humeur Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 I don't know if this is prototype documentation, but this one looks great It is written cassette and the reference is for a floppy disk This software can be used with basic simple, while in the doc he talks about extended basic. All wrong TI JL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 I don't know if this is prototype documentation, but this one looks great It is written cassette and the reference is for a floppy disk This software can be used with basic simple, while in the doc he talks about extended basic. All wrong TI JLWasn't it released in both disk and tape?Sent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humeur Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 minute ago, arcadeshopper said: Wasn't it released in both disk and tape? Sent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk Yes on both supports except that they mixed everything up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbox Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) I have seen a copy of this manual recently and it looked to me like a fairly modern print of a scan, with some small but obvious amendments to the cover. It appeared to me to be an ebay seller selling copy cassettes as originals.... original manuals earn higher prices. As the amended manuals are now all over the planet it would be hard to say who the first photoshopper was! One giveaway was the cover paper which was simply wrong, with a slight finish to it that TI never had available. - plus various tape/disk wording errors. In general TI cassette software which was also sold on disk used the same manual internal pages but with differently worded covers. We need to be alert that there are some good reprint manuals out there- to authenticate check the cover paper against a known original and look for variations in font or alignment where changes may have been made. The reference at the bottom of the front cover to Extended Basic shows that this wording was scanned from a different manual.... perhaps based upon a disk manual with cassette wording copied from a different cassette manual... s Edited May 10, 2021 by blackbox XB error by copier 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 A few giveaways here are It says “Cassette Software” but the cover is not red (or very light brown). The catalog number is “PHD6017” rather than “PHT6017” (see correct cover for the cassette distribution at pixelpedant.com). It says TI Extended Basic required when, as @humeur pointed out, the programs run on TI Basic. ...lee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapperkeeper Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Piracy of old software still around I fear this will continue as prices of old games and equipment keeps rising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humeur Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 It's a real manual why are you talking about a pirate? You think a person is going to hack a k7 games manual for the TI99 to make money. He's gonna have to sell a lot to be rich. JL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 4 hours ago, humeur said: It's a real manual why are you talking about a pirate? You think a person is going to hack a k7 games manual for the TI99 to make money. He's gonna have to sell a lot to be rich. JL I am pretty certain he was commenting on @blackbox's comment about reprinted manuals and software copies being sold. Yes, people will do a lot of things for a few bucks. While they will not get rich on the TI, they are probably doing the same across multiple platforms. This type of crime is not about getting rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humeur Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: I am pretty certain he was commenting on @blackbox's comment about reprinted manuals and software copies being sold. Yes, people will do a lot of things for a few bucks. While they will not get rich on the TI, they are probably doing the same across multiple platforms. This type of crime is not about getting rich. It is the same today with the modules, and the labels which can be realized, soon no more difference between the false and the real one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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