Is your TI-99/4A's den or game room a disaster area?

[Omega-TI]

This is an anonymous poll (for obvious reasons)!

[jrhodes]

Just because it is an anonymous poll does not mean i need to stay anonymous if i don't feel like it.

The only reason i have not got around to cleaning it lately is i just got moved in from a recent move.

[digdugnate]

hehe- my TI stuff occupies a small corner of our bedroom. I try to keep it as neat as I can mostly because it bugs me if I don't- though my cassette recorder is in dire need of dusting.

[Omega-TI]

hehe- my TI stuff occupies a small corner of our bedroom. I try to keep it as neat as I can mostly because it bugs me if I don't- though my cassette recorder is in dire need of dusting.

 

'Dire need'?

Compressed air or the brush on the vacuum cleaner followed by lot's and lots of damp Q-Tips for all the nooks and crannys works.

 

 

I've been looking for a dust cover for my program recorder for over a year now.... (sigh)

[+adamantyr]

My whole finished basement is my "fun room" area. The whole thing is in need of cleaning and organizing. The TI area is a bit neater at the moment.

[Opry99er]

This room is my pride and joy. I keep it pretty sharp

[digdugnate]

 

'Dire need'?

Compressed air or the brush on the vacuum cleaner followed by lot's and lots of damp Q-Tips for all the nooks and crannys works.

 

 

I've been looking for a dust cover for my program recorder for over a year now.... (sigh)

lol- the deal is that my recorder is behind my TI console but under a small wire shelf. my desk is kinda small and i had to 'stack' to accommodate everything. I've just been lazy and dusted everything *except* the recorder

[Vorticon]

Prototypical organized mess

 

[Omega-TI]

I still find that display beautiful! I just wish it didn't cost so much money to replicate.

I still have my hopes on a TIPI WEBAPP to get close...

[Opry99er]

I want that Hero robot!

[Vorticon]

I want that Hero robot!

 

It might make an encore showing in Chicago this fall

[+OLD CS1]

Quite the opposite: I have turned my disaster area into my "classic computing" area.

[matthew180]

@Opry99er: That is a very nice setup! Something I always wanted, but never achieved.

 

@Vorticon: That is an awesome photo! I feel like I'm playing an "I Spy" game. I spy: a logic analyzer, an o-scope, a Commodore 128D, a hot-air station, a Radio Shack Armatron, a rotary tool, a project on a breadboard, a PCB stand, a adjustable power supply, a sig-gen, a Heathkit Hero (obvious), a box of etched PCBs and copper clads, LEGO Mindstorms, a video converter, a BBC-Micro (perhaps?), a 120-220 transformer, a Heathkit CPU trainer, a Virtual Boy, an eprom programmer, and more... :-)

 

My space looks like Vorticon's, but worse!

[+InsaneMultitasker]

Prototypical organized mess

 

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the picture of your space could make a great 750 piece jigsaw puzzle.

[Asmusr]

the picture of your space could make a great 750 piece jigsaw puzzle.

 

If Vorticon agrees to have his den turned into a jigsaw puzzle, you can do it here:

https://www.jigsawplanet.com

[Vorticon]

 

If Vorticon agrees to have his den turned into a jigsaw puzzle, you can do it here:

https://www.jigsawplanet.com

 

Now that's an idea! I could give it as a door prize at the next Chicago Faire

[+Schmitzi]

....

 

My space looks like Vorticon's, but worse!

 

Sorry, but we only accept pictures, here in this thread :grin:

[matthew180]

Fine, but don't say I did not warn you. The last photo shows my TI "setup".

 

 

[Opry99er]

Damn, look at all those consoles!!!

 

You have a developer's setup.... I have an enthusiast's setup. Both beautiful for different reasons.

[matthew180]

I would agree if I had any sort of organization to the mess. I have lots of storage, I just need to start using it. But for some reason I keep prioritizing hardware projects over organization activities.

 

All those consoles are in various states of not working, cosmetically sad (beat to hell, it is amazing what people seem to be able to do to computers), etc. One day very soon I will be taking them all apart, testing each major component, and reassembling as many good consoles as possible. The consoles will be sold / donated, and the remaining working parts will also be donated / sold.

[matthew180]

Something I did manage to do in the last two years was to finally get all my books in the same place for the first time in my life! I do enjoy it a lot. There is even a specific retro-computer section. :-)

 

[Omega-TI]

Can you imagine combining Lego style blocks with a 3D printer and the TI-99/4A hobby?

 

I can imagine some pretty cool black and silver joystick housings, or any number of TI related things of "larger size" that could be assembled one brick at a time. Lego P-Box anyone?

[1980gamer]

Prototypical organized mess

 

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I had a similar looking room before I got married. LOL

Used to use 2 signal generators to try to draw things on the o-scope! Oh to be young. LOL

[Vorticon]

@Opry99er: That is a very nice setup! Something I always wanted, but never achieved.

 

@Vorticon: That is an awesome photo! I feel like I'm playing an "I Spy" game. I spy: a logic analyzer, an o-scope, a Commodore 128D, a hot-air station, a Radio Shack Armatron, a rotary tool, a project on a breadboard, a PCB stand, a adjustable power supply, a sig-gen, a Heathkit Hero (obvious), a box of etched PCBs and copper clads, LEGO Mindstorms, a video converter, a BBC-Micro (perhaps?), a 120-220 transformer, a Heathkit CPU trainer, a Virtual Boy, an eprom programmer, and more... :-)

 

My space looks like Vorticon's, but worse!

Damn you're good! And yes it is a BBC Master computer No wonder I can't stay focused on a project for too long - way too many distractions!

[Opry99er]

I didn't see the Virtual Boy!!!! One of my Bucket List consoles for sure