Opry99er Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Updated for the holidays Wow!!!! Beautiful! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Turtles wants to set up his personal system in his room. . .although I suspect that if he does, we may never see him again. LOLOL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 You will see me again if I have one in my room. Don't worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBrand Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 My new TI-99/4A on my new desk in my room! And dad took a picture of me too! Best Christmas Ever!!! 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 My new TI-99/4A on my new desk in my room! And dad took a picture of me too! Best Christmas Ever!!! "Best Christmas Ever!!!" It sure looks like it! Way to go buddy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoodland Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 BuckoBrand, that looks EPIC!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Is this the salvaged console from the Faire? Looks pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 No, I have the salvaged console from the faire. Me and my dad, Ksarul, replaced the Mitsumi monstrosity of a keyboard. And I even brought it to school for electronics day. The other kids liked it! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 The few times I've set up a computer for a kid(can I call you kid?)... I just could not get through to the parents... How necessary a dedicated workspace around it is for both comfort and achievement. Excellent! Merry Christmas 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) No, I have the salvaged console from the faire. Me and my dad, Ksarul, replaced the Mitsumi monstrosity of a keyboard. And I even brought it to school for electronics day. The other kids liked it! Oh yeah. There is ONE single problem I can think of. It recognizes my 512K ROM Compilation cart as a Chicken Coop. Edited December 26, 2018 by iliketurtles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 ^^not always. about 4 times it did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jmazzy Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 My current setup. I'm limited on space, but I feel everything fits fairly nicely in this small alcove. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 My current setup. I'm limited on space, but I feel everything fits fairly nicely in this small alcove. WOW! everything fits like a glove. A very nice and tidy setup. I like it. Could we get a closer view of the box enclosing your Lotharek HxC? What is it and where did you get it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 My current setup. I'm limited on space, but I feel everything fits fairly nicely in this small alcove. Lovely!!! Something about a beige keyboard in a silver shell is just "right." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Lovely!!! Something about a beige keyboard in a silver shell is just "right." Yeah, but that 'extra key' on his keyboard really grabs your attention. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 What the hell is that? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) Yeah, but that 'extra key' on his keyboard really grabs your attention. Hmm, when zooming into the picture as far I can see it is another FCTN key (with the black dot) on it, maybe easier to use it, never seen it before. Is it customized or did it ever exist as normal keyboard? Edited January 1, 2019 by globeron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Is it customized or did it ever exist as normal keyboard? It's customized, but hopefully he'll chime in and let us know what's up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jmazzy Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 WOW! everything fits like a glove. A very nice and tidy setup. I like it. Could we get a closer view of the box enclosing your Lotharek HxC? What is it and where did you get it? Thanks. Yeah, I'm also happy with how clean it looks. It helps having the PEB standing vertically. Re: the Lotharek HxC, here are some detail photos: I hesitated on installing the Lotharek for a while because I wasn't sure how best to mount it outside of the PEB. But it actually turned out to be a fairly easy project: 1) It's powered by the same external power supply I had been using to test bare IDE/SATA hard drives. 2) I removed and re-purposed the shell/casing from an old PC CD drive. The hardest part was hand painting it black and then bending the bottom flanges a bit to make it fit. (The Lotharek itself is resting in a 3.5"-to-5.25" floppy drive mount. That mount slid fairly easily into the old shell/casing, again, with a little bending.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMole Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Orange TI99 08.JPG Oooh, a Mackie Control surface 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jmazzy Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 It's customized, but hopefully he'll chime in and let us know what's up. Yeah, I've always wondered about the keyboard. I've never seen grey keys in a black console. But you're right: it's clearly a modification. I shot a couple of photos and removed a few keys to show the evidence: you can see the console's plastic frame has been somewhat roughly cut to accommodate the extra Function key. What's interesting is that someone obviously went through a lot of trouble to do this: I'm assuming they needed to remove the keyboard from another beige console and then modified it with a spare function key swiped from yet another keyboard. What's also interesting is that I received it in this condition back in 1985. Too bad I didn't realize it at the time. Would've been good to ask the previous owner about it. I find that this grey keyboard is somewhat stickier than I remember the black keyboard being on my 2nd console. Several months ago, I posted about experimenting with dampening material. I finally did do that so I'll update my earlier post, along with photos, soon. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironnerd Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) [ignore this ... Somehow I double posted] Edited January 3, 2019 by ironnerd 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironnerd Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 My very humble starter set. 20150313_170325.jpg My equally humble starter set: One day I'll have a Composite Video Cable and I'll be able to see if it works 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Greg sells them at Arcadeshopper.com I believe. Or you can cut the RF adapter off that one and splice RCA jacks onto the ends. Super easy mod. Welcome!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironnerd Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Greg sells them at Arcadeshopper.com I believe. Or you can cut the RF adapter off that one and splice RCA jacks onto the ends. Super easy mod. Welcome!!!! Thank-you, Opry99er. I think I will go with modifying the RF adapter cord. Of course now I need an RCA cable (which the local thrift store tends to have in quantity). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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