay to ship it? Myarc RS-232 - It works, but doesn't that card interfere with something? CorComp FDC - Okay, it's DSDD, but it may need to be modified to work with other devices. CorComp 32K - 32K is 32K, no big deal here. The condition of that stuff is marginal at best. Also, I see two Wico manuals, but no Wico Joystick or trackball, only TI pain sticks. Actually, green monitors are retro . And, getting hard to get. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+OLD CS1 #3771 Posted October 19, 2018 Actually, green monitors are retro . And, getting hard to get. Right. The kind of thing we toss out when we get spoiled by something else, then miss later. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Ksarul #3772 Posted October 19, 2018 I preferred the amber monitors over the green ones--and I really didn't like the paper white ones all that much. . . 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+OLD CS1 #3773 Posted October 21, 2018 Marc Hull has an IDE card with 256MB CF up in this eBay Auction -- Item Number: 253942833655 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Omega-TI #3774 Posted October 21, 2018 It'll be interesting to see what this ultimately goes for. I imagine before the TIPI arrived on the scene, this probably would have been a bigger draw. Still, if all one wants is a SSHD and the price stays reasonable... The on board RTC is intriguing, does anyone know if it conforms to the CorComp scheme? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+arcadeshopper #3775 Posted October 21, 2018 http://www.unige.ch/medecine/nouspikel/ti99/ide2.htm Id say no Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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