Omega-TI Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 We've broken 150,000 posts! 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Congratulations! Here's to another 150,000! ..Al 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 @Schmitzi Maybe that will get some of the hold-outs over here. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Where are the holdouts? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, Albert said: Where are the holdouts? ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) Yes.... they don't like that the name "Atari" is in the name of the place where we choose to convene... some deep-seated disdain for the Atari 8 bits from the Home Computer war days. Silly---but real. Edited November 27, 2019 by Opry99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Well, the Yahoo! Groups are going away... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 22 minutes ago, Opry99er said: Yes.... they don't like that the name "Atari" is in the name of the place where we choose to convene... some deep-seated disdain for the Atari 8 bits from the Home Computer war days. Silly---but real. At least we're not on CommodoreAge. 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 I suppose that would come under the heading of, "Cutting off one's nose to spite their face." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 26 minutes ago, Opry99er said: Yes.... they don't like that the name "Atari" is in the name of the place where we choose to convene... some deep-seated disdain for the Atari 8 bits from the Home Computer war days. Silly---but real. Well, maybe if you give them the URL ti99.atariage.com with an emphasis on the TI99 comes first... ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehridian Sanders Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Well, the Yahoo! Groups are going away...Those yahoos!Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) TIAGE.com somehow seems to be available. Maybe you buy and redirect that.... Edited November 27, 2019 by Schmitzi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 8 hours ago, Opry99er said: Yes.... they don't like that the name "Atari" is in the name of the place where we choose to convene... some deep-seated disdain for the Atari 8 bits from the Home Computer war days. Silly---but real. I have to admit that when I first found out about AtariAge, the thought of holding a dedicated TI group under the Atari banner was not very appealing. I held nothing against Atari as it was more of a vague philosophical disquiet, but I kept an open mind and was extremely pleased by the ease of use and organization of the forum as compared to the clunky Yahoo Groups. For a long time I kept a foot in both worlds, but then gradually drifted full-time to AtariAge and stopped frequenting Yahoo altogether. All I have to say to the last few stubborn holdouts is that you are missing out big time on a truly amazing community... A damn shame if you ask me... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I don't have any nostalgia for the TI, nor any experience with the machine, but I check in here all the time because the enthusiasm that shines off this portion of the board. I have the technology to emulate and learn about it. One of these days, I might do just that! Congratulations on the posting milestone. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I rather like that this community has very talented people in it. It's one of the things compelling me to contribute to it however I can. I like watching talented people make amazing things, and if I can help that process, it makes me happier. It's also just plain fun to get old hardware to do new things; Like yourself, I dont have nostalgia for this system, as I never owned one. (I am far to young. I got to enjoy x86's rise to prominence as a child instead. I can make old DOS machines get up and do an Irish jig. Not so much on the TI I have been prodding at. I'll get the hang of it though.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I think even the last of the Yahoo! curmudgeons are drifting this way, and at a more accelerated pace now that Yahoo! is in its death throes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) Were the biggest classic computing forum by a bit. Only the Atari specific 2600, 8-bit and Jaguar (were only 27,000 post from betting them out) is bigger. Edited November 29, 2019 by hloberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 On 11/27/2019 at 11:36 AM, wierd_w said: I rather like that this community has very talented people in it. It's one of the things compelling me to contribute to it however I can. I like watching talented people make amazing things, and if I can help that process, it makes me happier. It's also just plain fun to get old hardware to do new things; Like yourself, I dont have nostalgia for this system, as I never owned one. (I am far to young. I got to enjoy x86's rise to prominence as a child instead. I can make old DOS machines get up and do an Irish jig. Not so much on the TI I have been prodding at. I'll get the hang of it though.) as a kid my 1st computer was a TI-99. But when I came back to classic computing I went back to the TI-99 less out of nostalgia (I actually had a Atari 800xl much longer) but was that the TI-99 has so much more untapped potential. with like the C64 or even the Atari 8-bit pretty much everything that can be done has been done. with the TI-99 there is still things that can done even with ExBASIC no one has done before. Also the community is very active and willing to help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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