Nice video on the TI-99/4a

[+retroclouds]

Turns out the cool guys have a TI-99/4a sooner or later.

 

I started following "usagi eletric" on Youtube because of his most interesting work on the Centurion mini-computer.

Well it turned out, he likes to use Multiplan on the TI-99/4a to keep track of the Centurion opcodes.

 

 

 

 

 

[+OLD CS1]

Most importantly, the label on his Multiplan disk appears to have not fallen off.

[apersson850]

7 hours ago, OLD CS1 said:

Most importantly, the label on his Multiplan disk appears to have not fallen off.

Now I have to dig my disk out!

[JB]

16 hours ago, OLD CS1 said:

Most importantly, the label on his Multiplan disk appears to have not fallen off.

Means it's a bootleg. Only possible explanation.

 

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I'm surprised he has the sidecar train going, honestly. It is a really good illustration of why the P-Box exists.

[apersson850]

On 5/10/2022 at 12:24 AM, JB said:

Means it's a bootleg.

Mine is definitely genuine.

 

Multiplan and some other.

[+Ksarul]

On 5/9/2022 at 6:24 PM, JB said:

Means it's a bootleg. Only possible explanation.

 

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I'm surprised he has the sidecar train going, honestly. It is a really good illustration of why the P-Box exists.

I really need to set up my system with all five of the sidecars and document it one of these days (I just need to figure out which box has the Thermal Printer in it so that the full insanity of a complete sidecar setup is on display). Luckily, my dining room table is actually long enough to do this. . .TI, Speech Synthesizer (with the cartridge slot in place), Thermal Printer, 32K, RS-232, p-Code, Video Controller, Disk Controller, Disk Drive (I may even have three original external drives to make it truly complete), and a Telephone Coupler to connect to the RS-232. I could put one of the Hex-Bus sidecars into the mix too, but that wouldn't be period-perfect--and it would clash with the black-and-silver goodness of everything else, even if half of my Hex-Bus peripheral stack is actually in the silvery format that matches the TI or the CC-40.

[ti99iuc]

wow, @Ksarul you really have it in a big size! ?

[+Ksarul]

I don't think I'll connect the compatible Panasonic VCR to the system though, as that would eat half of the table all by itself (its footprint is as big as the original TI PEB's cardboard box). . .

[Nightengale]

That is a nice video, I've rambled across his channel before but missed this TI show.  Sometimes I'm amazed by how everyone has a tv studio in their home, and can have viewers all over the world.

[Count9929A]

On 5/9/2022 at 3:43 PM, apersson850 said:

Now I have to dig my disk out!

The label on my disk came off, too. 

I re-attached it with glue. Did I make a mistake? ☺️

[apersson850]

I don't know if my disk actually works. I made a copy of it, when it was new, and always used the copy. I think there were some update to the software that came around at some time too.

[+TheBF]

So robots are serving us all the same videos. I just watched this last night too.  I am wondering if he will ever get that Centurion machine running.

[Willsy]

4 hours ago, TheBF said:

I am wondering if he will ever get that Centurion machine running.

I hope so - I've been following that with interest! My favourite Mini's are the Data General Nova range, inspired by the book The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder. It's un-put-downable if you're into the retro machines 

[+OLD CS1]

28 minutes ago, Willsy said:

The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder

+1000