Omega-TI Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Well I'm new around here, but I wanted to show off my newly acquired TI system... ...it looks like the system I lusted after on the back of my TI box Here you see it has a place of honor in my little retro corner... My inner 12 year old is pretty happy. This is one of the best posts in this thread! You had me rolling the floor with the "system lusted after" comment. Welcome back to the TI world, you are going to enjoy the ride... it gets pretty addicting though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) This is one of the best posts in this thread! You had me rolling the floor with the "system lusted after" comment. Welcome back to the TI world, you are going to enjoy the ride... it gets pretty addicting though... Thanks, I will completely ignore your warning and continue to buy stuff already planning on buying another to do all the mods to, I'd like to keep this one old school. Speaking of buying, I found this monitor shelf you can see it in the picture, it is the perfect height for the TI and holds the PEB nicely http://www.amazon.com/VonHaus-Curved-Glass-Monitor-Stand/dp/B0196KA3T2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00 The desk is only 20" deep, so it helped to fit the whole system on it nicely. There is enough space on the side to slide the keyboard further under it and have the speech and PEB interface stick out, but it makes it harder to remove cartridges, so I put it in front of the shelf, which is probably for the best since the vents have more room to breath. Edited April 12, 2016 by LASooner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Yeah, I noticed that shelf in the photo, thanks for posting where you got it from. Depending on what I come away with at Fest West, I may get one of these myself as it appears to be a very good match. As for buying stuff, that never seems to end where the TI is concerned, but it's not all at one time so that's cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Well I'm new around here, but I wanted to show off my newly acquired TI system. Growing up less than wealthy, I had a white 99/4a my father purchased for me when they were $50, I didn't get a program recorder until a year later. So all my programs were saved by me writing them down and typing them in when I needed them. My goal in life was to create the best video game in the world. This is a little tough to do when you have to share your "monitor" with the rest of the family as it also happens to be the only TV in the house. Often I would carefully type in programs blind while family members watched TV, and I would quickly flip the switch on the RF modulator to check for errors. Then I would wait for everyone to go to bed so I could run them or debug them. It was a glorious day when I finally got my own little 12" b/w TV. I never had a floppy drive or an RS232 or a PEB. So now that I'm older and don't have the financial constraints I did as a 12 year old. I purchased everything I could find in as good condition as possible. I got one of those NOS PEB's off Ebay, and got a good deal on a NOS floppy drive. Got the 32k memory, floppy controller, RS232 card and of course a speech synthesizer which is pretty cool for what it does when it was doing it. It was the very first CG image I ever created in May of 1984 for my Grandfather's birthday, I programmed it in, in the morning and left the computer on until he showed up for his birthday dinner. This is the program running on my new TI, next to a picture of me at age 12 with grandpa next to the family TV taken on a Polaroid. My grandfather passed away in the 90's, but his birthday gift lives on in code. My mother gave me the Polaroid when I was nominated for a visual effects Emmy in 2002. And while I never programmed the greatest video game, I'm the a senior artist at Activision/Treyarch and have worked on 4 Call of Duty games, including the 3 Black Ops games. The original Call of Duty:Black Ops held the world record in 2010 as the best selling video game of all time. And it all started for me in that photo of a fat kid with burrito stains on his shirt. My inner 12 year old is pretty happy. Welcome and great story and nice amigas too Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Thanks, I will completely ignore your warning and continue to buy stuff already planning on buying another to do all the mods to, I'd like to keep this one old school. Speaking of buying, I found this monitor shelf you can see it in the picture, it is the perfect height for the TI and holds the PEB nicely http://www.amazon.com/VonHaus-Curved-Glass-Monitor-Stand/dp/B0196KA3T2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00 The desk is only 20" deep, so it helped to fit the whole system on it nicely. There is enough space on the side to slide the keyboard further under it and have the speech and PEB interface stick out, but it makes it harder to remove cartridges, so I put it in front of the shelf, which is probably for the best since the vents have more room to breath. hmm i use a cardboard box but that's much nicer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Welcome and great story and nice amigas too Greg When you go down the path of computer art in the 90's you will find Amigas there. A lot of them I got when I was at Interplay and they were no longer going to be developing for them and were going to bin them. I asked if I could have some and was told to take what I wanted. I still have some regrets about what I left behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 When you go down the path of computer art in the 90's you will find Amigas there. A lot of them I got when I was at Interplay and they were no longer going to be developing for them and were going to bin them. I asked if I could have some and was told to take what I wanted. I still have some regrets about what I left behind. Wow yeah I have a few of those in my past as well where I should have taken everything but there just wasn't room/time. Or worse had to sell one to get another.. I have a small amiga shrine as well http://atariage.com/forums/topic/218727-ti-99-photos-thread-post-your-systems-here/?view=findpost&p=3157700 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I have a small amiga shrine as well http://atariage.com/forums/topic/218727-ti-99-photos-thread-post-your-systems-here/?view=findpost&p=3157700 3000's are great, it's a shame the AGA version was cancelled toward the end. I think the 1000 and 3000 are 2 of the best looking computers of the era. I now return you to your regularly scheduled TI discussion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantadoc Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Since 1985 to 2016 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Can you make me a set of clear photos of the ScottForesman, Prototype, and Third-Party cartridges? It looks like we almost have a complete set of the ScottForesman stuff between us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majdachi Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Can you please tell me what's the game name displaying ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 It looks like you have Alex Kidd at the top, Dig Dug on the second row, TI Invaders on the third row, and Pac Man on the bottom around the TI Logo plaque. The monitor is displaying Crossfire. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majdachi Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Crossfire... thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budz2355 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Since 1985 to 2016 Incredible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Incredible. Yeah no kidding, I'm especially impressed with the collection of BIN images he must have of file. One cartridge really caught my attention... Any chance I could get a copy of the image mantadoc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 did you have a look at faceboook ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 did you have a look at faceboook ? Nope, I've never had a Facebook account, still don't. I probably never will. Same with TWITter, and all the other social media type sites. Atari Age gets most of my free time. I can't split my time up with yet another place to go. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Found: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnuphis Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Here is my TI, newly set up in it's permanent new home next to some 'friends'. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Found:[...] When I read "Ravensburger", I can't get jigsaw puzzles out of my mind. (Ravensburger is still famous for their jigsaw puzzles; the largest one I completed was a 6000 part puzzle of an astronomical sky chart ... when I was 15. Needed 18 months. I remember that I wrote a program in TurboPasc'99 to sort the star names with coordinates.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I think I still have a few children's games from Ravensburger as well. . .and I did like their puzzles when I was in Germany. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 yes yes and yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 the largest one I completed was a 6000 part puzzle of an astronomical sky chart ... when I was 15. Needed 18 months. I remember that I wrote a program in TurboPasc'99 to sort the star names with coordinates. Dis one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Absolutely brilliant. Do want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Dis one. These are the hardest puzzles, because there are lots of pieces with only a uniform background. Man that brings back memories! This used to be a favorite pastime for my wife and I when the kids were small and babysitters scarce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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