+Schmitzi Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 ...as there was a request, and to have it here, too: SCRABBLE S*C*R*A*B*B*L*E Scrabble Manual.pdf SCRABBLE.ARK.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 Hi all, as I needed it, I made a small PDF with some collected graphics-pinout-things for the TI-99 and the Geneve. Maybe you can use that anyway. Will be updated if I can crawl mor infos. Have fun xXx GENEVE-9640-PINOUT-Voltage-008-Bindel.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKarith Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 I can answer regarding the power connector at the end of your PDF that the pin numbers appear to be correct. The pin designated as pin 1 is NC. Also, the two voltages listed are not isolated. My transformer measured about 20VAC on pins 2 and 3, and about 9VAC on pins 3 and 4, which means it measured about 24VAC across pins 2 and 4 as you'd expect. Of course AC voltages out of a transformer will vary somewhat. The transformer is rated as 110VAC input, and like as not I'd read 120VAC if I shoved probes into a socket. I don't do that as a general rule. It's rated for a couple of volts lower, and I would be shocked if the TI's power supply circuit weren't rated 15-22VAC and 7-9VAC respectively. The two-pin QI model would do switching regulator magic to generate all three voltages from the single approximately 18VAC input. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 Hi, I found the german manual for the "BERLIN Speech Synthesizer DSR ROM Card" (Speech-in-PEB) from Winfried Winkler (Software) and Jens Fiedler (Hardware) So maybe I can check my card next days Speech Synthesizer-DSR-ROM-Karte-Berlin.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 If I remember correctly, there are less than 25 of those cards out there. When Winfried was working on the original design, he was trying to figure out how to shoehorn the TE-II speech routines into it. I sent him a copy of the TI Text-to-Speech disk, which was much easier to adapt to it. . .and with that card in the PEB, you always have full access to the maximum capabilities of the Speech Synthesizer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 TI NTSC to PAL Conversion TI NTSC to PAL Conversion.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 If I remember correctly, there are less than 25 of those cards out there. When Winfried was working on the original design, he was trying to figure out how to shoehorn the TE-II speech routines into it. I sent him a copy of the TI Text-to-Speech disk, which was much easier to adapt to it. . .and with that card in the PEB, you always have full access to the maximum capabilities of the Speech Synthesizer. For something that is just adapting into the PEB from a sidecar... just curious what all the extra chips are for. I mean, I wonder besides power regulation, if you had the passthrough speech synth connected to the same pins as the signals it was connect to on the side of the console, why the additional circuity is needed. I'm sure it serves some purpose... but am just morbidly curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 You have your buffer isolation circuitry and last but not least--a DSR to add Text-to-Speech capability that is available at all times. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 The double buffer isolation circuitry thing is what I'm curious about. If you throw a speech synth on a board just to put it in the PEB, and don't really add anything else, isn't it almost "ready to go" sans regulators? I mean, it was set up as a pass through bus already, so should already have some of those circuits on it. That's the part I'm trying to understand :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 The buffers shield it from the rest of the PEB bus, just like the buffers in the end of the Flex Cable do when it is connected to the console. In standard configuration it is buffered by the Flex Cable, but if you put it into the PEB, it isn't, so you should buffer it on the adapter card. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Does "buffer" mean something like "bus-termination" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 It is more in the line of bus-isolation than it is termination. It just prevents signals from one card from accidentally interfering with other cards on the same bus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Does "buffer" mean something like "bus-termination" ? Buffers (drivers) are repeaters more or less. They take a signal and retransmite it along the line. They serve multiple purposes. Prevent signal degradation. Allow logic selection as to whether signals get passed or not. Provide some internal logic protection when electronic mishaps occur. (Provided they are of the front line ilk.) The term "buffer" really means the last item as it offers some protection to the internal card logic when something bad happens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Attention !! Before you do anything else, READ THIS FIRST ! ti994a-read-this-first-GOOD.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 oh, I like upgrades. Manuals for the Hamsoft TI-99 / Kantronics & MFJ1224 Hamsoft_for_the_TI-99.pdf hamsoft manual.pdf 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 <======= Wow, I've not see one of them in years! Back when I used to do packet radio I used one of these ====> 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 ...so you´re allowed to press "like" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 So OM, you have a ticket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 OM ? ticket ? railstation ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKarith Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 That sounds like a no. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 ah OK, but finally he "liked" it, so I can like him (not his!!) back uih, laerning englitsch issa bit harrd four me (please always keep that in mind if I am kidding here on AA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 OM ? ticket ? railstation ? Nope. You posted a photo of an old TNC (Terminal Node Controller)... ... so I thought you might be a HAM (Amateur Radio Operator). OM is a term Ham's use to refer to each other sometimes. It means 'old man'. TICKET is another word for a Ham's amateur radio license. 73! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 aaaaaah OK. I slightly remember. Back in the days I had amateur-radio (CB) in my LandCruiser, but didn´t use it in that professional way. Just sometimes, when we were in the woods. Roger, over and out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 I also have this here, not sure at all, but I think it somehow belongs to the HAMsoft ? I felt much better in buying this 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 That's one of the devices that you connect between the radio and the Hamsoft module. Most of the TI people used a diffeent model from Kantronics called "The Interface" (I have one of those somewhere), but yours is one of the other models that was listed as compatible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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